People will remember 2006. They will remember 2012. Those were the two years under former general manager Dave Dombrowski’s leadership that a once-hapless Detroit Tigers franchise made it the World Series. They didn’t win either year.
Yet 2013 will shine just as bright in memories for years to come. That’s the season the Tigers lost to the Red Sox in the ALCS, the series the featured the infamous clip of Torii Hunter toppling over the right field fence in Fenway Park as he tried to snare a series- and organization-changing grand slam. It only tied the game, but the metaphorical titanic shift felt physical.