Predictions are such a cliche, aren’t they? But, hey, the Tigers are in the postseason and in the spirit of supporting the home team, here’s a rundown of predictions for the Tigers/Yankees series from across the baseball galaxy:

Local Writers

• Tom Gage: Tigers in five
• Lynn Henning: Tigers in five
• Tony Paul: Tigers in five
• Bob Wojnowski: Tigers in five
• John Niyo: Yankees in five
• Mitch Albom: Tigers in five
• John Lowe: Tigers in five
• Michael Rosenberg: Tigers in five
• Drew Sharp: Tigers in four

New York Writers

Newsday

• Erik Boland (Yankees beat reporter): Tigers in four
• Mark Herrmann: Yankees in four
• Jim Baumbach: Tigers in four
  Anthony Rieber: Tigers in five

• David Lennon: Tigers in five
• Kimberley A. Martin: Yankees in five
• Ken Davidoff: Yankees in four

ESPN

• Jim Bowden: Yankees in five
• Jim Caple: Tigers in five
• Jerry Crasnick: Yankees in four
• Jayson Stark: Tigers in five
• Eric Karabell: Tigers in five
• Curt Schilling: Tigers
• John Kruk: Yankees
• Keith Law: Yankees
• Howard Bryant: Yankees in four
• Dave Schoenfield: Yankees in five
• Christina Kahrl: Tigers in five

Fox Sports

• Ken Rosenthal: Tigers in five
• Jon Paul Morosi: Tigers

The CBSSports.com Crew

• Consensus: Tigers in five

Yahoo! Sports

• Jeff Passan: Yankees in four
• Kevin Kaduk: Yankees in four
• Steve Henson: Tigers in five
• Dave Brown: Tigers in five

And one final prediction: on the ride to work on Thursday I heard Larry King call into Power Alley with Jim Duquette and Kevin Kennedy on SiriusXM. Ol’ Larry picks the Tigers, for what it’s worth.