Tigers and White Sox Set To Battle It Out To The End

As a Chicago sports fan I welcome the challenge you Tigers will give to my team. I like all regional teams and know this years Detroit Tiger team will be there at the end. I am glad that the Tigers turned their organization around and started winning unlike the Kansas City Royals, who never seem able to field a competitive ball club. The Tigers have a good mix of veterans and youngsters just like the Sox. I think this race will come down to the finals weeks and it will be tough for The Chicago White Sox to get past your strong ball club.

 The thing I like about the AL Central is that there seems to be a different division winner every year. It has been a while since somebody has repeated in this division. One year the Indians are up and one year they are down. Same thing with every club except of course that minor league franchise in KC. This may be the Tigers year and I like their starting pitching. The Twins may be in the race to, but I don't think they are strong throughout the lineup like the Tigers and White Sox. Miguel Cabrera is having a monster year and making up for the absence of other stars on the team. I can't imagine how good the tigers would of been if Dontrelle Willis and Carlos Guillen ever regained their prior status. It will be a good race down the stretch and I hope the best team wins and prevents a West or East Coast team in the World Series.

I think the White Sox are peaking at the right time. Hopefully they will get over this weekends debacle with the Tigers and get back to playing strong baseball. The game the other night with Mark Buherle's perfect game hopefully is a signal of what a magical season this could come to be for the baseball team from the South Side. If everybody stays healthy and the Tigers also stay healthy the American League Central will have a strong representative or two for the playoffs.