Green Day put it best with their 2004 hit song, "Wake Me Up When September Ends". That's most likely how Tigers fans feel these days — that this is all just a dream, it has to be. There's no way a team with a 15.5-game lead in early July could wind up losing their own division, right?
Unfortunately, we're not in dreamland, and the reality is the Tigers are on the verge of being etched in a not-so-glorious part of baseball history. Even AJ Hinch acknowledged this and isn't shying away from this harsh reality.
According to the Elias Sports Bureau, since the Divisional Era began, there have been five teams in major league history to overcome more than a 12.