No, really. You can go home now.
HOU @ BOS: Morton vs. Porcello (HOU up 2-1)
WAS @ CHC: Scherzer vs. Quintana (series tied 1-1)
CLE @ NYY: Bauer vs. Severino (CLE up 2-1)
LA @ ARI: Darvish vs. Greinke (LA up 2-0)
Lots and lots of high quality pitchers. I'll bet a couple of them even go 5 innings.
We're almost there. For the first time in seven years, there WILL be October baseball that means something.
I'm hoping that this isn't my last game log for the year. It will be really nice if I need to half bake something for a game against the Spiders next Saturday.
Even if I don't get that opportunity, though, this year has been a success that I don't think any of us saw coming. There will be plenty of time to speculate about the best course moving forward, but for now, the best course of action is to drink another beer and watch the Twins beat up on a team that is decidedly tensing in the opposite direction.
Tonight, Slegermania takes hold again. I hope he's able to pitch however far into the game as the plan dictates. Also, some dude named Sanó gets to hopefully play his way into the Tuesday lineup.
If this it, then I've half-baked my last game log for the year. Go Twins!
If the Twins win this evening, they'll match a win total that I would have, before the season began, considered a benchmark for a successful season.
They've done well - better than I would've expected, clearly - and have also been the benefactors of some crazy disparity in the AL (only five teams in the AL have records above .500. Considering that the AL has gone 156-137 in interleague play this season, it's not that there aren't a ton of wins to go around).
Let's bake this precisely halfway.
Some Blue Jays dudes takes on Mejia. It's not exactly "must win" (the magic number is 14), but it would be advisable to win here.
Onelki García against Kyle Gibson
We're headed into the home stretch now. We've all talked about managing expectations this season, but with this soft schedule and the flawed teams in the race, I will be very disappointed if the Twins don't come away with the chance to play the play-in game. Continue reading Game 135: royals @ twins
The soulful singing in this one gets me every time.
Thanks for staying tuned throughout Nibbish week. Let's do this again sometime.
https://youtu.be/-kpxA-TOLmA
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Loading... Okay, so.... This has the potential to be a really good game. The Twins are in playoff positioning again. They're facing off against a legitimate ace in Greinke, but they've got a potential future ace going for them in Berrios.
It's nibbish week, so you get War on Drugs.
https://youtu.be/gmhT2EqGmbY
(2 votes, average: 7.00 out of 10)Loading... The world's wordiest rapper has always benefitted from self focus. It's no surprise, then, that his best song is locked in on the bonds of brotherhood via a concert not attended and the little league game from hell.
(1 votes, average: 5.00 out of 10)Loading... Gibson vs. Carrasco game one
Gibson is already Gibsonning in the first.
Aaron Slegers makes his MLB debut tonight. It would be really nice to not be eight back after today.
