The Tigers won again Saturday -- eight in a row and 15th in last 16. The Detroiters have a 3.5 game lead over the White Sox in the AL Central. They are 35-14, which isn't quite 35-5 like in 1984, but damn, it's unreal.They've won with pitching and they've won with hitting when necessary, like Thursday when they rallied from a 6-0 first-inning deficit. Polanco, Pudge, Maggs, Shelton and Guillen all are hitting over .300 and Granderson is up to near .280 in the leadoff spot. Plus, it seems Inge, who is hitting around .220, comes up big when needed. So does Monroe. Even Infante is swinging a magic wand.
As noted earlier, the road gets tougher in the next four series -- NYY, Boston, CHW and Toronto -- but the Tigers got the first hurdle behind them by winning the Cleveland series. And it was nice to see KC, which looked so bad against Detroit, beat the Yankees on Friday. (They thudded back to Earth on Saturday.)
Has the roar been restored? Time will tell. I'm just going to enjoy the ride ... if I don't pass out.
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