The Champs Once Again

All season long the Detroit Tigers have been a force to be wreaking with in the MLB, and certainly should not be taken lightly in any game situation. They have proven that they are a strong team with back-to-back American League Central titles, and also look to clinch another one this season. With the strong pitching core lead by Max Scherzer with twenty-one wins and only one defeat, and then you add the big bats from Austin Jackson, Torii Hunter, Prince Fielder, and cant forget the Triple Crown champ of last season Miguel Cabrera it is hard not to win.

            How the American League Central played out this season, and with October coming up fast meaning playoffs were right around the corner. The Tigers only needed to win one more game and the Cleveland Indians (the rivals in the division) needed to lose their next game would mean another American League Central title making it a third in a row for the Tigers. However with the Indians losing the Tigers did the same postponing their celebrations. With the Tigers ace pitcher Max Scherzer looking for his twenty first win of the season against the Minnesota Twins, it looked as though the Tigers were going to be popping bottles of champagne on the road. The first batter of the game was Austin Jackson for Detroit, and roped one in to the outfield and ended up on third base with a triple. Torii Hunter stepped up to the plate next and knocked a base hit scoring Jackson from third. The bats for the Tigers quickly cooled off not scoring another run the entire game. Luckily the ace was feeling it on the mound. Only allowing three hits against the Twins and with ten strikeouts Scherzer received his twenty first win and helped clinch the third straight American League Central title for the Tigers with a record of 93 wins and 66 loses. The visitor’s clubhouse was lined with plastic curtains to try and protect some things from the hundreds of gallons of champagne that was about to be sprayed everywhere.  With the celebrations in full swing, Jim Leyland became very emotional during an interview thanking all of the great fans that support Detroit. Torii Hunter saw this happing and picked up Leyland, took him inside the plastic curtains and received a bottle of champagne over his head.

            I feel as though moments like these really make me a proud fan of the Detroit Tigers. Our team has a strong bond within and really shows that on and off the field. This bond I believe helps them win games and really makes it fun to watch them play the game of baseball. I am excited for playoff baseball to start and to see how far they will be able to go this year. If they do make it to the world series again they better at least win one game this year!