On August 10th, the Tigers and Blue Jays both had a 0.2% of making it to the post-season, the Blue Jays saw it as impossible and gave up while the Tigers buckled down and are now headed to the American League division series.
While some of the responsibility on the Blue Jays poor season falls on the players, the Tigers success proves how much the front office and coaches have to do with it as well since they need to be able to put the players into the right situations to win.