Maybe I was too caught up in the Cabrera moment to capture the entire situation.

Let’s bring it all the way back to Saturday.

So, I dogged Manager Jim Leyland ’bout Friday’s shit. Damn, did he respond Saturday.

The Tigers started out belting hits from the gate. We led 3-0, and then the Royals snarfed some hits to cut it to 3-2. With a runner on first, the batting Royal fouled a pitch to the backstop. Catcher Brayan (BRAY-AN, IDIOT TIGERS ANNOUNCERS. HOW THE FUCK CAN YOU WHITE PEOPLE CALL HIM BRIAN?) Pena didn’t even chase it; Doug Fister picked it up with the runner moving all the way to third. The umpires ruled it a wild pitch!!

LEYLAND MANNED UP AND STORMED OUT, receiving a quick ejection. HOUND DOG.

Pena was so pissed, he mouthed off enough to the home plate ump to also take a toss (no homo). Pena slammed his mask into the dugout as he marched down the steps.

The runner would score, so it was snarfed up. A gimme 3-3 tie.

Miguel Cabrera doubled in Jose Iglesias in the bottom of the inning for a 4-3 lead.

The Royals tied it again in the 7th on a home run. Naturally, on his son’s birthday, Prince Fielder took care of business in the bottom of the inning, launching a bomb to right center field for a 5-4 Tigers lead.

Things seemed sketchy in the 8th for Jose Veras. The snarf let a runner on base, then an errant throw on a steal attempt to the outfield allowed the runner to move to third. He’d score on the next hit, 5-5. Next, Alcides Escobar singled, moving Chris Getz from first to third. During the next at bad, Escobar stole second. No outs.

Then, it rained Tiger miracles. A infield pop up on the second pitch caught by Cabrera eased the tension a little, followed by an Eric Hosmer intentional walk to load the bases.

Billy Butler hit a liner to left, but Cabrera stabbed it for the second out. HUGE.

On the final out, Alex Gordon hit a grounder that caught Prince Fielder in the balls. He dropped to his knees, had this look of nut-pain but knew he had to finish this pivotal play – so he got the ball and tossed it to Veras to finish the inning. Thank God he was OK.

In the ninth, Joaquin Benoit kept a runner from scoring after walking him to start the inning. He moved to second with a sacrifice, then to third with a groundout. The final Royal Chris “Gross Pointe” Getz tried to bunt but was got for the final out.

In the bottom of the ninth, Miguel Cabrera was first up to bat. He worked a 3-1 pitch, then this became legend:

I hugged my TV and my dad! What a night for everyone, especially the Tiger fans.