Saturday, September 17, 2011

Tigers Clinch

Justin Verlander celebrates in the clubhouse.

The Tigers clinch their first division title since 1987, back when guys like Matt Nokes, Darrell Evans, Lou Whitaker, Alan Trammell, Tom Brookens, Kirk Gibson, Chet Lemon, Pat Sheridan, Bill Madlock, Jack Morris, Doyle Alexander, Frank Tanana, and Willie Hernandez were on the team. That's also the year I learned to really hate the Minnesota Twins.


1 comment:

  1. I love Tiger fans! Back in May of 2006 the Tigers were playing a weekend series in Cleveland at the same time that the Pistons were playing the Cavaliers in the playoffs, so my cousin and I decided to go down there and spend the whole weekend cheering both teams on. When they played the national anthem at Jacobs Field and they got to that pause at the end between "the land of the free" and "the home of the brave" everyone was completely silent except for one person way across the stadium who yelled out, "Go Tigers!!!!". It cracked us up.

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