Tuesday, October 6, 2009

The Twins win it, the Twins win it, oh my god, the Twins win it!

I just witnessed one of the greatest baseball games I have ever seen. The Minnesota Twins beat the Detroit Tigers in 12 innings of exhilarating baseball.

With the score tied at five, in the tenth inning of the two teams 163rd game of the season, Minnesota's Alexi Casilla failed to properly tag up from third base on a line drive that was caught by Detroit left fielder Ryan Rayburn. He was thrown out at the plate by Rayburn, (a former college pitcher who apparently could throw upwards of 95 m.p.h but couldn't get any movement on his fastball), allowing the game to continue. In the twelfth inning, with Carlos Gomez on second base, Casilla, the goat just two innings earlier, delivered a single to right field that allowed Gomez to score easily, and the Twins to claim the Central Division title for the fifth time in eight years. Minnesota is the only team in the history of Major League Baseball to win a division title after trailing by three games with four to play.

Oh, poor fans of Detroit's professional sports teams...been a rough year. Next up for the Twins, the New York Yankees; A true David vs. Goliath. I gotta say one thing...GO TWINS!!!

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