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Shut down the Internet. Shut it down. We’re done here. Pack it up. We don’t need to see it anything else: Detroit Tigers relief pitcher Phil Coke checks out Rocky, a 4-week-old Bengal tiger from the Dade City Wild Things Zoo.
Bottom photo: This real tiger does not like fake Tiger Justin Verlander. (Photo: Carlos Osorio/The Associated Press)
Raptors get the job done: At some point this season, there is likely a major change coming for the Toronto Raptors. Whether it is a resignation or a firing or a trade of a core player, this season started too poorly for all of the figures to remain entrenched within the organization. Probably.
However, everybody involved with the Raptors for the last, let us say, 18 years has spent far too much time focusing on the future and potential change down the road. So, why not celebrate the good times? The Toronto Raptors have won four games in a row.
Now, the Mavericks, Rockets, Cavaliers and Pistons do not represent a murderer’s row of elite NBA teams. However, when the Raptors beat Detroit 97-91 on Wednesday night, it was the first time they strung together four wins since November 2010.
It was far from pretty, and perhaps the Raptors’ worst performance since returning home last week from a nightmarish five-game road trip.
“There are a million different ways to win or lose the game,” Raptors coach Dwane Casey said. “Right now, we’re finding the ways to win. That’s the most important thing for our group: finding ways to win. Now, we’re believing we can win. We trust in each other. We’re pulling for each other.” (Photo: Tyler Anderson/National Post)
We could show you a photo of the Giants celebrating their World Series victory during a parade in San Francisco…but this is much better.
Thousands of fans resplendent in orange and black noisily celebrated the team’s second World Series baseball title in three years on Wednesday. (Photo: REUTERS/Robert Galbraith)
Jim Leyland celebrates his return to the Tigers after his team announced on Tuesday that he would stay for another year.
Oh, wait. Scratch that. This is a photo of a Tigers fan wearing a mask with his likeness as he rides a carousel at the ballpark.
Regardless, the team and its manager quickly ended any remaining speculation about his status by announcing Tuesday that Leyland’s contract was extended through 2013. He managed on a one-year deal this year and led the Tigers to the World Series, where they were swept by the San Francisco Giants.
“Detroit is a tremendous baseball town and I couldn’t dream of a better place to manage,” Leyland said in a statement. “Tigers fans and the people of Michigan have supported us so well during my time here, I can’t even begin to express how much that means to me.”
San Francisco is cleaning up after some revelers celebrating the Giants World Series victory turned rowdy.
KTVU-TV reports a public transit bus was set on fire, a vehicle was flipped over, and the windows of several businesses and vehicles were broken as fans took to the streets following the Giants win Sunday night.
Fans also lit bonfires, fueling them with couches, signs and newspaper racks. Firefighters had to be escorted in by riot police to fight some of the fires.
It had been a World Series with little suspense. But its closing act finally produced a dash of drama worthy of a fall classic.
The Detroit Tigers put up their first authentic fight of the series. They scored as many runs in one game as they had the previous three. With the help of a stiff breeze, one of their prominent sluggers even managed to sweet-talk a fly ball over an outfield wall.
But the Tigers could not postpone the inevitable. Marco Scutaro singled home the winning run in the 10th inning, lifting the San Francisco Giants to a 4-3 victory and a four-game sweep.
The Giants, who won six straight elimination games to reach the World Series, are champions for the second time in three years. They needed five games to dispatch the Texas Rangers in 2010. (Photo: Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)
It was a big night for MLB yesterday. Oakland won the AL West title with another improbable rally, the Yankees beat the Red Sox for their 13th AL East title in 17 years, and Miguel Cabrera became the first player since 1967 to achieve the Triple Crown. Which moment was your favourite?
School’s out for summer: Good thing it’s not a school night. That way all the children of Detroit can go see Alice Cooper throw out the first pitch at the Tigers game. Photo: Paul Sancya/The Associated Press
A Chevrolet Camaro is positioned on its platform in the Chevrolet Fountain in centre field at Comerica Park in Detroit, Michigan. A Chevrolet Malibu Eco was also positioned in the fountain in time for the Detroit Tigers’ Opening Day MLB baseball festivities on April 4 when they will host the Boston Red Sox.
Out, damn’d spot! Detroit Tigers third baseman Miguel Cabrera holds out a bloodied hand after a ground ball hit by Philadelphia Phillies’ Hunter Pence bounced into his face during the first inning of a spring training baseball game.
