O, Oakland Coliseum, we hardly knew ye.
...or did we?
Justin Verlander certainly saw plenty of it in 2012 and 2013; consecutive ALDS Game 5 wins there added up to 17 shutout innings, 6 hits, 2 walks and 21 strikeouts. The Tigers also clinched the American League Central in Oakland in 2011.
For those of you who go a little farther back, the 1972 ALCS — a best-of-5 affair back then — had Games 1 and 2 at a Mount Davis-less Coliseum, the home team winning both games before the series shifted to Tiger Stadium and a Game 5 in which Blue Moon Odom got the victory over Woodie Fryman in a 2-1 nailbiter.