Detroit Tigers Face Historic Collapse in Race for Postseason

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00:00We are watching one of the truly epic all-time meltdowns of any professional team in sports with

00:08the Detroit Tigers, who, once again, I remind everyone, this is a team that is now five games

00:15under .500 since the All-Star break, with the Cy Young award-winning starting pitcher going for

00:22them last night in an opportunity to right the ship. They have lost nine of their last 10 games

00:28heading into this one against the Guardians. The Guardians have been red hot, even though they

00:33basically tried to get rid of everybody at the trade deadline. They lost one of the best closers

00:39in Major League Baseball, suspended indefinitely for a gambling investigation, also one of their

00:46top starting pitchers. And yet, here they are, catching the Detroit Tigers, who at no point

00:53any time of the season, did anybody ever think Detroit wasn't winning the American League

00:58Central? Well, guess again. And we saw it again last night. They have invented another way to lose

01:04games here. And when it's going wrong, it's just going wrong here, George, for Detroit.

01:09They had a 15 and a half game lead. All right, it'd be the, it'd be the worst collapse in Major League

01:16Baseball history, as far as, you know, the big lead you're going to blow here. All right, now they're

01:22not in first place anymore. All right, Cleveland has passed them, but Cleveland owns the tiebreaker

01:25here, for those who are wondering. You had your ace on the mound last night in Tariq School, and you

01:30had a 2-0 lead, right? The Riley Green home run gave you a 2-0 lead, and then you have, I mean,

01:35just a meltdown, where the ball doesn't leave the infield, and you give up three runs. Scooble

01:40hit David Fry in the face, too. Not on purpose, by the way. You could see his reaction, complete

01:44accident, when Fry turned around to bunt here. And it was a meltdown, just a meltdown. I mean,

01:51they can't hit. They're not playing good ball right now. You said it, Joe. You would have asked

01:56me a month ago, you know, or at any point during the season, that Antonio, Detroit's not going

02:00to make the playoffs. What are you talking about? You know, what are you smoking? I said, yeah,

02:05they're in deep, deep doo-doo. All right? They're in a lot of trouble here. They may not get

02:11in here, and none of us saw that coming here. And if Scooble can't stop the bleeding, Joe,

02:15who is?