Home Stretch
Ah, the final week of the season. The Twins have managed 6 straight series wins... without a single sweep. Oh well, winning series is what it's all about. The Twins have done very well in that department.
Pretty much the only story this week will be the Twins and Tigers sprint to the AL Central finish line. A's pretty much have it wrapped up, they just need a couple wins this week. Yankees have been done for about a week now. Home field advantage will also be decided. The Twins have a tough road, being 1.5 games back. They need to overtake the Tigers completely in order to get the division, since the Tigers have the advantage in head-to-head play.
The White Sox are done (but not officially). They'll be playing spoiler this weekend. No repeat, no nothin'. Red Sox are done as well (officially even!). A new curse is dawning.
In the National League, the Cardinals are trying to make things interesting by getting swept by Houston, leaving their magic number at 5 and Houston only 3.5 back. But hey, they didn't lose it on a walk-off hit last night!
San Diego and Los Angeles are sparring in the west, for a division title and the Wild Card. Philly ain't out of it yet either, as they actually LEAD the wild card. Either way, it's all futile unless one of these teams can crack the armor of the mighty Mets.
I'm looking forward to some playoff action. The upside of the Twins playing the Yankees, is that the games will likely be primetime. I just hope the third time's a charm for the Twins.
Go Twins, Go Cards!
Pretty much the only story this week will be the Twins and Tigers sprint to the AL Central finish line. A's pretty much have it wrapped up, they just need a couple wins this week. Yankees have been done for about a week now. Home field advantage will also be decided. The Twins have a tough road, being 1.5 games back. They need to overtake the Tigers completely in order to get the division, since the Tigers have the advantage in head-to-head play.
The White Sox are done (but not officially). They'll be playing spoiler this weekend. No repeat, no nothin'. Red Sox are done as well (officially even!). A new curse is dawning.
In the National League, the Cardinals are trying to make things interesting by getting swept by Houston, leaving their magic number at 5 and Houston only 3.5 back. But hey, they didn't lose it on a walk-off hit last night!
San Diego and Los Angeles are sparring in the west, for a division title and the Wild Card. Philly ain't out of it yet either, as they actually LEAD the wild card. Either way, it's all futile unless one of these teams can crack the armor of the mighty Mets.
I'm looking forward to some playoff action. The upside of the Twins playing the Yankees, is that the games will likely be primetime. I just hope the third time's a charm for the Twins.
Go Twins, Go Cards!
posted by Joe at 9/25/2006 06:39:00 AM
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