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- Updated: October 3, 2016
ATLANTA — The Tigers spent most of the weekend pondering three- and four-team Wild Card tiebreakers, a makeup game against Cleveland, and a possible week-long stretch of a different road game in every city. Then suddenly, their season was over.
The only place they’re going is home — not Detroit, but to their homes.
When Jim Johnson threw strike three past Justin Upton to close out Detroit’s 1-0 loss, he abruptly eliminated the Tigers from postseason contention. The only scoreboard watching left was to watch the Red Sox and Blue Jays and figure out if the Tigers would have to return to Detroit for a makeup game against Cleveland that had no bearing on their own chances.
Once Toronto held on, Detroit was done in every sense.
“With all the scenario and possibilities and travel schedules, it kind of fizzled out, to be honest with you,” manager Brad Ausmus said. “I would have not enjoyed the travel, but I would have relished traveling, if that makes sense.”
A day that began with them still holding hope for the postseason ended with them shaking hands and parting ways, not knowing in some cases who might be back when they meet again.
“I want to keep playing,” Miguel Cabrera said. “I was telling guys, ‘What am I going to do?’ You don’t make …
