How 'bout them Twins?
Friday, September 29, 2006Damn it's a good time a year to be a baseball fan. Well, for those 11 teams that are in or fighting to be in the playoffs.
Last night was an epic game for the Twinkies. 2-1 Win in ten innings over the KC Royals. It moves them to a tie for first in the AL central and one game back from the Yanks in the battle for home field.
I don't think it's possible for a 2-1 game to get more exciting than that. Not only did you have Brad Radke coming back and pitching despite having a stress fracture and a torn labrum in his shoulder, but you had a nail biter finish. It went to the 9th inning 1-0. In the top of the 9th Denys Reyes managed to load the based with no outs. I repeat NO outs. The next two batters? Infield pop-fly, and a double play grounder. Whew!
Twins come up, give KC two quick outs before Joe Mauer visits the plate. In making his case why he should be the AL MVP and not the other M&M boy, he smacked a line drive homer into the second row of seats. Jeter who? Game tied, excitement level on a scale from 1-10 hits somewhere around 3,524.
The tenth comes and Joe Nathan does what he always does: three quick outs.
Twins get up, Morneau gets a hit. Rondell white manages a hit also and moves him around to third. With one out Jason Barlett gets up to bat. All he has to do is get the ball in the outfield... and he did! He popped what would have been a ground rule double (had it not scored the winning run) to center and the Twins took the game.
Now that's damn good baseball.
Here's hoping they can turn that sweet win into a division title and maybe even a World Series Title.
Oh and to any of you who might just happen to matter in the AL MVP voting? Read this: MLBs Big Questions on ESPN
I really hope he's right in that very last paragraph as well!
Any of you that would like to become Twins fans, even if only temporarily, are gladly welcome :O) Even you FINY, if you can get past that sweep in Fenway. There's definitely enough Minnesota Nice to go around!
posted by Chief Slacker @ 5:16 PM,
3 Comments:
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At Sat Sep 30, 12:48:00 AM,
BklynSoxFan said...
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Slacker
I'm a huge Red Sox fan like FINY, but I could become a Twins fan from here on out. (Heck, the Vikings are my NFL team, so not very far to go.) If they are matched up with the Yankees in the ALDS, I'll become a HUGE Twins fan!
Go Twins!!! Morneau for MVP!!! -
At Mon Oct 02, 04:38:00 PM,
FINY said...
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"Damn it's a good time a year to be a baseball fan. Well, for those 11 teams that are in or fighting to be in the playoffs."
Ouch, dude. Ouch.
Like Q said, the Twinkies play the Yanks, suddenly I am going to be a HUGE Twins fan. -
At Tue Oct 03, 04:50:00 PM,
Chief Slacker said...
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Q - Ewww!!! Vikings? Arg, well at least your can redeem yourself when the Twins Beat the A's and play the Yanks for the AL! And yeah, let's see three titles for the Twins, Batting, Cy Young, and MVP!
FINY - *hugs* girl, I didn't mean it as a dig. :O(
Well, her's rooting for two more fans come next week!