Intro:

The Detroit Tigers have won the American League pennant by completing their four-game sweep of the New York Yankees with a 8-1 win on Thursday.

Designated hitter Delmon Young was selected MVP of the AL championship series. The Tigers will face the winner of St. Louis and San Francisco in the World Series.

Script:

SOUNDBITE: (English) Jim Leyland, Detroit Tigers Manager:
"If somebody would have told me that we'd sweep the Yankees in this series I would have told them they're crazy so a little luck, some pretty good pitching obviously and a couple of hits at the right time and sometimes you get on a roll, it's pretty good."

SOUNDBITE: (English) Delmon Young, ALCS Most Valuable Player:
"The offence, you know, our pitching carried us throughout the whole playoffs so we didn't need to go out there and score five, six runs every game to win a ballgame. With the zeros they were putting up, you know one or two runs with them was a lot because they were hot going in to every game and pitching deep into the ballgames."

SOUNDBITE: (English) Jim Leyland, Detroit Tigers Manager (On MVP Delmon Young):
"Well, you know he got hot last year in the playoffs - unbelievable, I think he had five home runs last year maybe. You know, he got hot again this year at the right time for us and he stepped it up under the big lights. You know, not that they're not bright all year but they're a little brighter this time of year so, he's stepped it up two consecutive years for us and the MVP - what a tremendous honour for him."