DETROIT -- He was talking about just one play, a ground ball that could not have made him look more foolish in the moment than if he'd picked up an exploding cigar off Jim Leyland's desk. But it could just as well stand as testament to how the Tigers' return to the World Series after an absence of 22 years ... (Full article: 1048 words)

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