Yes, partly I mention this because, again, I grew up in Michigan, so the Tigers are my favorite team. And despite their horrid, terrible start this season, this week the Tigers swept the Yankees, in New York, 3 straight games.
But what's really noteworthy about it to me is this: this is the first sweep for the Tigers in Yankee Stadium since 1966. This, despite the fact that the Tigers had some very good teams over the past 40 years (1968, 1984, and 2006 come to mind) and the Yankees had a few bad ones.
But only a few. The Yankees have had a stories history, and they remain the mighty Yankees. And that they remain so explains why fans of teams from smaller markets cheer such a sweep as this, because they are, and will likely remain, mighty rare.
