[baseball] tigers off to world series

Maybe you hate sport; maybe this is not your game; maybe this is not Sunday morning blogging material; still, it’s pretty significant: The Detroit Tigers have defeated the Oakland Athletics 6-3 to sweep the American League Championship Series 4-0 and head to the World Series for the first time since 1984. A dramatic three-run home run in the bottom of the ninth inning by Tigers right-fielder Magglio Ordonez broke a 3-3 tie to clinch the sweep, sending a raucous crowd of almost 43,000 towel-waving Detroit fans to their feet. Heavy underdogs to make the playoffs at the start of the season, the Tigers have now won seven straight post-season games by three runs or more, knocking out the New York Yankees and the A's. This is the stuff from which legends spring. As Blogger linking is not currently working, natch, the url is: http://www.theage.com.au/news/sport/tigers-break-drought/2006/10/15/1160850798152.html