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Originally Posted by Balticfox
Your resentment of the Detroit Tigers is misplaced. It wasn't Tiger fans who took your Indians from you. Blame the baseball establishment in New York for that.
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I have zero resentment towards the Tigers; that's simply a true rivalry that's fun again after the Tigers were truly crap for about a decade. The key to their recent success has been the hiring of a known cheater in Hinch. Last year, Skubal walked off the mound in Game 2 of the ALDS and called Cleveland fans the "B" word. We got our revenge with late game heroics in Game 4 with Fry and the incredible grand slam off Skubal in game 5 by Lane Thomas. Fast forward to this year, the recap of tweets from Tigers fans when they were up 15.5 games is hilarious to look back on. September was one of the most fun months of baseball I've been a part of as a Cleveland fan. I was at the game on the 23rd of September, with my kids, with Skubal on the mound when the Guardians scored 3 runs without a ball leaving the infield. The Guardians grabbed 1st place that game and never looked back. Such a fun run. Did Detroit get the better of us in the AL Wild Card? Yep - Cleveland shot themselves in the foot in game 1 with 2 unearned runs. That was our opportunity and Vogt blew it with poor starting lineup decisions. Ce la vie. In the end, we get to hang a banner and sit atop the record books. Detroit went home a week later has very little to show for it.
I loathe New York as well, but I'm not sure what they or anyone has to do with taking Indians from me. With that being said, really hoping the Brewers beat the Dodgers as the final middle finger to the criminal payroll cabal.
Looking forward to keeping this rivalry going next year, and congrats on a fun season that saw Detroit's first playoff series win in quite some time.
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10-12-2025, 09:13 PM
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