The Tigers received their ALCS championship rings, which they earned by sweeping New York, in a pregame ceremony.
Valverde lost his job as the Tigers' closer in the ALCS last year, but Detroit won the series with ease anyway.
But my epiphany came at batting practice during the ALCS in 1996.
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The Mariners lost to the Yankees in the ALCS that year, assuring them of a high spot on the list of top non-champions.
But the Yankees, a day behind during the divisional round, had to open the ALCS against Detroit the day after eliminating Baltimore.
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In that ALCS game against the New York Yankees, Little visited the mound with the Red Sox up three runs and five outs away from a trip to the World Series.
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With Detroit enjoying an off day before the next series against the Yankees, Verlander was on schedule to start Game 3 of the ALCS on his normal four days rest.
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In addition, the community provides space for the setting-up of community-based adult learning centres (ALCs) and is also responsible for the management of ALCs and for the identification of potential programme facilitators in their communities.
The Yankees captain hasn't played since appearing in a minor league spring training game as a designated hitter on March 23, when the ankle he broke in Game 1 of the ALCS last October bothered him while running.
Joe Girardi was angry enough to suggest baseball expand replay after a blown call by umpire Jeff Nelson cost his Yankees a crucial out in the 2012 ALCS. But Girardi still took 14.1 seconds to reach second base to argue slowing to a walk after initially sprinting out of the dugout.
Joe Girardi was angry enough to suggest baseball expand replay after a blown call by umpire Jeff Nelson cost his Yankees a crucial out in the 2012 ALCS. But Girardi still took 14.1 seconds to arrive at second base to argue slowing to a walk after initially sprinting out of the dugout.
In 2010 the team missed the playoffs, but last season the Tigers won the AL Central division and beat the Yankees in the first round of the playoffs before being eliminated by the Rangers in the ALCS. The Tigers are also one of the nine teams that exceed baseball's debt-to-operating income ratio limit of 10.
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