You know a city loves BBQ when they use BBQ sauce instead of shaving cream to throw in the face of the walk-off hitter.

The Tigers and Giants both had big contract news to announce today – the teams locked up stars Justin Verlander and Buster Posey, respectively, for a combined total of nearly $350 million. The news was so big, in fact, that the teams felt the need to commemorate it with photos. Those photos, though, only show that when it comes to these sorts of stories, pictures are worth significantly less than 1,000 words.

It’s February 26 and in all likelihood, you haven’t mustered up the energy to care about baseball’s spring training yet. That’s OK, I get it. But maybe it’s time to start paying attention, because now we get to see reigning Triple Crown winner and AL MVP Miguel Cabrera do things like this again.

Mitch Albom is the worst. Maybe you’re familiar with his work, maybe you’re not. Either way, all you really need to know is Mitch Albom is the worst. Just check out this infuriating piece on why Miguel Cabrera actually deserved the AL MVP and try not to get riled up in frustration.

Back in April, when he was in town playing the Yankees, Delmon Young had a bit of an incident outside of a Midtown hotel. By “a bit of an incident,” we mean he drunkenly yelled “f—ing Jews!” at a group of men before throwing one of them into a wall and tackling him. This all happened at 2:30 in the morning, although we’re assuming you knew that, because things like this tend to happen at 2:30 in the morning or thereabouts.

Didn’t watch any sports last night? Oh. Well then. Guess you don’t care about things like the clinching game of the World Series (though we guess you’d be in some good company if you didn’t care about the World Series), or two of the best quarterbacks in football facing off. Your loss. But if you’ve seen the light and regret what you’ve done, we’re here to help: read after the jump to catch up on a pretty loaded Sunday night.

When you think “San Francisco Giants,” you don’t think “dynasty,” right? Sure, they won the World Series two years ago, but that was their first title since 1954, and first since moving across the country from New York. Well… time to adjust that thinking, because the Giants are on top of the baseball world for the second time in three years. They beat the Tigers tonight in 10 innings, 4-3, for the franchise’s seventh overall title… and the continuation of what’s becoming one of the most remarkable runs for any baseball team in years. See the last strike after the jump.

Yesterday, in our morning roundup of what happened the night before, we noted: “If you can’t park yourself in front of the TV for the World Series, what will you be willing to watch?” Well… a lot of other things, apparently.