DETROIT -- The next few days may feel a bit familiar to Detroit manager Jim Leyland. The Tigers will have to wait a while before starting the World Series. Detroit won the American League pennant Thursday, wrapping up a four-game sweep of the New York Yankees. Now the Tigers won't play again until next Wednesday, when they open on the road against the winner of the National League championship series between St. Louis and San Francisco. In 2006, Leyland's Tigers swept Oakland in the ALCS, finishing that series Oct. 14. The World Series didn't start until Oct. 21, and Detroit...
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