recuperate," Bowman said. "He's played so much hockey over the past three or four years with all those long runs in the playoffs.

"He figured it out, he's played almost an additional 100 games than most guys have played, almost four seasons over the last three years."

Hossa appeared in 72 playoff games over the last four springs and skated in seven games in the 2010 Olympics.In a lot of ways, this was the best game of the 2006 World Series. You had the Tigers, who were down 2-1 in the series, come out hitting the ball and taking an early three-run lead. Then you saw the Cardinals come back and take the lead—only to have the Tigers tie it up, then give up the lead again. In the first three games, the team that was leading after the fourth inning ended up winning every game.

Sean Casey put the Tigers in front 1-0 with a solo home run in the second inning off of Cardinals starter Jeff Suppan, and then Casey struck again in the third with an RBI single. Ivan Rodriguez, who had broken out of an 0-for-23 slump with a single in