That one day that I was able to photograph the Detroit Tigers at Rogers Centre was probably the most perfect day in terms of light for dramatic pictures of batters standing at the plate that I could possibly imagine. For pitchers, well, that was some ugly light.  But as Omar Infante demonstrates below, it was very flattering for the hitters:

Another day, another Tiger.  Who wants to place a bet on how many will make Photo of the Day before the series ends?

Today we feature Brandon Inge:

So, the matchup is now complete: the Tigers will face the Cardinals starting tomorrow night for the big silver wedding cake.

Sorry, Coach -- I'm rooting for Detroit.  And here's Nate Robertson:

It would be bad luck to post a photograph of a player and request captions that poke fun at them going into that player's World Series run, right?

Well, it's a good thing that Chris Shelton was left off of the Tigers' playoff roster!

That's right, Photo of the Day will be all-Tigers until the World Series is over or I run out of Tigers. After that, it'll go back to being Photo of the Week and I'll start to burn through your non-playoff-team requests and then I'll wander through the year's archives and see what I find that didn't make it up the first time around.

Today we have Ramon Santiago admiring the trajectory of a batted ball:

Friday was Ken Macha, so it's only fitting that today's photograph should be of Tiger manager Jim Leyland.  Enjoy 'em while you can -- your season of Photo of the Day is drawing to a close.

We've all heard the expression "It ain't over until Milton Bradley breaks a bat over his knee".

Well, it's over:

So, is it bad luck to put up a team's manager as Photo of the Day on Friday the 13th? And then leave him up for the whole weekend? I guess we'll find out, because today's photograph is of Ken Macha, clapping his hands together and sayin' "Let's get this show on the road" or maybe "I hope you pitch better than that last guy". Or maybe something else -- captions, anyone?

Sorry it's late, folks -- I just got in from the New Pornographers concert (which was fantastic, thanks for asking). Without further ado, heeeerrrrrrrrrre's Pudge:

Maybe the game will still be going when this goes live -- did MLB extend the commercial breaks in the post-season last year?  Because they sure as hell have this year, and it's making the games unpleasantly long.

Anyways, on to today's featured playoff ballplayer, Eric Chavez: