October 7, 2009
With the Minnesota Twins finally claiming the final spot in baseball’s postseason with last night’s 6-5 win over the Detroit Tigers to claim the American League Central title, the playoffs have finally been set. Of course, that means only one thing: it’s time to make predictions!
Of course, those predictions will likely go up in smoke almost immediately after I post them, but so be it. Someone has to be willing to make them – I might as well put myself out there and endure the ridicule.
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October 7, 2009
Baseball is a sport of endurance. For 162 games over six months, the 30 teams in the major leagues struggle to survive the grueling campaign, leaving only eight teams standing when the postseason begins.
But every once in awhile, the baseball season for two of those teams will come down to the final weekend, with either a division or the wild card spot up for grabs. Sometimes, if we’re lucky, it will go down to the final day of the season.
And then there’s what happened with this year’s race for the American League Central title. The Detroit Tigers led by seven games at one point in September over the Minnesota Twins, and later led them by three games with four games to play. But the Twins managed to beat the Tigers last Thursday, and then swept their final three games with the Kansas City Royals. Meanwhile, the Tigers could only get one of their final three games, beating the Chicago White Sox Sunday afternoon, setting up the rarest of pleasures for a baseball fan: a one-game, winners-takes-all playoff game.
Does it get any better than that?
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