Comments on: Twins postgame: From the White Sox clubhouse

By: The Jemmer

The Jemmer — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 21:01:54 +0000

My prediction - If Twins lose tonight, they lose tomorrow as well and (obviously) do not make playoffs. If they win tonight, they sweep and make the playoffs.

By: Me Too

Me Too — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 19:53:14 +0000

The Jemmer hit it on the head I think.
Ozzie had some wiggle-room to work with here. He had a 2.5 game lead with basically the Twins needing a sweep. Obviously the Twins were going to come in with fire in the belly. Kinda hard to maintain that thru a whole series.

If you throw who you would think to be your weak link in game one, it would put forth a mismatch in game 2 and possibly game 3. If you put your best pitcher against the other teams best pitcher, well, your odds of that pitcher getting a win in the series just plummeted compared to if you pitched him against an inferior pitcher.
Give your “inferior” pitcher a chance in game one, put abit of fire into his belly, and, well, you just may get the win anyway. Pretty good use of mind-games if you ask me. If it works, GREAT, if it doesn’t, well, you still have a very, very good chance of winning game 2 and probably even game three.
No matter how you slice and dice this, the Twins have a very, very high road to climb, and the Whities are a good team, and I find it doubtful that they will just lay down.

Twins may sweep the series, and winning game one was absolutely necessary, but the chances of the Twins pitchers imploding in these next games I feel is much higher than the chances of the Whities pitchers imploding. Come-on Twins, prove me WRONG!!!!

By: The Jemmer

The Jemmer — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 19:32:19 +0000

Personally I think Ozzie set up his staff correctly - most likely the Twinks would be incredibly fired up and tough to beat in game 1 - which is just what happened. If he fired his Buehrle bullet in game 1 and lost he’d have to rely on Javy to rescue him in a later game. Tonight is going to be very tough - Blackburn has not had the mojo lately.

By: romer

romer — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 19:07:05 +0000

“Romer your point was fine until you started fabercating history and making left wing political spins…”

FIRE, I ain’t never fabercated nothin’.

By: AgateHunter'swife

AgateHunter'swife — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 19:01:55 +0000

Today I am basking in the Twins victory in game one and am enjoying every minute of it!!!

By: GENO

GENO — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 18:54:16 +0000

I think most fans would like their team to be competitive every year.Most teams feel that if they can make the playoffs,anything can happen,like it did for the White Sox and the Twins twice!