Ernie harwell said on the radio today that it's better for the Tigers to face the Yankees now. The team playing well will win. The team playing poorly will lose. Better to get the bad guys out of the way.

As an aside, t's been so long for Tigs fans that people may not know this but the Tigers have a 2 game lead on the Twins.

1 game in the standings, and 1 game for head to head. The only time there is a one game playoff is for a Wildcard spot. Division titles are decided on head to head records, which the Tigers hold over the Twinkies.

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Nov 13 LW Milan Lucic had an active night. He scored his first goal in eight games since his Oct. 25 hat trick and also pounded Michael Komisarek in a third-period fight. Lucic cut his hand in a fight with Michael Komisarek. "I'll be fine," he said. "(X-rays are) negative, but there's so many broken bones in there from before you can't really tell."