And now the real fun starts.
Well, not for the Detroit Tigers. Their fun — if you can call a gray, rainy day on the South Side of Chicago fun — ended Sunday with a win over the AL Central champion White Sox.
The Sox, of course, then headed to Houston for their ALDS opener Thursday. The Tigers headed home to Detroit, possessors of a 77-85 record, third place in the Central and, yes, a burning desire to be the ones getting ready for a postseason berth.
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