For all of our declarations yesterday that the Tigers would defeat the White Sox and this thing would be over — and we really did feel that way, right up until we saw the level of indifference displayed by the Detroit bullpen — it’s only fitting that Chicago and the Twins have one game to settle it all. Neither team could put the other away despite ample opportunities. Now both have to prove it.

Couple of thoughts:

*For travel, etc., perhaps it’s nice to determine the one-game playoff site well in advance by the random method currently used (coin flip). But wouldn’t season series winner be a better first tiebreaker for home field? The Twins are 10-8 against the Sox this year, but just 2-7 in Chicago. That’s a huge difference. Then again …

*In the seven one-game playoffs in baseball history, the road team has won five times. (Courtesy of Jayson Stark).

*John Danks has been shaky against the Twins this season and is pitching on three days’ rest.

*Recipe for pitching success tonight: Blackburn gets through five. Any more is a bonus. Some combination of Breslow, Crain and Reyes squeezes out another five outs. Mijares in the eighth. Nathan in the ninth. There had better not be another pitcher that comes walking through those bullpen doors.

*Your thoughts?

*Fasola-link! 100 years of the Model-T.

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