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A's-Tigers '72 ALCS was One for the Ages
TEAMS: Detroit Tigers,  Baltimore Orioles

I urge you to read Mustache Gang, a wonderful depiction of the 1972 season, Oakland's first of three World Series triumphs.  The quotes seen in this post are from Ron Bergman's book. The Great Playoff Experiment was fizzling out.  In the first three seasons (1969-71) that an additional step was required to advance to the World Series, five out of six series' were sweeps, and not one went the distance.  Score one for the purists. From 1903 (the year of the inau...
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