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Article: [ DETROIT -- From the very first day of spring training, Jim Leyland demanded that his Detroit Tigers walk with the swagger of World Series champions.... ]
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- October 14, 2006
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DETROIT -- From the very first day of spring training, Jim Leyland
demanded that his Detroit Tigers walk with the swagger of World
Series champions.
One more win, and this once-lost franchise will get a chance to
play for that golden trophy.
Kenny Rogers pitched the game of his life for the second straight
week while the Tigers backed him with their bats, gloves and legs,
beating the Oakland Athletics, 3-0, on a frosty Friday to take a 3-0
lead in the AL Championship Series.
Pushing aside two decades of frustration and failure, plus a late-
season collapse that threatened to wreck their year, the wild-card
Tigers made it look easy -- just like the 1984 club that stormed to
the title.
Long ...