The Detroit Tigers are going back to the MLB playoffs in 2025 and they're celebrating in the locker room, as is customary.

The Tigers knocked off the playoff-bound Boston Red Sox on Saturday, Sept. 27, 2-1 at Fenway Park .

Of course, the cameras were there to catch another playoff-clinching speech from Tigers manager A.J. Hinch.

"The team that stays together is, what, very dangerous," he said. "The best time to be dangerous? Is in October."

Then the champagne popped as the locker room went bezerk. Expert MLB daily picks: Unique MLB betting insights only at USA TODAY

Sure, this is not as thrilling an experience as 2024, and the club is a little more subdued than last year, after choking away the 9½-game lead in the American League Central Division they had Sept. 10 . (Last year

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