We've got a "woof" of a lineup today, but who cares! The Twins are AL Central Champs! LaMonte Wade has never played at first base? Who cares! Schoop as DH? Who cares!! Who the heck is Ian Miller!? Who cares!!!
Seriously though, this has been an unexpected and awesome year. Congratulations to the Twins, to Rocco, to the front office, and all the people working behind the scenes to tweak the players into their best selves. I'm not going to speculate on the Twins' chances in the playoffs, but I can say it's been a great ride this year that far exceeded my expectations. We're playing with house money now, so I'm just going to lay back and enjoy. High fives (and aspirin) all around.
This lineup needs
Gibson, K 3B
Yes! I was hoping we'd see a couple of relievers playing infield positions. I guess sticking Wade at first is going to have to be good enough.
First hit and RBI!
Honestly, as I glanced at the MLB scoring update on my phone that Miller had driven in Torreyes, I thought, oh shoot, the Tigers are up. When I got the next alert that the Tigers had tied it, I was confused for a couple seconds until I put it together.
lotsa "flu-like symptoms" day to day going around...
Attendance at today's game inflated due to Yankees' scouts
Hard to believe they would bother showing up to this game. How many of these guys are actually going to play on the playoff roster?
It's the Yanks -- they'll be carpet-bombing scouts to EVERY game since the clincher. Stay in the same hotels, too.
SEND HIM!!!
(haven't had a chance to post this much this year)
Dazzle's fumbled the score more than once today; wonder if he's AUI today (more than usual)
MISSION ACCOMPLISHED
300!
Keep 'em comin', boys!
Hopefully a 6-run lead is Romero-proof.
Lineup depth, and Tigers recreating '62 Mets, is nice.
Can't believe they didn't score Cave's triple as a double + error. Looking at the video, the CF clearly muffed picking it up.
Home scorer probably sees a fast runner hit it to that part of the park as pretty much an automatic triple. Can't wait till Buxton finds that spot for an IPTHR that isn't messed up or takes a funny bounce.
Wow, do the Tigers suck. I'm embarrassed for the Twins having lost 5 times to them.
Twins now lead the majors in runs scored after passing the Yankees today with their 10th run.
The key to this win was the stolen base, of course.
Dazzle sure loved it, anyway.