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Is there anything more fitting than a walk-off homer for the Detroit
Tigers to clinch the American League Championship series? Nothing
rattled this team. If there were concerns that they couldn't come from
behind, those concerns were put to rest Saturday night when they erased
a 2-0 Oakland lead. Now they get a week to rest up for their World
Series opponent. They will also don an unfamiliar role - they are no
longer the underdogs. And, due to a stupid Major League Baseball
decision, they automatically get home field advantage because the
American League team won the All-Star Game this year. I've never
agreed with this MLB twist - don't see the relevance of basing home
field advantage in the World Series on an exhibition meeting like the
All-Star Game. Nevertheless, the Tigers will now try to do what the
Yankees and the Athletics couldn't - win a series with so-called home
field advantage. What they must do is win both home games. If they
split these first 2 games, they give the advantage back. And we have
seen how that turns out.

My early prediction? Even though the New York Mets won last night in a
blow-out, I still think the St. Louis Cardinals will prevail. And I
think the Tigers will win the World Series. But, they'll have to win
the first two games at home to do it. They have a much better chance
of winning 2 of 3 on the road. A 3-game sweep on the road in the World
Series is a very high mountain to climb - even for the upstart Detroit
Tigers. If the Series goes to a 6th game, it will probably go 7. The
2006 Tigers are capable of just about anything - and destiny is on
their side...I just wish they were starting on the road.

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