Well, the Tigers lost the World Series.

Congrats to both teams, especially the Cardinals who simply outplayed the Tigers during this 5 game stretch.

And, as sad as it was to see them lose, I also feel very good about this season. This was the most entertaining season of Detroit Baseball in about 15 years. The first time they got to the World Series in 22 years. Thanks for that, Tigers. And, although they didn’t win it all, they did quite well – I mean, they made it to the World Series, the place that all teams want to go!

And there are those who will complain. I’ve already read it in the papers, and on LiveJournals and MySpace blogs: They made it as a Wild Card, not by winning the division. They got lucky and beat teams better than them. Their inexperience killed them. The Twins should’ve won. The Yankees should’ve won. They got lucky this year, will they be as good next year?! Blah blah blah…

That’s baseball. The “Best Team” in baseball is determined by who wins the World Series. Like it or not. The “Best Teams” from each league are the ones left standing after the playoffs, and those two top teams play each other to see who’s the best in the “World” (which is, of course, not exactly true – there are a lot of other countries…but I digress.)

And the Tigers didn’t make it all the way.

But they came close.

Damned close.

And it was fun.