Twins Win!

by John Sickels on Oct 6, 2009 9:55 PM EDT Comment 17 comments

I'll refrain from excessive partisanship from now on (unless the Twins get to the Series), but allow me this one moment please.

WIN TWINS!!!!!

That was the most intense baseball game I've seen since the 1991 World Series.

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twins got lucky

the ump sucked and the tigers should have scored when inge got HBP

by matthewmafa on Oct 6, 2009 10:03 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Ump sucked in the tigers favor as well… Before the hit off Crain that brought in the run in the 10th, Crain should’ve gotten the 3rd strike with 2 outs. K-zone had the pitch right in the middle of the plate.

by sagecoll on Oct 6, 2009 10:42 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Agreed

If the umps head isn’t in his *ss, Inge goes to first, a run scores and who knows what else happens.

Tigers got screwed.

by barlow078 on Oct 7, 2009 1:44 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Well, Earlier in the game (maybe the 8th)

Aubrey Huff (I think) was at the plate and was hit in the pant leg….and it looked like it may have missed him completely but he was ruled 1st base…

so the umps head wasn’t in his arse the whole game for sure…

also, good tight solid strike-zone

Deolis Guerra = Daniel Cabrera ?
I tend to think so

by SteveHoffmanSlowey on Oct 7, 2009 2:29 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Pretty awesome that we've had three straight years with nail-biter one-game playoffs

Linda's in the cold ground, won't see her anymore
Somewhere out on the highway tonight, the drunken engines roar
It's just one of those things, one of those things
-- Al Stewart, "Accident on 3rd St."
In memory of Nick Adenhart and all victims of drunk driving

by PaulThomas on Oct 6, 2009 10:14 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

ump sucked

Yes, the umpire did suck, but don’t forget that the Tigers benefited quite nicely from it too. Scott Baker had a strike zone the size of a quarter.

by diehardtwinsfan on Oct 6, 2009 10:21 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs

Phew Mauer's team made the playoffs

Now all the old people will be OK voting for him.

by Galt on Oct 6, 2009 10:38 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

That's the primary reason I was rooting for the Twins

I’m pretty indifferent to both teams, but the baseball world NEEDS to see how awesome Mauer is, and like you said, nobody can use the “his team didn’t win” argument against him now. In fact, with Morneau out, the dinosaurs are probably more likely to vote Mauer because they made this great run without Morneau.

by thejd44 on Oct 6, 2009 10:52 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Twins

You almost nailed the score. Exciting game!

by Knothole on Oct 6, 2009 11:33 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Michael Cuddyer has been huge for them.

Since Justin Morneau has been out, Cuddyer has hit .321 with 8 HR’s and 24 RBI’s in 21 games. The Twins have gone 17-4 in those 21 games.

by chisox2691 on Oct 7, 2009 12:02 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Who EVER would have guessed the HEROES for the Twinks in that game would have been...

1. Alexi Casilla (6/7th infielder)
2. Matt Tolbert (starting 3rd basemen, No Joe Crede)
3. Bobby Keppell (7th option out of the bullpen, long-reliever)
H.M. Carlos Gomez (5th outfielder, speed is essentially only asset offensively)

wha ?

Deolis Guerra = Daniel Cabrera ?
I tend to think so

by SteveHoffmanSlowey on Oct 7, 2009 12:52 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Humbug

You better make this up to us Tigers fans with a review of Avila/Perry this week. :)

President, Vice President and Secretary of the Casey Crosby Fanclub.

by demondeaconsbaseball on Oct 7, 2009 1:52 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

most intense-, best-, most exciting-, etc., game in years?

you guys must not remember—or have watched—the Yankees/Red Sox playoff games in the early part of the decade.

by richieabernathy on Oct 7, 2009 9:24 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

all subjective

If you’re a Twins fan I’m assuming John meant.

As a Dbacks fan nothing beats 2001 game 7. Everything about that game was dramatic. Schilling and Clemens matching gutsy performances, game tied until the 8th when Schilling let up a bomb to Soriano. Dbacks then bring in Big Unit out the pen to shut them out in the 9th, setting up the dramtic come form behind win off the best closer ever…… what can beta that?

by ScottAZ on Oct 7, 2009 1:02 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

yes

Yes, I was speaking as a Twins fan, someone emotionally involved. I couldn’t care less about the Yankees or Red Sox…obviously I appreciate a great game, but i’m talking about CARING who wins on a personal basis.

by John Sickels on Oct 7, 2009 2:03 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

As a Red Sox fan living in NY

I think the Twins game last night was more interesting in that it went back and forth more often.

The big Sox/Yankees game from ‘04 was game 4 and the Roberts steal. Yes, that was a better comeback, but the game itself wasn’t as much back and forth.

It’s kind of like how people talk about the Patriots/Giants Superbowl as being awesome. But it wasn’t. The game was actually pretty boring and poorly played. The last 4 minutes of the game was very interesting, but that doesn’t overshadow a boring game.

The Twins/Tigers game last night was just back and forth all night. The Fangraphs win value chart looks like an EKG.

by Galt on Oct 7, 2009 2:40 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs