2006 American League Division Series

2006 American League Division Series
Teams
Team (Wins) Manager Season Detroit Tigers (3) Jim Leyland 95–67, .586, GB: 1 New York Yankees (1) Joe Torre 97–65, .599, GA: 10
Dates	October 3–7
Television	Fox (Games 1, 4) ESPN (Games 2–3)
TV announcers	Joe Buck, Tim McCarver (Game 1) Jon Miller, Joe Morgan and Bonnie Bernstein (Game 2) Jon Miller, Joe Morgan, Ernie Harwell and Bonnie Bernstein (Game 3) Josh Lewin, Steve Lyons and Ken Rosenthal (Game 4)
Radio	ESPN
Radio announcers	Jon Sciambi, Buck Martinez
Umpires	Tim McClelland Laz Díaz Alfonso Márquez Paul Emmel Larry Poncino Larry Vanover
Teams
Team (Wins) Manager Season Oakland Athletics (3) Ken Macha 93–69, .574, GA: 4 Minnesota Twins (0) Ron Gardenhire 96–66, .593, GA: 1
Dates	October 3–6
Television	ESPN
TV announcers	Jon Miller, Joe Morgan and Erin Andrews (Game 1) Dave O'Brien, Rick Sutcliffe, Eric Karros and Duke Castiglione (Games 2–3)
Radio	ESPN
Radio announcers	Gary Thorne, Steve Stone
Umpires	Randy Marsh Kerwin Danley Mike Everitt Ed Rapuano Tim Tschida Tony Randazzo
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The 2006 American League Division Series (ALDS), the opening round of the 2006 American League playoffs, began on Tuesday, October 3, and ended on Saturday, October 7, with the champions of the three AL divisions—along with a "wild card" team—participating in two best-of-five series. They were:

• (1) New York Yankees (East Division champions, 97–65) vs. (4) Detroit Tigers (Wild Card, 95–67); Tigers win series, 3–1.
• (2) Minnesota Twins (Central Division champions, 96–66) vs. (3) Oakland Athletics (West Division champions, 93–69); Athletics win series, 3–0.

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The Athletics and Tigers met in the AL Championship Series, where a Detroit sweep made the Tigers the American League champions. The Tigers then faced the St. Louis Cardinals in the 2006 World Series, and lost in five games.