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Cockcroft: Detroit Tigers preview

By Tristan H. Cockcroft
ESPN.com

Friday, February 2, 2007

Three games. That's how close the 2006 Tigers came to completing a magical season. Led by 17-game winner Kenny Rogers, Detroit won Game 2 of the World Series, a victory that afterward was marred by the "Dirt-gate" controversy stemming from a smudge on the lefty ace's pitching hand. Perhaps distracted by the attention or too rested after a weeklong break between the American League Championship Series and World Series, the Tigers wouldn't win another game, losing the next three in St. Louis. So ...

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