Bill Simmons once again:

And yeah, I know. We need to win the World Series to complete the dream. But you can win the World Series every year. You only have one chance to destroy the Yanks. As my friend Mike (a Tigers fan) wrote me last night, “Everyone outside of Yankee brats are celebrating quietly with you guys. It’s like you killed Michael Myers, Jason, Freddie Kreueger and Hannibal Lecter in one night.”

Not just destroy, but utterly humiliate in a way that is now written down in every record book. Every time a team is at the verge of being swept in any 7 game series, this series will come up. Every time a team is down 2-0 and is losing game 3, this series will come up. Every time the Yankees increase their payroll by another dollar, this series will come up.

I can’t wait until the NBA playoffs. :-)