The Playoffs Start Today

by Gonzo on Sep 30, 2008 6:27 AM CDT in Non-Football Comment 10 comments

No, not for the Beloved Purple, but for the Metrodome's other residents, the Minnesota Twins.

The Chicago White Sox won their make-up game against the Detroit Tigers to force a tie with the Twins for the American League Central lead, which means we're going to have a one-game playoff at U.S. Cellular Field this evening. The winner of this game will go on to face the upstart Tampa Bay Devil Rays in the American League Divisional Series starting on Thursday.

The game will be televised starting at 6:30 PM Central time on TBS. . .and, yes, it's still weird seeing baseball games on TBS that don't involve the Braves. We got a one-game playoff in the National League last year between the Colorado Rockies and San Diego Padres for the NL Wild Card, and it might have been the best baseball game of the 2007 season. Hopefully we'll be in for just as big a treat tonight.

Here's the projected pitching matchup for tonight:

	W-L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	BS	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
2008 - Nick Blackburn	11-10	32	32	0	0	0	0	187.0	220	101	86	22	36	93	4.14	1.37

	W-L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	BS	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
2008 - John Danks	11-9	32	32	0	0	0	0	187.0	180	74	72	15	54	155	3.47	1.25

I know that a lot of you folks that participate here are regulars over at Twinkie Town, SBNation's Twins site and the best damn Twins site on the internet. I hope to see a lot of you over there cheering the Twins on this evening as they try to complete a regular season that nobody saw coming back in April.

We'll have Vikings stuff later on. I hope to see you back here then!

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I hope I am wrong but I feel

little confidence that Blackburn will be able to shut the dirty south siders down.

VikeGuru is a doofus!!

by Unclebillybonz on Sep 30, 2008 7:38 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

I think he'll step up.

The Twins have some marked advantages in this game, and I’m hoping they can exploit them.

Thanks for the support Gonzo!

by Jesse on Sep 30, 2008 9:12 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Go Twins!

There’s no other team I’d like to beat more to make the playoffs—we did it 3 times last week, so what’s one more? Blackburn makes me a bit nervous, but I’m sure Gardy will keep him on a short leash for our bullpen, who for the most part has been good lately. Let’s send Swisher, Gay J Pierzynski, Dye, and company on vacation tonight!

by ericj69 on Sep 30, 2008 9:22 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Question

I’m mainly a football guy, but can anyone tell me why when the Twins won the season series against the White Sox, is the game in Chicago instead of in the Humpty Dump[t]y Dome? It’s not like the Vikings are using it.

It may take a village to raise a child, but it takes a Viking to raze a village.

by Luft Krigare on Sep 30, 2008 9:41 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Coin Flip

That’s the method that MLB uses to decide this sort of thing.

Lovely, ain’t it?

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by Gonzo on Sep 30, 2008 10:48 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

There is no excuse

Head to Head should have some meaning, but i guess in base ball, here they play 162 games, and see there rival 18 times the sample size must be too small I guess???

Will the Real Thor Please Stand Up ... ?

by the Real Thor on Sep 30, 2008 12:27 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I really have no reason why it happens that way.

It sucks, but that’s the way it goes I guess. Hopefully we can pull it off anyway.

by Jesse on Sep 30, 2008 2:16 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Coin flip

They did coin flips for every possible scenario 3 weeks ago so that any tiebreaking possibilities were decided already as to which team would be the home team. As to the game tonight, go White Sox!!

by Nefarien on Sep 30, 2008 3:20 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Twins win dude. Its in the name.

by vikingfuture8816 on Sep 30, 2008 8:14 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

good game by Blackburn, Twins go punchless into the night.

Can’t be too upset though. When you lose two of three at home to the Royals in the last series of the year do you really deserve to be in the playoffs????

VikeGuru is a doofus!!

by Unclebillybonz on Sep 30, 2008 9:19 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs