The Detroit Tigers have become the biggest story of the 2006 playoff in the same way that the Chicago White Sox became the team of last season. The Tigers are a team that most fans can love, unless they are a Yankees or Athletics fan. The Tigers have an older manager, who represents everything good about the game of baseball. He is a hard worker, he motivates the team, he loves the game and is players, and most importantly, he wears cleats in the dugout, something no managers seem to do anymore. The Tigers are a team that were the biggest losers in baseball just three seasons ago. Now this year they are on the way to the World Series. After nearly becoming the team to lose the most games in baseball history, the Tigers are the top team in the game.
The Tigers are a team not made up of high paid stars, like the Yankees, but a group of players who compliment each other and are a true team. The fans in Detroit love this team and so do many fans across the country. Seeing the team celebrate with the fans in Detroit after winning in the ALCS was something that I will never forget. Players who were on the losing team, like Jeremy Bonderman and Brandon Inge are now stars. Young players, like Justin Verlander and Joel Zumaya have emerged onto the baseball scene, becoming stars themselves. Magglio Ordonez and Ivan Rodriguez are the biggest stars on the team and have played great this postseason.
The team is very similar to the 2003 Florida Marlins, who also were led by an older manager, Jack McKeon. The team was young, with good veterans, that won the World Series. The Tigers are on their way to become like the Marlins, by also winning the World Series.
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