I love this game.
This may seem strange because I’ve been a Tiger fan all my life, and the Tigers lost this game to a hated division rival. This bounced Detroit out of the playoffs in 2009, and while the Tigers probably would’ve faced a similar fate the Twins did in the Division Series against the eventual-champion Yankees (they got swept in three games), if you’re in the playoffs you’ve got a shot.
Let’s see how it all got to a Game 163 first.
The Regular Season
In 2008 the Tigers had a disappointing 74-88 record, two seasons removed from one of the more unlikely World Series appearances in our lifetimes.