ALCS G1: Rangers outlast Tigers and rain, win 3-2

October baseball continues, but for me, a first. I could watch it on TV, since it was on FOX. Fortunately, this year the Rangers are on Fox in the second round. So I sat down with my drink, my iPad, and watched the game. Truth be told, I would have preferred the Yankees over the Tigers. The Tigers are a team we've had trouble with a lot in the last few years. Our record in Detroit isn't that good. A lot's been written about how this isn't the same team from earlier in the year when we played the Tigers. That may be, but I'm working on gut feeling here, not any measurable anything. I would have felt more comfortable going into the series with the Yankees than the Tigers. However, that's not what we got. We got the Tigers, and game one was CJ Wilson vs the (unannounced) 2011 Cy Young winner, Justin Verlander. I figure Verlander would be the hardest challenge we'd have, because he's Justin Verlander. All fairness to CJ Wilson, he's bee...