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Detroit Tigers Roller Coaster Season

Found October 04, 2012 on isportsweb.com: Yardbarker Blogger Network
PLAYERS: Justin Verlander
TEAMS: Detroit Tigers
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Miguel Cabrera salutes to the fans from Kansas City as he walks off the field for the last time in the 2012 regular season with the triple crown already grasped.Detroit Tigers diehard fans have been through many ups and downs since the new millennium.  They’ve been through 100 loss seasons; they witnessed the magical 2006 year where they reached the world series, (only to lose to those pesky St. Louis Cardinals), in 2009 they were part of a play-in game against the Minnesota Twins where they witnessed their team lose a game for the ages, the division title, and their playoff hopes all in the 12th inning of the 163rd game of the season. That game had such a strong impact on the MLB that they decided to add a wild card to both the American and National League. Where beginning this year, the top two wild card teams will face-off in a play-in game to face the number one seed in the divisional round.In 2011, they witnessed their ace pitcher Justin Verlander not only run away with the CY ...
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