Red Sox Outplay Tigers

Sun sets on Tigers Season

Every year when the Tigers get eliminated, I write a post congratulating the winner.  It's never been more difficult to do that than this year.  As a lifetime Tigers fan and Massachusetts resident, I was really looking forward to this one.  So, it was a really tough series, probably the most frustrating in 45 years as a fan.  It was difficult watching great pitching performances being wasted, hitters not coming through and just overall bad play by the Tigers.  And Prince Fielder...OK I'll stop there because we've got all winter to moan about that.

I'm not going to be a drama queen about this.  It was a good season overall for the Tigers - 93 wins, a third straight division title and an ALDS victory. I would have liked to see what they could have done in the ALCS with a healthy Cabrera, but injuries happen.  All of the Tigers weaknesses were exposed - weak bullpen, poor defense and one of the worst base running teams in the history of baseball. They also couldn't get any big hits.

I give the Red Sox credit for taking advantage of the Tigers mistakes and making their few hits count really big.  They simply outplayed the Tigers in every phase of the game not involving starting pitching.  Congratulations on your pennant Red Sox fans.