Minnesota Twins...AL Central Division Champs...!!!!!

[SaveElmer]

Unbelievable....after how far they were down...

Every sports talking head in the country had written them off!!!

Not only that...AL Batting champ, AL CY Young...and maybe AL MVP...


What a year!!!!

[northernsoul]

1. it's been a fantastic ride, SaveElmer!

I swear the only thing that kept me sane this summer while I was studying for the bar exam was keeping up with the Twins. I was too young to truly appreciate 87 and 91, so this has been my best year of baseball fandom ever! WEEEEEEEEHAAAAAA!

[uppityperson]

2. Twins won, Detroit lost?

Oh my father is probably soooo happy, him and his Twinkies!

[eyepaddle]

3. Boy, and wasn't it a storybook day?

How fun! :)

[Drum]

4. Bravo Twinkies!

I have several Minnesota co-workers, and they will be thrilled and justifiably very proud.

See ya in the Bronx real soon! :evilgrin:

[Oeditpus Rex]

5. Congrats!

Hell of a second half — for both clubs. But in different senses.

In May and even June, it looked like Detroit might win 110 games.

Dodgers just beat the Giants and San Diego's leading Arizona 7-4 in the ninth, so it looks like the Dodgers and MaxiPads will be NL West co-champs — though San Diego will play the champion's NLDS schedule (starting Tuesday against St. Louis) by virtue of beating LA head-to-head.

Let October's games begin. :bounce:

[SaveElmer]

8. You know Rob Neyer picked a Twins-Dodgers series...

Replay of 1965...

Could happen

[Oeditpus Rex]

9. Oh, Dog, that'd be sweet!

The Dodgers even play in the same yard they did in '65. :7

There's at least one parallel, too: The Dodgers won 41 of their last 60. Minnesota won 71 of its last 104. Both are .683 percentages.

Here's a memory of '65: Koufax pitching to Tony Oliva.

[SaveElmer]

11. Koufax the greatest pitcher in the last 50 years IMO...and

To my mind Tony O definitely belongs in the Hall!!!

[Oeditpus Rex]

13. I'm surprised he's not in

Lifetime .304, three batting titles, led the league in hits five times, eight All-Star selections? Probably hurt him playing his whole career for a small-market club.

Koufax certainly gets my vote, but you won't convince fans of Clemens et al. If they'd seen Koufax, though... I mean, my Dog, the man seemed inhuman at times.

Take that '65 Series. Minnesota touched him up a bit in game two (two runs in the sixth), but he threw a four-hit shutout in game five and a three-hit shutout in game seven, on two days' rest. In 24 innings he allowed one earned run on 13 hits, walked five and struck out 29.

[Fox Mulder]

6. Woohoo!

It was a great day for Twins baseball fans.

I can't say the same about the Vikings, though. x(

[Left Is Write]

7. Well,now, that's good to hear!

Yay, Twins!

[dflprincess]

10. AND Mauer won the batting title!

What a day for Twins fans. I didn't think the Royals/Tiger game would ever end.

[benny05]

12. Congrats! n/t

[RobbinsdaleDem]

14. What a fantastic day!

I just wish the games against Oakland were in the evening so I could watch on TV.

[UrbScotty]

Minnesota has Coleman and Pawlenty

Need I say more?

[UrbScotty]

15. Minnesota has Coleman and Pawlenty

Need I say more?