Is it alright to forget the Twins and follow the playoffs?

[mikelink45]

I have to say I am tired of Falvey, Pohlad, Rocco and the Twins season, but not baseball.  

Imagine what this season has been for baseball fans outside of Minnesota.

A catcher hitting 60 Hrs. Ryan Jeffers has 68 HRs for his career - Joe Mauer has more career HRs than any other Twins catcher 102. Earl Battey 91, Tim Laudner 77 and then Jeffers.  No other catcher in our 64 years has hit 60 HRs in a career with the Twins.

Buxton has broken out with 34 HRS.  Ohtani has now hit 54 HRs two years in a row and Judge has 53 despite being on the IL and missing 10 games - four times he has hit 50+ and Kyle Schwaber has 56.  That is four 50 HR batters in one year with Suarez on HR short with a day to go!  What a year.  Harmon Killebrew is the all time Twins single season record holder with 49 twice.

And 6'7" Judge is leading the majors in BA!

We had the big collapses - Mets and Tigers and the amazing run for the top by the Guardians wile Colorado and the White Sox let us forget how bad the Twins were.

There is poor Houston out of the playoffs for the first time in 9 years.  

Skenes 197 era and Skubal 2.21 are elevating starting pitching as so many of us have wished for and proving wins are not all that count, but Max Fried has won 19 games!  Remember when pitchers like Spahn and Koufax regularly won 20.  And Crochet and Rodon have 18 each.  Yes wins count too.  

• Now the playoffs give us a chance to see if Ohtani both hits and pitches the Dodgers to victory. 
• Can the Guardians maintain their season magic? 
• Do the Red Sox beat up their biggest rival or do the Yankees run over them? 
• Can the Blue Jays hang on?  Will we see Varland and France in the winner locker room? 
• Will the Tigers regain their footing and stop the slide? 
• What can the Reds do?  Can Elly run wild?  Can Greene dominate the mound?  Will former Twin Steer become a hero?
• Will Duran be the winning secret for the Phillies?  And will Bader continue to be a key to their offense like he has been since the trade?
• Will Milwaukee continue to prove Pohlad and Falvey wrong?  Can they, like the Guardians show that team baseball can beat superstar baseball?
• Can the Padres finally catch and pass the Dodgers? 
• Are the Cubs real?  Can Tucker earn his big paycheck?  Can PCA dazzle under the playoff lights?

I can be a Twins fan (painful as it is) and still care and want to know what is happening in these series.   

[mikelink45]

I have to add to my own post - seeing the Guardians playing the Tigers and the Yankees playing the Red Sox in round one is almost like extending the regular season for all four teams.  Imagine the tension as these teams try to prove who is best in their own division as well as moving on to the next round!

[Parfigliano]

I demand an all Ohio World Series.