2006 American League Championship Series

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The 2006 American League Championship Series (ALCS) was a best-of-seven playoff in Major League Baseball's 2006 postseason pitting the third-seeded Oakland Athletics and the fourth-seeded Detroit Tigers for the American League pennant. The Series began on October 10 and ended on October 14. The Athletics had home-field advantage (despite the Tigers having a better regular season record) as the wild card team defers home field advantage in the LCS regardless of regular season record. The Tigers swept the Athletics to advance to the 2006 World Series, and became the fourth AL team to win at least 10 pennants, joining the New York Yankees (39), the Athletics (15), and the Boston Red Sox (11). Magglio Ordóñez's game-winning walk-off home run in the bottom of the 9th inning of Game 4 sealed the pennant for the Tigers. This ALCS marked the 5th different AL pennant winner in as many years (following 2005 with the White Sox, 2004 with the Red Sox, 2003 with the Yankees, and 2002 with the Angels...

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