TIGERS ARE A FORCE, FEEL BETTER?

NO- heck NO! Yankee fans feel cheated this season by the Motown Mow Down but they know that they were badly outpitched--there is something else there too-- the meltdown by Detroit against KC--KC beat them five in arow before the playoffs and it cost them a division title --now long forgotten in Detroit- bu-u-u-t in the process the Tigers gained the advantage of zero expectations- a lighter yoke to bear than "George expects his team to win the World Series"--but the radar guns tell a more important tale in the run up to the playoffs the Tiger starters and Zumaya in relief turned into breaking ball pitchers- if you scouted the last 10 Tiger games you saw starters throwing a lot of change ups and breaking balls many of whom left KC bats and found the outfield turf. In the playoffs they turned it around and added 5 mph to the fast pitches and you could throw out those scouting reports- if it had been a horse race they would have been testing saliva- Kenny Rogers at 94-95mph wow he couldn't have done that when he was in his 30's. So the Yanks were caught by surprise but they were beaten by a better pitching staff than they have had for the last four seasons.