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  1. spinowner
    Doing it all on one day would be great but the ultimate scenario would be for a Twins win to eliminate four teams at once. However, this would require a few things to fall right. First, the Angels would have to lose to the White Sox before the Twins beat Cleveland. Second, Tampa Bay would have to beat the Yankees or lose in a game that ends after the Twins beat Cleveland. Third, Kansas City would have to beat Detroit or lose in a game that ends after the Twins beat Cleveland. And fourth, Texas would have to beat Houston or lose in a game that ends after the Twins beat Cleveland. The only way this would have a chance of happening would be for the Twins/Cleveland game to go into extra innings (edit: or have a weather delay). I don't know if I could stand watching that. Edited to add: If the Angels and Twins both lose tonight and the other three teams win tonight it would be possible to eliminate all four teams at the same time tomorrow, again depending on who wins and/or when each game ends.
  2. spinowner
    I didn't vote either way, but the full-on celly is traditional for clinching the postseason. However, it can get ridiculous if we let it. I can think of ten possible milestones to celebrate: clinching a postseason berth, clinching home field in the WC game, clinching a division title, clinching home field in the LDS, clinching home field in the LCS (if the team were to advance), clinching home field in the WS (if the team were to advance), winning the WC game, winning the LDS, winning the LCS and winning the WS.
  3. spinowner
    The editor missed deleting the apostrophe in the above sentence.
  4. spinowner
    I don't know. Maybe we should spend 10 pages discussing this like we did regarding another manager's contract non-renewal.
  5. spinowner
    Yes. This has been a very odd year that way. The AL has two dominant teams that hogged all the wins, two second-tier postseason teams and a whole bunch of middling teams. You can call it parity or you can call it mediocrity and you'd be right either way. Whoever winds up with the second WC berth earns the title of least mediocre of the mediocre.
  6. spinowner
    Actually a 4-man rotation is the norm. Few teams can make it through three series with only three starters unless there's a sweep or two. In the 60's when there was only the WS, yes. Into the 90's when there were only two rounds, sometimes. Now that there are 3 rounds plus a WC game, hardly ever.
  7. spinowner
    Mariners lost too. They are eliminated.
  8. spinowner
    No.
  9. spinowner
    Seattle has been eliminated from contention for the postseason.
  10. spinowner
    Playing the Tigers in 7 of the last 10 games of the schedule is the best possible scenario. No team has been playing worse baseball to finish the season.
  11. spinowner
    The postseason requires 4 starters excepting the very unlikely event that a team sweeps every series. And even then someone would be starting on short rest twice. As h2oface points out, we don't have to consider who the 4th starter would be until game 4 of the ALDS but we still need to set our postseason roster to account for that. So who is more likely to pitch well on that night, Colon or Mejia? Or Santiago? Or Gee? It's an interesting question.
  12. spinowner
    Here's another similar way to look at it. Let's say you are diagnosed with cancer that has a 95% cure rate. Most people, including me, would be relieved. But now write down the names of 20 people who are very important to you and cross one name off the list.
  13. spinowner
    I think we should refer to him by the name he had on his jersey for players weekend: Mauer.
  14. spinowner
    Quoting myself (bad form, I know) but I'll mention that the Twins web site, and, by extension, MLB, has Escobar at 69 RBI. I don't remember how he was originally credited with 4 today but the box score now shows him with 3. He'll just have to get another one during the next six games, I guess.
  15. spinowner
    Kepler's currently at 68. With the way this team has been getting on base he should have several opportunities to cash in during the next week.
  16. spinowner
    Significant, but also a bit of a fluke. Escobar wouldn't have come anywhere close if Sano hadn't been on the DL for the last five weeks. Nevertheless, it reflects how well Escobar has played in Sano's absence.
  17. spinowner
    Winner, winner, bologna dinner. Lunch. Whatevs.
  18. spinowner
    That's what a major league hitter does to a 95 with no movement.
  19. spinowner
    If you're referring to the pitching changes, I think he's just getting his relievers a little work.
  20. spinowner
    Double digits again!
  21. spinowner
    Give Berrios the rest of the day off. He can put in a few more innings on Friday or Saturday and then be fully rested and ready to start on the Thursday after that.
  22. spinowner
    Just think how much better we'd be doing if we didn't have to have Mauer in the lineup.
  23. spinowner
    Could have been a very unusual play there. 1B should have waited to see if the ball would have gone back into fair territory.
  24. spinowner
    I agree that almost all of the non-baseball matters would be delegated, but I picture Falvey formulating most of the baseball policies himself. He has Levine to handle the traditional GM duties of negotiating contracts, etc, which frees him to take his vision of a successful baseball operation and make it into reality. Edited to note that with these posts I am getting tangential to the topic of this thread. My apologies to the moderators.
  25. spinowner
    I think it's good to protect our chances with a well-placed anti-jinx like this.
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