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The Tigers did what no one wanted to give them a chance in Hades of doing; beat the Yankee’s and earn a shot at the AL Penant. I knew with Jeremy Bonderman on the mound we had a better than average shot at winning and that is exactly what the Tiger’s did.

Manager Jim Leyland did a masterful job at convincing the team that they were winners despite being only three years removed from going 43-119 and being the laughing stock of the entire American League. Now they stand on the brink of getting a shot at winning it all. All they have to do is get by the Oakland A’s and they will get a shot at another World Series title.

There were many offensive hero’s in the four games, but I am I am not alone in giving the most credit to our starting pitchers; Nate Robertson (despite the only loss) , Justin Verlander, Kenny Roger’s and Jeremy Bonderman. also have to give props to our bullpin; Jamie Walker, Joel Zumaya and Todd Jones.

The Tiger’s will be making their first appearance in the ALCS since 1987 and hopefully they will have equal success and they move on to the World Series.

No one seemed to want to give my Detroit Tigers a chance to make it past the New York Yankees’s to paly in the ALCS. But, the Tigers are now one win away from proving all of those naysayers wrong. Last night, three Tiger pitchers combined to shutout the powerhouse Yankee lineup.

41 year old starter Kenny Rogers needed a great game to match the quality pitching performance of Justin Verlander in Thursday afternoons game. Roger’s, who played two seasons with the New York Yankee’s was masterful, he pitched 7 and 2/3 innings of shutout baseball. The Tigers bullpin finished up the inning and a 1/3 to preserve the 5 hit shutout and the Tigers are on the verge of sending the Yankee’s home for the winter.

Roger’s who had command of all his pitches (fastball, sinker, curve and changeup) and was able to keep the high powered hitters of New York at bay. It just goes to show you that even with Yankees 190 million dollar lineup, they can be held in check by good quality pitching. The Tigers will be sending Jeremy Bonderman to the mound and hopefullt he will do what he has done all season, strikeout batters and give the Tigers a great shot to win and extend our playoff run.