Tigers Humiliate The Yankees

In what has to be considered a huge upset, the Tigers defeated the Yankees 8-3 Saturday to advance to the ALCS. New York’s vaunted offense was putrid, getting only six hits and simply looking overmatched. Detroit will face Oakland starting Tuesday in a matchup of two teams with great pitching.

The question is, what happens to the Yankees now? Mike Mussina and Gary Sheffield have team options which means they may not be back next year. Jaret Wright will probably be sent away as well and you can expect names like Barry Zito and Daisuke Matsuzaka to be on their off-season shopping list.

The scrutiny will clearly be on A-Rod. A few weeks ago he talked about being judged by his October and the numbers aren’t pretty: 1-14 and hitting eighth in the lineup today. He has a no-trade clause, but if the Yankees asked him to waive it, you have to imagine he would consider it at this point. Will he, won’t he? Stay tuned for what should be a very interesting off-season.

Photo of Johnny Damon, Jason Giambi, and Alex Rodriguez in the 9th inning by AP/Duane Burleson

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By Peter Trinkle on October 7, 2006 7:29 PM

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JP Lynch

Nic and all the others that don't think was an upset: It was indeed an upset and one of the biggest. The yanks owned the Tigers in the regular season with a 5-2 record and that was when the Yanks were not at full strength. What lost this series was the Yanks egos. After rolling in game 1 they expected the Tigers to roll over which they didn't.

Kudos to the Tigers.

Nic Egal

"In what has to be considered a huge upset, the Tigers defeated the Yankees..."

Say what? This was an upset only if you don't follow baseball. Get your Yankee-centric self out of the NY bubble and get real!

MetFanatic

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LET'S GO METS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sopprasetta rossetta

Don't bring in Lou Pinella. If you do, it's going to be more of the same.

You got 3 managers that were just fired, anyone but Lou.

no more provalone

Time to start anew.

Get rid of Torre, Mazzilli, Mr. Steroids and everyone else.

The Tigers had been on top of their division since Spring. They derserve the win as much as I hate Pudge Rodriguez. Their manager definately deserved this win.

maura

upset? the tigers' win is not much of a shock at all, really. who would start jaret wright in an elimination game except a team that's completely screwed for pitching? it's not like the bullpen would right any damage that wright made, either -- aside from the not-as-durable rivera, the yankees' relief corps is pretty damn thin.

RicktheCabbie

My congratulations go out to the Detroit Tigers, they earned it.

The NY Yankees as microcosm of American leadership:

Bloated, over-the-hill, unimaginative,soulless,money hungry, using old strategies to tackle new problems.

Gone: Torre, Arod, Sheffield, Mussina(unless he takes 2 yrs for a lot less $$$), Wright

I was born and raised in the Bronx, but at 45 yrs old I know that sports is SUPPOSED to be entertainment, so unless the Yanks get rid of those listed above and get exciting again, I won't give my valuable time to watching them.

Good luck Mets, you guys got the juice now in NYC!

Casper

I'm still laughing. Brian Cashman looks like some character in a Kafka story, afraid of being decapitated. He needs to be shown the door. All that money and no pitchers?

erika

we're having a bad spell...the yankees will reign once again and all will be right with the world.

get a life kevin

kvein, stop posting comments about the mets on a saturday night and try and score some ass.

me

do people who aren't playing the game or betting on it really care? how unbelievably sad.

Ray Wert

Who in their right minds would have thought the Yankees would dominate this series? The Tigers dominated the regular season until a series of cruicial injuries slowed them down and now that the team's back to full strength -- it only made sense they'd take down the Bronx Bombers. But as someone who just got back from an absolutely overjoyed crowd in Comerica Park in Detwa -- let's just say we're happy to have had the opportunity to prove to the world the cats are a world-class and world-series-class team. ;)

Kevin Walsh

I'm not one of those Mets fans who despises the Yankees (In fact I favor the Yankees when they aren't playing the Mets) so, I believe it's time for the Yanks to change their approach. Waiting for Dr. Longball isn't the way to go in the postseason, though the Tigers used it to great effect today.

Year after year the Yankees lose to hungrier teams. It might be time to get away from signing every available All-Star and get guys who want to win more than the other teams.

www.forgotten-ny.com

Stevennnn

Mets time will come and joining the Yankees.

mets fan

thank you tigers! as much as i would have loved a subway series, listening to yankee fans bitch, moan and complain for the next week will have to do......LETS GO METS!!!!

jmchez

For the love of Ruth, bring back Soriano! Trading Soriano (Yankee bred) for Rodriguez wasa horrible mistake.

I also think that Torre may not deserve his vaunted "great manager" status. A team like that had to perform better. It reminds me of 2004, Schilling had a bad ankle and it would not have been unsportsmanlike to bunt a few times. Torre never tells his "putrid offense" to bunt. They don't seem to manufacture runs, grinding them out. They all want to hit dingers.

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alright tigers!

SOX FAN IN NYC

Well, at least the MFY fans got to watch 4 more games than we did. I'm just wondering who they were more enjoyable for...

/me dies laughing.