ALCS

I know, I'm a day late. But, I'd like to congratulate Jay Mariotti on his pick of the A's in today's game. That went about as well as Jay jumping on the Minnesota Twins' bandwagon. The A's have a solid pitching staff. However, the Tigers led the league in ERA. They earned their stripes this season and mowed down an impressive Yankee line-up in the division series. Did I mention the Tigers led the entire league (NL included) in ERA? Maybe it was all the games against weak sisters like the Twins, White Sox, and Indians. Sure, they got to beat up on KC, but the A's got to whip on the AL West and the Yanks had both the O's and D-Rays to push around, although they somehow struggle with Tampa. Maybe Steinbrenner tells them to take it easy on 'em. I imagine there will be some solid pitching match-ups later in the series and the A's will probably win some games. But why is everyone dismissing the Tigers prematurely? It doesn't make sense.