Another fine Mess-age... I had an epiphony* as i pondered this intro. Detroit is actually Moe-town. I leave it as an exercise to the Reader which of the other Stooges corresponds to which Central Division Rival... But of course, that leaves the eternal question of self identity... if we know who we are, do we really need to know who anyone else is? It is undoubtedly open to discussion. Could any pair of comics epitomize our beloved Twins? If we was winnin' on the Road, Bob and Bing might be an obvious choice, but we ain't. Bud and Lou always seems too obvious, what with the oft quoted baseball sketch, but i would like to consider Stan and Ollie myself. Anyway, as far as the game goes, I'm pretty confident of our chances with Maeda on the mound, but this line up in particular makes me proud. Rooker batting clean up. Buxton all the way up to the 7 hole. And to get ya in the mood for a fine game:
Tigers: 0. Tarik Skubal ( L) P 1. Victor Reyes ( S ) CF 2. Jonathan Schoop (R ) 2B 3. Miguel Cabrera (R ) DH 4. Jeimer Candelario ( S ) 1B 5. Willi Castro ( S ) SS 6. Jorge Bonifacio (R ) RF 7. Christin Stewart ( L) LF 8. Austin Romine (R ) C 9. Isaac Paredes (R ) 3B Twins: 0. Kenta Maeda (R ) P 1. Jorge Polanco ( S ) SS 2. Josh Donaldson (R ) 3B 3. Nelson Cruz (R ) DH 4. Brent Rooker (R ) RF 5. Miguel Sano (R ) 1B 6. Eddie Rosario ( L) LF 7. Byron Buxton (R ) CF 8. Marwin Gonzalez ( S ) 2B 9. Ryan Jeffers (R ) C *No, not the Sondheim kind...