Last Friday, a friend of ours was treated to a going [to Minnesota] -away party. Got me thinking about my trip to the Twin Cities in 1991, wherein the wind between the downtown skyscrapers blew a Twins schedule against my pantleg (true story); I picked it up (it was June or July) and told my dad, "This is an omen... THE TWINS SHALL WIN THE WORLD SERIES THIS YEAR!" Don't know if I actually used shall, but the rest is history.
Over the weekend, watching Joe Torre, Mr. Dreads & You-Say-Ether/Either-Way destroy my Giants, I noticed that the Twinkies were down 2-1 in the 8th. Against ALC division leader Detroit. Unfortunate... I always root for Minn. But what is this?! Twins go on to beat the Tigers, 6-2! As of today, Monday, Twins are roughly three games back, and have to win outright to gain the playoffs. This is because Boston owns the Wild Card, as they tend to do quite often, and brings us nicely to a final thought:
It was my old friend Chris-- or perhaps his father, Delmas-- both from Texas, who used to always say the Rangers never made the playoffs because by mid-August, and throughout Sept, it's just too fucking hot to play ball in Arlington.
Funny... on August 1st of this season, it looked like the Rangers were going to win more games than the Red Sox, or even the Angels....
A final, final thought: Go Twins... sorry to've beaten up on Joe Mauer all year, but someone had to. And it wasn't until July or something that I realized one of my favs, Orlando Cabrera, is now a Twin. Allow me to state this: IF THE TWINS WIN THE CENTRAL, THEY WILL WIN THE 2009 WORLD SERIES.
You know... unless the PHILLIES or YANKEES win it first.
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