John, you wrote: To go 11-8 down the stretch, this seems reasonable: [*]Win four of six this week versus the Padres and Blue Jays [*]Win five of 10 on their upcoming road trip to Cleveland (one of three?), Detroit (three of four?), and Yankees Stadium (one of three?). [*]Take two of three versus Detroit in the final home series of the year. ..... Pretty good guess. They took 4 of 6 from from the first homestand, 5 on the road trip, and 2 of 3 from Detroit, and finished at 85. The only thin you had wrong was sweeping 4 at Detroit and losing all three in NY. Now, before you go getting a big head...the Twins only needed to get to 81 to win the Wild Card, so the whole premise of the article was flawed.