“Smell em”
Pandemonium…… Thats what was going on at the Metrodome yesterday afternoon around 5pmish. A season that started with people predicting the Twins would at least win the Wild Card if not the divison, only to have those critics write them off after a 25-33 start. As the Common Man likes to say "Look at me now". On the final out of the final day of the regular season our beloved Twins were in first place with a Division title. After 160 some odd games they were in first place for the first time on the final day of the season. Wow!! Only 3 days ago nobody was even thinking this really would happen. The Tigers hosted the Royals for 3 games. Folks, the Tigers were 14-1 against the Royals this year. The Twins were hosting the high powered White Sox with Santana not pitching to rest up for who we thought would be a match up agains the Yankees. Each game this past weekend we saw the Royals come from behind and win two games only to see us lose two as well. Then came that magical and unforgetablle Sunday downtown Minneapolis. Just as Joe Mauer was coming up to bat after he pretty much punched his ticket in baseball history as the first catcher in American League HISTORY to win the batting title the Metrodome erupted into a frenzy as the scoreboard showed the Royals had just taken the lead from the Tigers. Fitting that Joe would slice a double down the left field line. Then came after the game, Some 35,000 remaining fans of the 45,000+ stayed with the Twins to watch the rest of the Royals game. Then the Royals made that final out of the game. So there it was. Pandemonium. A fitting ending to what has been a magical and unforgetable season for the Twins and the fans. I was riding my bike downtown right next to the Dome when it happened. Where were you? I guarantee you won’t forget where you were when you were either watching that, listening to it, or heard about it. Moments like these in sports don’t happen very often. You gotta grasp onto them and let it soak in. It really is surreal. So there I will leave it, with a quote from the late and great Mr. Puckett "don’t take life for granted, because tomorrow isn’t promised to any of us". Well said Kirby. GO TWINS.
