What more could you ask for than an eventful 162 game regular season?
How about Game 163?
By Justin Verlander pitching himself back into the Cy Young race (yes, I said that) and the Tigers taking care of the Chicago White Sox on Sunday afternoon, the Tigers find themselves in the ultimate extra innings affair: the one game playoff play in game.
(Of course this was helped in part by the Royals stepping aside like Goldberg in Mighty Ducks 1 and letting the Twins score at will and ultimately, sweep them).
To other baseball fans, who want to get on with the regular playoffs already, this might seem like the play in game of the NCAA Basketball March Madness tournament, where two crummy teams get slated against one another for the obligatory final spot and the privilege of getting their asses handed to them by the No. 1 seed, or in this case, the New York Yankees.
To Minnesota and Detroit fans, it’s a playoff spot, the opportunity to knock the Yankees off their highhorse again and continue New York’s recent streak of futility in the post-season, and a chance at riding the underdog title to a World Series title.
For the Tigers, Kid Rick Porcello will take the ball hoping to snag win 15 of his rookie season and solidify his earning of the Rookie of the Year hardware. For the Twins, Scott Baker, who sports a 6.75 ERA in four starts this season against the Tigers (and an even worse ERA at the ‘dome against the Tigers) will toe the rubber, looking to make the Metrodome’s final season an unforgettable one.
What I would love more than anything is to see the Tigers close out that dreadful ‘dome with two losses in a row — one handed to Brett Favre the night before from the Packers on MNF, and the other from the Tigers. Then I’d like to spit on the remains of the stadium after it’s blown to smithereens and then take a nice steamy poop on it. I’d have to be secretive about it though because I heard Joe Mauer likes to watch you while you poop. It’s creepy, so maybe a fellow Tigers fan can stand on guard.
At any rate, cancel your Tuesday evenining dinner plans, or naps, or whatever it is you normally do at 5 PM EST, because this is going to be special.
Go TIGERS!
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