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DETROIT (AP) -- Three years ago, they lost 119 games and were a punchline. You know, the Detroit Tigers ... ha, ha, ha. Funny game, baseball. The Tigers are the ones laughing loudest now -- and dancing their way to the AL championship series. And the New York Yankees? Well, they're the joke. Jeremy Bonderman was perfect for five innings and sublime for 8 1-3 in leading Detroit to an 8-3 victory in Game 4 on Saturday to win the AL playoff series and eliminate A-Rod, Jeter and the other high-priced, high-profile Yankees. Days removed from being swept by Kansas...

I CANNOT BELIEVE WHAT I AM SEEING ON TV!THE DETROIT TIGERS, HAVING DEFEATED THE YANKEES, ARE NOT CONTENT TO CELEBRATE IN THE LOCKER ROOM.They have the gall to go out to the field, PUBLICLY CARRYING BOTTLES OF CHAMPAIGN, and are spraying the CROWD WITH SUCH on NATIONAL TV! THIS IS AN OUTRAGE!!!! THINK OF THE CHILDREN GETTING HIT WITH SPRAYS OF CHAMPAIGNE!Actually, quite frankly, it was so damn refreshing to see a pro sports team appreciate their fans so much, I'm gonna go get another beer and toast them for being so-un, like, today.

Who here is a Yankee fan? Yankees have gotten off to somewhat of a rocky start but the starting pitching has been generally fantastic and once the offense stops coming in spurs, they will do some solid damage. This is the year that they finally break through and win the World Series.