Oakland went cuckoo for Coco Crisp on Wednesday night after the center fielder’s walk-off single capped a thrilling three-run rally in the bottom of the ninth. Oakland’s reward? A date with the Tigers’ ace. Who will go home, and who will advance? Here are the PECOTA odds and projected starting lineups for Game Five:
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we sat directly behind home plate on the final day of the 2011 season at the O.Co in our Diamond Level season ticket holder location behind the umps head and watched Verlander kill the A's for the crowning glory final start of his MVP campaign
if you had told me that one year later we'd be in the same exact spot watching this go down in Game 5 of the ALDS i'd have told you to pass the bong this way....
this A's team has given us way more than anybody expected
That wasn't the final day of the season, greendrummer, but your point is taken. As a Tigers fan I too remember it well. I wasn't more than about two sections away from you, and Verlander was dominant.
He can be homer-prone when he's not on, so maybe that's how you'll get to him. As much of a Tigers fan as I am, if we have to lose I wouldn't mind if it was to this great A's team.
May the worse team win, but good luck tonight anyway.
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we sat directly behind home plate on the final day of the 2011 season at the O.Co in our Diamond Level season ticket holder location behind the umps head and watched Verlander kill the A's for the crowning glory final start of his MVP campaign
if you had told me that one year later we'd be in the same exact spot watching this go down in Game 5 of the ALDS i'd have told you to pass the bong this way....
this A's team has given us way more than anybody expected
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That wasn't the final day of the season, greendrummer, but your point is taken. As a Tigers fan I too remember it well. I wasn't more than about two sections away from you, and Verlander was dominant.
He can be homer-prone when he's not on, so maybe that's how you'll get to him. As much of a Tigers fan as I am, if we have to lose I wouldn't mind if it was to this great A's team.
May the worse team win, but good luck tonight anyway.