Page 10 -The Michigan Daily-Monday, October 5, 1987 Tigers take 'Motown Showdown' Detroit sweeps Jays to capture AL East title * (Continued from Page 1) winning six in a row, including the first three games of a four-game set against Detroit in Toronto last weekend. But Toronto lost the last game of the series, then three straight to Milwaukee before coming to Detroit. . All seven of the games the Blue Jays and Tigers played in the final two weeks of the season were decided by one run, and two went extra innings, including Saturday's 3-2, 12-inning victory that put the Tigers a game ahead of Toronto. TORONTO played six of the games without All-Star shortstop Tony Fernandez, and catcher Ernie Whitt missed the last three games with two cracked ribs. Fernandez suffered a broken elbow on Sept. 24 when he was hit while making a pivot on a double-play attempt. The Tigers begin their second American League playoff in four years on Wednesday in Minnesota against the Twins, who already had MOLSON NIGHT Pitchers of Molson at /2 price The perfect combination ! ONLY AT MONDAY 338 S. State 10:00 p.m.-close clinched the AL West. The Tigers also won the division, and the World Series in 1984. This was a championship in stark contrast to the Tigers' 1984 division title, but for the Blue Jays, it was just another in a growing list .of failures. Detroit started the 1984 season by winning 35 of its first 40 games, won the AL East with a record of 104-58, swept Kansas City in the playoffs, then beat San Diego in a five-game World Series. THIS, HOWEVER, was not a team that had it easy. Kirk Gibson missed the first 25 games with a rib injury. Alan Trammell missed some early playing time with a sore foot. And third baseman Darnell Coles, later traded to Pittsburgh, committed 15 errors by May 19, once throwing a ball over the Tiger Stadium roof in disgust during infield practice before he was benched. On May 5 the Tigers were in sixth place, 11 games out. But from May 11-18, they won six straight, and by the All-Star break they were 11 games over .500 in third place. Detroit worked its way into second for the first time this season on July 21. Coles, replaced by Tom Brookens at third, was traded. Bill Madlock joined the club on June 4 after he was released by Los Angeles. He had a .301 batting average with six home runs by the end of August. Pitcher Doyle Alexander, a former Blue Jay, was traded from Atlanta on Aug. 12 and won all nine of his decisions with Detroit. The Tigers were on their way. THE TIGERS won the division with 98 victories, the most in baseball. -Associated Press Tiger pitcher Frank Tanana celebrates his six-hit division-clinching shutout of Toronto with first baseman Darrell Evans. The Tigers will face Minnesota in a best-of-seven series starting Wednesday in Minnesota. GRIDDE PICKS Miller Time BY SCOTT G. MILLER Bo's not uptight... ...he's just stoned Michigan head coach Bo Schembechler had a tough week. Real tough. Instead of Schembechler making life tough for others, a kidney stone made life tough for him. He had to spend last Tuesday in the hospital. A 49-0 demolition of Wisconsin proved to be just what the doctor ordered. "Bo wasn't nearly going out of his mind as much as he usually does before our Big Ten opener," said nose guard Billy Harris. "It was good that the game was lopsided so he didn't have to get uptight." Thank God. Bo laid back? One never would have known Schembechler had such an easy Saturday after listening to the post-game press conference. A tough talking Bo faced reporters. The usual Bo. Schembechler proudly proclaimed that he had predicted Michigan State would beat Iowa. Bo was on a roll. A big victory. A great prediction. He could do no wrong. There is a set of unwritten rules regarding Schembechler press conferences that reporters understand, yet ignore. Breaking these rules makes for a great show. Rule I: Never question the master when he's on a roll. Of course, a Detroit writer broke Rule I by knocking Schembechler's analysis of the Spartans. Hadn't the Spartans been blown out by Notre Dame and Florida State? "I'm going to tell you something," said the 19th year head coach. "I read some of the stuff you write. You're a nice guy, but you don't know how to study football games. You don't. "For anybody to come in here and tell me Michigan State is not a good football team is crazy. I don't care what happened to them the last couple of weeks. Nobody can run on them or pass on them. Nobody does anything on them. If they can scrounge two touchdowns, they'll be in every game they play." Notre who? While on the subject of studying football, professor Schembechler could not resist offering his opinion of the balance of power in college football. "Then you guys (writers) say Notre Dame is the greatest football team to ever live," said Schembechler. "That's going to end someday too because there are no superpowers out there. I haven't seen Oklahoma, and they probably are. And maybe Miami (of Florida). I don't know." Bo was on a roll again. Rule II: Never ask stupid questions, especially when the master is on a roll. "What is going to happen next week in East Lansing?" said a Kalamazoo writer. "What the hell kind of question is that? How long have you been in this business?" said Schembechler. "It's going to be a game. They're going to start this game at 3:30 p.m. It's going to be a hell of a game." "Boy, you're ornery since you got that kidney stone," said the Kalamazoo writer. Doctor's orders Schembechler earlier in the press conference had answered the two pertinent questions regarding those Schembeehler kidney stones. Question: "What kind of orders have you gotten from the doctor?" Answer: "None. Dr. Schembechler, that's all." Question: "Do they want you to stay calm?" Answer: "No no no. No no. This is one of those things that is uncomfortable. It hurts. But it is not life threatening." Rule III: Never start the master reminiscing. He won't stop. "I have a great teacher on kidney stones," said Schembechler. "Biggest kidney stone of them all, (Don) Canham had. They couldn't get his out unless they operated. "But I don't want to go through that. They didn't have the old smasher in those days, did they Don?" "No, I was tough," said Canham. So is Schembechler. The NFL football strike had a bizarre intermingling with the Tigers-Blue Jays Sunday season finale. The Toronto Blue Jays, with a solid three and a half game lead and one week to go, lost seven straight games and the American League Eastern Division crown to the Tigers. What made 'em falter in general? Blue Jay coach Jimy Williams has a response for yesterday's loss. He said, "nobody watches those damn football players in Detroit (the Lions) anyway, but when I saw those tractors pulling toward downtown this morning, I knew our players were going to have some trouble concentrating. The three hundred tractors Williams referred to, w e r e sympathetic farmers trying to block fans from attending the Lions- Buccaneers game at the Pontiac Silverdome. Later in the day, the tractors made the thirty mile trip to the Griddes office, 420 Maynard, to drop off their picks for this week's games, in hopes of winning a $10 gift certificate to Domino's Pizza. 1. MICHIGAN at Michigan State (pick total points) 2. Indiana at OSU 3. Minnesota at Northwestern 4. Iowa at Wisconsin 5. Illinois at Purdue 6. Oklahoma at Texas (Dallas) 7. Notre Dame at Pittsburgh 8. Maryland at Miami, Fla. 9. LSU at Georgia 10. Arizona St. at Washington 11. Virginia at Clemson 12. Arkansas at Texas Tech 13. Wyoming at BYU 14. Mississippi at Kentucky 15. Air Force at Navy 16. US C at Oregon 17. Stanford at Washington St. 18. Virginia Tech at S. Carolina 19. Columbia at Princeton 20. SLIPPERY ROCK at Lock Haven Impact Jazz Dance AUDITIONS BICYCLE SALES AND SERVICE Ross 10 Speed Bikes starting at $159.95 QUALITY PRODUCTS, PERSONAL SERVICE. AND FAIR PRICES a a a F October 8 & 9 7-10:00 p.m. Michigan Union Ballroom both days are mandatory CALLBACKS - . --- . t Jackson Ave. across from Cottage Inn next to Capitol Cleaners Liberty St. October 10 for more 9-11:00 a.m. CCRB info call 763-1107 Larry's Bike & Mower Shop 2306 W. 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