Last night the Tigers eliminated the NY Yankees and won the AL Pennant. Also last night, the St. Louis Cardinals went up on the SF Giants 3 games to 1 and will look to close out their series tonight.
This would set up a rematch of the 2006 World Series which the Cardinals won 4-1. I'm sure the Tigers will be looking to redeem themselves this time around.
One other odd little point about the AL and NL Championship series. This may have been the first time that the last three World Series winners were represented in the Championship series. St. Louis is the defending champion and they are facing off against San Francisco, who won the 2010 World Series. The Yankees had won the 2009 World Series. Only Detroit was the oddball, having not won the World Series since 1984.
It wouldn't have been possible to get all four previous winners in the Championship series as the Philadelphia Phillies (NL) won the 2008 World Series. The best one could have done would have been to replace Detroit with the Boston Red Sox, who won the 2007 World Series.
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