2006 TOP TEN Number 8

The last time the Detroit Tigers made it to the playoffs was 1987. Between then and September, the Tigers have lost the most games of any major-league club. After their spectacular performance through the summer, the Tigers roared through the fall with the best record of the of the league. In the coming weeks, the Tigers entered the playoffs and faced trouble from the start. They faced the Yankees and lost the first game of the series but quickly tied it up by winning the second game. This is the were Curtis Granderson tripled home the winning run in the seventh, one inning after Carlos Guillen tied it with a solo homer. Stellar performances by ptichers Kenny Rogers and Jeremy Bonderman helped advance the Tigers to face the A's in the ALCS.

The Tigers won Game 1 against the A's and then in the second game of the series, Alexis Gomez hit a two-run single and a two-run homer foreshadowing his anticipated appearance in the World Series. Magglio Ordonez secured his place in history by sending the Tigers to the World Series with his show-stopping walk-off home run in the bottom of the ninth in the fourth and

final game of the ALCS.

The Tigers faced the Cardinals in the World Series. They lost Game 1, but Kenny Rogers delivered eight scoreless innings to capture victory for the Tigers. But the celebration was soon brought to a halt by several errors throughout the remaining games. The St. Louis Cardinals won Game 5 tonight over the Detroit Tigers, to clench the 2006 World Series championship title.

Despite the anticipated buzz, The Cardinals' victory over the Tigers averaged a record-low ratings score. And just days after the World Series, their hometowns find themselves atop a list no one wants to lead: the most dangerous cities in the United States.