When I think back over this tumultuous season for the Tigers, I can’t help but wonder why it is that this particular year has had such a grip on my attentions. It’s not simply because they’ve won their division and are heading for the playoffs for the first time in half a decade. Don’t forget, the Tigers were a roller coaster earlier this season, trading places with Cleveland (of all teams) and seeming to do their best to throw away a weak division as late as August. Surely they were going to fold in September.
Despite that, I followed the Tigers passionately this year. And I’d be following them today if they’d bottomed out. This is a good team, perhaps a great team, with certifiably great players at the very least. But that’s not just what has made them great in 2011. What has attracted me to this sterling club is this: radio.
