Greg Eno, Out of Bounds Sports writes:

Friday night, the Tigers were one out away from a win that would have crept them ever-so-close to the frustratingly elusive AL Central title. A foul ball was lofted toward the stands on the third base side. A seemingly impossible play would have to be made in order to catch the floater, but Inge, the most athletic of all the Tigers, was going to try to make it anyway. Running full speed, Inge crashed into the metal barrier and fell forward into the stands, having gotten his glove on the ball -- a miracle in of itself. He didn't make the catch, but he was inches from doing so. Moments later, the pesky Kansas City Royals tied the game, and won it in extra innings. Celebration on hold. ...The Tigers lost the game. They lost the division. They lost home field advantage in the first round of the playoffs. In fact they cannot, as a Wild Card, have home field advantage in any playoff series they play. From May 16 to September 30, the Tigers held at least a share of first place. But the MLB schedule ran to October 1st, and on that day, the Tigers were no longer even shared occupants of first place.

But, what do the fans think? Sportspig, Leelanau Sports Guy's World, writes about the Detroit News interview of what they called a "longtime fan". He writes:

What's the definition of longtime fan? I don't know if you can be 23 and considered a longtime fan, can you? It means he was probably in diapers when the Tigers won the 1984 World Series and spent his childhood cheering the Tigers teams of the 90's. That doesn't seem like "longtime fan" to me.

Read A Game Of Inges: Tigers Can't Hold On To Division by out of bounds
Also read about this fan in This really cracked me up...by Leelanau Sports Guy's World