A.L.C.S. (YANKEES vs. TIGERS)

[OFFNY]

Did they at least have the courtesy to acknowledge you when they corrected their error?

Nah. I don't think that's their style.

[HoustonOrioleFan]

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TIGERS COMPOSITE STARTING PITCHING

(vs. YANKEES, 10/13 - 10/18)

[A.L.C.S. * Games 1 Through 4]O (Doug Fister, Anibal Sanchez, Justin Verlander, Max Scherzer)

IP:O 27.33

H:o. 14

R:O. 02

BB:. 09

SO:O25

Pitches: 446 (285 Strikes, 161 Balls)

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Dominant performance by Detroit....Reminds me of the '66 Orioles with their three shutouts and 33 scoreless innings to sweep the Dodgers

[Nigel Tufnel]

Great column by Posnanski today:

Suddenly, you see questions and concerns everywhere and no sure things anywhere ... but, really, it isn't sudden at all. Everyone could see that the Yankees were getting old. Everyone could see that sooner or later the bill was going to come due on their huge win-now, pay later contracts. But Mel Brooks said it took 25 years for him to become an overnight success. And it took an ankle-shattering tumble by Derek Jeter to see that it's just over for the Yankees. That's what made this series, like Tyson's end, so grotesquely fascinating.

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It was a ground ball to Derek Jeter's left. He gloved it. He fell to the ground. He shouted out in agony. He stayed on the ground. Then he was all but carried off the field. It was a daunting moment. Jeter has been the enduring star of baseball for so long that if you are in college now, you don't remember baseball without him.

And it was a defining moment. When Derek Jeter was helped off the field, this Yankees era ended. Sure, he will come back after rehabilitating. And Jeter's high average season in 2012 suggest that he might still have a few surprises left. And the Yankees might sign Josh Hamilton and Michael Bourn and Zack Greinke and Dan Haren and blow everybody out of the water.

But when Jeter was carried off, you looked around and saw … nobody. Joe Torre was somewhere explaining an umpire mistake. Bernie Williams was playing his guitar. Jorge Posada was writing children's books, and living the life. Mariano Rivera was plotting his comeback at 43. Andy Pettitte hasn't known for two years if he's retired or not. A-Rod never earned “true Yankee” status from most New York fans despite being the only Yankees of the era to win an MVP award (he won two), and now his New York future's in doubt. Mark Teixeira turns 33, the witching hour for many ballplayers. Curtis Granderson ... Nick Swisher ... suddenly even Robbie Cano ... where is the Yankees future?

The most amazing part of this team, I think, is not that they collapsed at the end, but that they managed to squeeze one more great season out of this team first. Jeter hit .300 again. Hiroki Kuroda had a huge year. The Yankees bombed a lot of home runs. Toss in a few Ichiro slash hits, a dash of Raul magic, a Ponce de Leon visit from Andy Pettitte, reliable closeouts from Rafael Soriano, and the Yankees made it to the ALCS again. But then it ended, and it ended hard, it ended with the Yankees fumbling for their mouthpiece. And now, for the first time in almost two decades, the New York Yankees have no idea what happens next. Just like the rest of us.

http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/39913534

[OFFNY]

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GAME FIVE

Will not be played.

[Blizzard1090]

I wonder if that's a good or bad thing. They were showing stats of teams that swept LCS before playing the World Series. Only the 95 Braves went on to win. The other five teams all lost.

[OFFNY]

I wonder if that's a good or bad thing. They were showing stats of teams that swept LCS before playing the World Series. Only the 95 Braves went on to win. The other five teams all lost.

It's a good thing for Oriole fans, and that's all that matters.

[Blizzard1090]

It's a good thing for Oriole fans, and that's all that matters.

It's good in the sense the Yanks got humilated but I want Detroit to win and bring the trophy back to the AL. Hopefully they'll have learned their lesson from 06.