It’s the Guardians vs. the Tigers this week, and why does that sound familiar?

Oh, maybe because these two American League Central rivals -- set to face each other in the best-of-three Wild Card Series that begins Tuesday and takes place entirely at Progressive Field -- faced each other last postseason in a Division Series that went the distance (and went to the Guards).

Or maybe it’s because they just played each other three times last week at Progressive Field. And three times the week before that at Comerica Park. All as part of the most stunning September surge/strife in MLB history , with the Guardians erasing a 10 1/2-game deficit as of Sept. 1 (not to mention the 15 1/2-game deficit they faced as late as July 8) to take the Central crown for the second straight season.

If famil

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