2006-09-22 10:20:47 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Baseball
This is a neck-and-neck race. Both teams get to beat up on the Royals, so it all boils down to how well the Tigers can pound on the Blue Jays and how the Twins deal with the White Sox (who have to be a bit demoralized after getting shut out by the mighty Mariners...who'd have thought the M's would actually come up with some pitching now that the hitting is back, though it is too little too late).
I think the Tigers will hold on. Youth usually comes with stamina, and I think the head-on challenge is better than running away with it. This will make the Steinbrenners formidable, too, and the Mets had better watch out.
The Tigers will squeeze it out by a game as they rally together, and because they have the slightly easier schedule. They will face Oakland in the playoffs and trounce the A's. Meanwhile the Twins will have a real fight on their hands against the Steinbrenners, and it will go to the wire with the Twins prevailing, probably on some ninth-inning heroics.
Then you get to the really exciting part of the playoffs (unless you are a Mets fan rejoicing over the pitiful state to which they will reduce the Dodgers, if the latter even make it [go Padres and Phillies!]), namely the Tigers battling the Twins for the pennant. The Tigers pull this one out, too, in six or seven, and it's on to meet the Mets, and though I indeed am a Mets fan who dislikes the Dodgers, I still think this is the Year of the Tigers.
2006-09-22 11:35:42 · answer #1 · answered by BroadwayPhil 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The Twins will prevail. They've been playing better baseball than the Tigers for the past couple of months. They have 4 games versus the Royals next week, while the Tigers play them (Royals) only 3 times. Granted the Twins finish the season with the White Sox, but, by then, the White Sox will be mathematically eliminated so they will probably play some of their recent callups to get an early look at them for next year.
As for the people who have said that Santana only has 2 more games left, the Twins have lost the last 2 games he's started and, yet, they are still only 1/2 a game back of the Tigers. Don't expect them to lose his next two. Bonser, Garza, and Silva have pitched pretty well down the stretch while Verlander and Bonderman have struggled recently (although Bonderman did pitch pretty well last time out).
I predict the Twins will finish 1 game ahead of the Tigers. The Tigers will play the Yankees in the first round of the playoffs and the Twins will face the A's. The Twins will beat the A's in the first round, and the Tigers will edge the Yankees. The Twins will then beat the Tigers in the ALCS and face the Dodgers or Padres in the World Series.
2006-09-22 10:55:57 · answer #2 · answered by The Guru 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
B) No. I nonetheless imagine that the Tigers have too a lot expertise. they have been suffering those days, yet that sequence with the Indians ought to have truly sparked them. what percentage video games do you imagine the Twins will win interior the sequence Vs the Tigers? E) will lose 3 out of four finally, it really is what it is going to likely come all the way down to. As you bear in mind, very last year the Twins and Sox performed pastime 163 at Comiskey, and the Twins misplaced. The Twins warfare faraway from the Dome. The Tigers at domicile are 40 8-26 (0.33 acceptable interior the league). The Twins away are 35-40. And with the outcomes, i think Detroit will rally for it truly is city and win the AL crucial.
2016-11-23 15:52:06 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a toss up. I hope The Tigers end up with the division.
If both teams are tied at the end of the season The Tigers will be Division Champions because they have a better record against The Twins.
I think The Twins have a better chance to beat the yankees, which is why I want The Twins to be the wild card.
2006-09-22 10:51:29 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
I think the tigers will win the division because there pitching is what doing it for them
2006-09-22 23:48:16 · answer #5 · answered by Steven W 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Twins because they have starting pitching and the Tigers' are struggling and are only a half game in first!!!
2006-09-22 10:37:29 · answer #6 · answered by joethecoolioest 2 · 3⤊ 1⤋
The Twins will win the division and also overtake the Yankers for home field advantage. The Piranhas can smell it - can you?
2006-09-22 10:37:01 · answer #7 · answered by Tommy D 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
tigers two reasons pitching and they are just the better team
2006-09-22 16:29:02 · answer #8 · answered by Detroit fan stuck in California 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Tigers-This is their year. They've been doing so well, I really hope they pull it off.
2006-09-22 12:19:59 · answer #9 · answered by x_scream22 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think the Tigers will pull it out. This has been a great year for them.
2006-09-22 10:24:15 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 3⤋