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We may be chocking... ugh, who was your baseball team? They in the hunt. I didn't think so.
Leyland talked before the game and reminded the guy's that if they don't score, it doesn't matter HOW well JV pitches, they won't win ....
Tigers came out and have 3 runs in the first 2 innings ..... hopefully they will keep going and not quit hitting now that they have a lead.
Tigers came out and have 3 runs in the first 2 innings ..... hopefully they will keep going and not quit hitting now that they have a lead.
Yep, off to a good start this afternoon and Verlander is on the mound...but we'll need some help from the Royals who are starting someone wth a 6+ ERA.
Twins beat Grenke yesterday, so I got to give them credit, if they win it , they deserve it.
If the Tigers win it today, it will be because the Tigers finally WOKE UP and the Royals did us a favor ......
People are talking like the playoff between the Twins and Tigers is a definite, but it's not .... if one team wins and the other doesn't, they win it.
If the Tigers win it today, it will be because the Tigers finally WOKE UP and the Royals did us a favor ......
People are talking like the playoff between the Twins and Tigers is a definite, but it's not .... if one team wins and the other doesn't, they win it.
Looks like well be having a one game Playoff Tuesday Night in the DOME (of doom).
Tigers winning in the 9th 5-3, however Rodney is in to close it out and has a guy on so far, so as we've all known all season, nothing is a sure thing with Rodney.
Twins winning 7-1 , don't remember what inning, but it doesn't look like it matters
fwiw, I hate the Metrodome, we have lost many games there due to the stupidity of the guy that decided to make the roof the same color as the ball in play.
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Tiger's win, 5-3
Tigers winning in the 9th 5-3, however Rodney is in to close it out and has a guy on so far, so as we've all known all season, nothing is a sure thing with Rodney.
Twins winning 7-1 , don't remember what inning, but it doesn't look like it matters
fwiw, I hate the Metrodome, we have lost many games there due to the stupidity of the guy that decided to make the roof the same color as the ball in play.
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Tiger's win, 5-3
For the third straight year, we will have a one-game playoff.
That has to be good news for TBS.
That has to be good news for TBS.
Rockies caught the Padres in 2007.
Twins caught the White Sox down the stretch, but screwed up on the final weekend and lost a one-game playoff.
The Metrodome celebration that was after the game was awesome!
Funniest moment was Kent Hrbek. He gets up there to start talking about the dome and says "well this was suppose to be the last game here but some people had to screw it up and ruin my speech"
Kirby Puckett's son (Kirby Kr) got to take down the sign in left that said "1" at the end and there was a target symbol behind it
Funniest moment was Kent Hrbek. He gets up there to start talking about the dome and says "well this was suppose to be the last game here but some people had to screw it up and ruin my speech"
Kirby Puckett's son (Kirby Kr) got to take down the sign in left that said "1" at the end and there was a target symbol behind it
Also it just shows how much of an a-hole Chuck Knoblauch (still) is
They had the all Metrodome team after the game. It was something that was done via online voting all summer. There were 4 people who made the team and could not be there
3 had legit reasons.....1 didnt have one
Torii Hunter & Johan Santana are still playing and Kirby Puckett is deceased so they are legit. Torii & Johan had video messages. Knoblauch wasnt there and no message
Kirby's introduction brought tears to most people. Dan Gladden and Tom Brunansky held a Puckett jersey in Center Field. All and all it was neat to see the older guys
by the way...the all Metrodome team (of you hadnt seen it)
MANAGER
Tom Kelly
STARTING PITCHER
Bert Blyleven
Brad Radke
Johan Santana
Frank Viola
RELIEF PITCHER
Rick Aguilera
Joe Nathan
CATCHER
Joe Mauer
FIRST BASE
Kent Hrbek
Justin Morneau
SECOND BASE
Chuck Knoblauch
SHORTSTOP
Greg Gagne
THIRD BASE
Gary Gaetti
OUTFIELD
Tom Brunansky
Dan Gladden
Torii Hunter
Kirby Puckett
DESIGNATED HITTER
Paul Molitor
They had the all Metrodome team after the game. It was something that was done via online voting all summer. There were 4 people who made the team and could not be there
3 had legit reasons.....1 didnt have one
Torii Hunter & Johan Santana are still playing and Kirby Puckett is deceased so they are legit. Torii & Johan had video messages. Knoblauch wasnt there and no message
Kirby's introduction brought tears to most people. Dan Gladden and Tom Brunansky held a Puckett jersey in Center Field. All and all it was neat to see the older guys
by the way...the all Metrodome team (of you hadnt seen it)
MANAGER
Tom Kelly
STARTING PITCHER
Bert Blyleven
Brad Radke
Johan Santana
Frank Viola
RELIEF PITCHER
Rick Aguilera
Joe Nathan
CATCHER
Joe Mauer
FIRST BASE
Kent Hrbek
Justin Morneau
SECOND BASE
Chuck Knoblauch
SHORTSTOP
Greg Gagne
THIRD BASE
Gary Gaetti
OUTFIELD
Tom Brunansky
Dan Gladden
Torii Hunter
Kirby Puckett
DESIGNATED HITTER
Paul Molitor
Back in the late 1980s or early 1990s, I remember listening to a post-game radio interview on the Red Sox network of a young Minnesota Twin player who had been selected Player of the Game. He actually said, "I had the good fortune of breaking into the majors on one of the greatest teams of all time. We had guys like Gary Gaetti, Tom Brunansky, Ken Hrbeck and Kirby Pucket" Honest!!
That dolt didn't realize that there had been at least half a dozen baseball teams IN THE 1970s, when he was a kid, whose talent dwarfed that of the 1987 Twins. Brunansky and Hrbeck wouldn't have even started on the 1972-1974 Oakland As, The 1971-1976 Cincinnatti Reds or the 1976-1978 New York Yankees, and the Red Sox, Dodgers and Orioles fielded better teams than the 1987 Twins as well.
But in fairness to the Twins, and with all due respect to the Oakland Athletics, they have accomplish more with less resources than has any other team in baseball.
That dolt didn't realize that there had been at least half a dozen baseball teams IN THE 1970s, when he was a kid, whose talent dwarfed that of the 1987 Twins. Brunansky and Hrbeck wouldn't have even started on the 1972-1974 Oakland As, The 1971-1976 Cincinnatti Reds or the 1976-1978 New York Yankees, and the Red Sox, Dodgers and Orioles fielded better teams than the 1987 Twins as well.
But in fairness to the Twins, and with all due respect to the Oakland Athletics, they have accomplish more with less resources than has any other team in baseball.
No mention of Jack Morris ????
He did win the BIGGEST game for them.
I know, he wasn't there long.
They introduced lots of former twins
the introduction was done as such
-former and current executives
-Calvin Griffith's and Carl Pohlad's sons and family (Carl's 3 sons still run the team)
-current team with exceptions
-other random guys who werent part of a division title (Marty Cordova, Ron Coomer)
-ballplayers who have been part of a division title (2002, 2003, 2004, 2006 etc)
-ballplayers who were part of 87 & 91 WS (Jack came out during this)
-then the all Metrodome team
the introduction was done as such
-former and current executives
-Calvin Griffith's and Carl Pohlad's sons and family (Carl's 3 sons still run the team)
-current team with exceptions
-other random guys who werent part of a division title (Marty Cordova, Ron Coomer)
-ballplayers who have been part of a division title (2002, 2003, 2004, 2006 etc)
-ballplayers who were part of 87 & 91 WS (Jack came out during this)
-then the all Metrodome team
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but Kent Hrbek said it best when he was doing his "last game at the done" speech
"We got one more game. We gotta come back Tuesday and drink some more beer!!"
"We got one more game. We gotta come back Tuesday and drink some more beer!!"
yep. He's a broadcaster on the Twins Radio Network so he came out with the 91 WS guys who weren't part fo the all Metrodome team
going off top of my head...guys from 91 who were there
Jack Morris
Scott Leius
Mike Pagliarulo
Chili Davis
Scott Erickson
then the guys who were here for both 87 & 91
Gene Larkin
Randy Bush
Al Newman (who looks eerily like Kirby Puckett now)
then the guys from 87
Tim Laudner
Steve Lombardozzi
Juan (Senor Smoke) Berenguer
Roy Smalley
After Kirby Puckett Jr took doen the sign in left from "1" to the target logo (aka 0) then they showed the 3 former Twins greats not to play in the dome (Killebrew, Oliva, Carew) at Target Field and they raised the 3 flags
-US flag
-Minn flag
-"This is Twins Territory" flag
and they said we'll see ya outdoors in April
-US flag
-Minn flag
-"This is Twins Territory" flag
and they said we'll see ya outdoors in April
