If the Chicago White Sox hadn't gone 11-17 in September and let the Tigers pass them in the AL Central, Detroit would be sitting at home wondering, again, why it underachieved. But the Tigers are making the most of their second shot at glory and, by gum if they're not finally playing the great baseball many of us thought they were capable of. Eighty-eight victories don't look like much, and the Tigers are still full of holes on defense and in the bullpen, but they've been impressive in the postseason and deserve this as much as any team that made the tournament. Hopefully for the sake of 83-year-old owner Mike Illitch, who paid for all this, they'll win their first World Series since the great '84 team of Sparky Anderson, Lou Whitaker, Alan Trammell, Kirk Gibson, Jack Morris and Willie Hernandez. The San Francisco Giants weren't supposed to be here, either. Several times, they were counted out. When closer Brian Wilson got hurt. When slugger Melky Cabrera got busted for a positive drug test. When the Dodgers traded for Adrian Gonzalez. When the Reds went up 2-0 in the NLDS. When the Cardinals went up 3-1 in the NLCS. The Giants probably be counted out at least one more time in the...