It may be true that money doesn't buy happiness, but it doesn't buy a World Series ring either. Last night night our beloved and once bedraggled Tigers beat the Yankees to cinch a birth in the AL Division Championship. This will finally prove to the rest of the nation something that we here in Detroit knew all season, this is a great baseball team. However bad New York might have been playing, they were still beaten by better pitching and hitting. Let's hope that the press doesn't discount Detroit's victory too much.
Saturday was definitely a great time to celebrate, but with this first taste of victory in so many years, it's time to start looking forward to the next series. Oakland will not be a push over. But there is something so sweet about beating the Yankees.
It's good to see Manger Jim Leyland almost crack a smile as his team carries him around the field. You know that he's already thinking about Oakland. Now if only I had some way to get my hands on tickets.