Post by epaul on Oct 1, 2006 22:54:45 GMT -5
Dang, what a sweet season.
We might get swept by Oakland with their good starting pitching, but I don't care. The Twins played as well they can play, better even. They played better than they can play. Jeez, do I like this bunch of players. I have never, ever, enjoyed a season, a team, and a bunch of players more. They were in a huge hole, 11 games behind two of the best teams in baseball on July 4th. And they went 70 and 30 the rest of the way and caught, and passed, them both. On the last day of the season, they clinched the Central
Strategically, from a trying to get to the World Series standpoint, it would probably have been better for the Twins if Detroit had won the central because then the Twins would be off to New York to play the Yankees. The Yankees are probably the best team in baseball right now, and if you are going to knock off the top team, your odds are better in a five game series than in a seven game series. Plus the "Big Ticket" has a sore back right now and it is possible the Twins could have faced all right handers (and the Twins are really, really tough on right handers,--and have lots of trouble with good lefties).
But we won the Central, so who care about strategery. Bring them on.
Joy in baseball is a joy of the moment, and winning the Central after such a long, long chase is a very, very sweet moment. Plus, we also get one of those flag thingies to hang up at the ball park. .
I am rooting for Detroit against those damn Yankees. I hope the Tigers and Twins meet for the pennant. I am a Central Division loyalist, it is bestest and toughest division in baseball. And even if it isn't, it is ours. The Twins, the Tigers, the ChiSox, the Indians, and the Royals.
I like Oakland, too. They are much like the Twins. Low budget wonders. Both teams scrap by with whatever players they can develop or steal. Neither team buys a team. Both produce a team. And both have been very successful against the odds. (Twins have won five of the last six Central Division titles).
Sweet moment. Great season.
Paul
We might get swept by Oakland with their good starting pitching, but I don't care. The Twins played as well they can play, better even. They played better than they can play. Jeez, do I like this bunch of players. I have never, ever, enjoyed a season, a team, and a bunch of players more. They were in a huge hole, 11 games behind two of the best teams in baseball on July 4th. And they went 70 and 30 the rest of the way and caught, and passed, them both. On the last day of the season, they clinched the Central
Strategically, from a trying to get to the World Series standpoint, it would probably have been better for the Twins if Detroit had won the central because then the Twins would be off to New York to play the Yankees. The Yankees are probably the best team in baseball right now, and if you are going to knock off the top team, your odds are better in a five game series than in a seven game series. Plus the "Big Ticket" has a sore back right now and it is possible the Twins could have faced all right handers (and the Twins are really, really tough on right handers,--and have lots of trouble with good lefties).
But we won the Central, so who care about strategery. Bring them on.
Joy in baseball is a joy of the moment, and winning the Central after such a long, long chase is a very, very sweet moment. Plus, we also get one of those flag thingies to hang up at the ball park. .
I am rooting for Detroit against those damn Yankees. I hope the Tigers and Twins meet for the pennant. I am a Central Division loyalist, it is bestest and toughest division in baseball. And even if it isn't, it is ours. The Twins, the Tigers, the ChiSox, the Indians, and the Royals.
I like Oakland, too. They are much like the Twins. Low budget wonders. Both teams scrap by with whatever players they can develop or steal. Neither team buys a team. Both produce a team. And both have been very successful against the odds. (Twins have won five of the last six Central Division titles).
Sweet moment. Great season.
Paul
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