The Tigers took over first place in the American League Central division today behind another extremely strong outing by Justin Verlander. They are now sixty seven games into the season with the majority of it still ahead of them, so I am nowhere near calling the season a success.
If there is one thing that I have learned watching the Tigers in recent years, it's that they need to play all one hundred sixty two games. The past few years, they have come out of the gate strong, leading the division for a good portion of the early summer months only to collapse near some time after the All Star break. If there was only a way to play the season without the dastardly All Star game that has it in for the Tigers and will stop at nothing but disrupt a strong start to their season.
As long as they keep up the strong consistent play and the divisional foes play horribly.
Totally agree. The test will be post-all star break. They always seem to choke after that break.
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