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Zito and Robertson open ALCS
The two teams not expected to be here, are, as the Oakland A's get set to host the Detroit Tigers in Game 1 of the best-of-seven American League Championship series Tuesday.
The Tigers start Nate Robertson while the A's counter with 16-game winner Barry Zito.
Detroit shocked the Yankees, taking their AL divisional series in four games after Jeremy Bonderman shut them down with an all-star performance in Game 4.
The Athletics are favored slightly by the bookmakers, who opened the game at -133. The total has been set at 8.5.
The A's were not expected to defeat the hottest-team coming into the playoffs in the Minnesota Twins, but exceeded everyone's expectations, limiting them to seven runs in a three-game sweep of the ALDS.
The two teams not expected to be here, are, as the Oakland A's get set to host the Detroit Tigers in Game 1 of the best-of-seven American League Championship series Tuesday.
The Tigers start Nate Robertson while the A's counter with 16-game winner Barry Zito.
Detroit shocked the Yankees, taking their AL divisional series in four games after Jeremy Bonderman shut them down with an all-star performance in Game 4.
The Athletics are favored slightly by the bookmakers, who opened the game at -133. The total has been set at 8.5.
The A's were not expected to defeat the hottest-team coming into the playoffs in the Minnesota Twins, but exceeded everyone's expectations, limiting them to seven runs in a three-game sweep of the ALDS.
