Everyone better get ready for World War III! Last nights game was probably one of the most drama filled regular season games I've seen in years. I will not call it the best regular season game I've seen in years as the Twins lost. However, it was drama filled. I expect the last game of this series tonight will be a lot like the first two. As I mentioned above, better get ready for World War III.
I fully expect the Twins will come out charging hard and playing with something to prove. My take away after watching the entire game last night is that this Minnesota Twins team will not roll over to the Yankees. They seem to have a confidence I've seen lacking in other Twins teams the last 10-15 years. We are watching playoff baseball in July. It's great that we have a team that is contending and playing the top-tier teams so well.
We know the bullpen needs some support and we only have a handful of days left to find out what our front office will do. It could be Christmas in July for our Minnesota Twins...Please don't blow this deadline Falvey! We have a really, really good team that's just a few arms away from going the distance in October.
By the way, when I checked this morning, last nights game thread had 1,471 posts and 74 pages. Nice to see that much activity and conversation going on. Everybody buckle in and enjoy the ride tonight. It's gonna get bumpy! World Wars are usually like that...
Go Twins and make some great trades before the deadline!!!! I wanna win another World Series!
Lineups:
TWINS:
1. J. Polanco SS
2. M. Gonzalez RF
3. Nelson Cruz DH
4. E. Rosario LF
5. Max Kepler CF
6. Miguel Sano 1B
7. Luis Arraez 3B
8. J. Schoop 2B
9. Mitch Garver C
SP: Jake Odorizzi R (11-4) 3.18 ERA
YANKEES:
1. DJ LeMahieu 1B
2. Aaron Judge RF
3. Aaron Hicks CF
4. E. Encarnacion DH
5. D. Gregorius SS
6. G. Torres 2B
7. Gio Urshela 3B
8. M. Tauchman LF
9. A. Romine C
SP: J.A. Happ L (8-5) 4.86 ERA
Weather: Partly cloudy and a warm 85 degrees