We should have seen it coming

by BeefMaster on Oct 13, 2008 9:56 AM EDT Comment 9 comments

Remember the last time the Twins were in a one-game playoff? We should have known what would happen...

Everyone saw the Twins' dramatic one-game playoff defeat in Chicago as a first in Twins history, something that the franchise had never before experienced - but they were wrong. It had happened once before, and moreover, there was a common link in both games, a nemesis that the Twins simply could not overcome.

I'm speaking, of course, of the 1994 film Little Big League. In that film, the Twins go on a great run through mid-to-late summer, until hitting what "Wally Holland" (the team radio announcer, played by John Gordon) refers to as the "September Swoon". The Twins rally to sweep a key series at the end of the season, leaving them in a tie for a playoff spot with a team that had Ken Griffey Jr. in center field, triggering a one-game playoff. Ultimately, the Twins are defeated, as their best chance to take a lead in the game is foiled by a Griffey defensive play. The Twins end the season in defeat, but full of hope for next year after their surprising near-playoff run.

Any of that sound familiar?

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Wow, that is just play weird. Good find.

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by joeiscool12 on Oct 13, 2008 11:01 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

lol wow…that is kind of creepy.

by hitormiss1414 on Oct 13, 2008 3:19 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

wierd...

by Beerbear on Oct 13, 2008 5:31 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

actually I was hoping I'd be wrong

but looks like life does follow a movie script

http://www.twinkietown.com/2008/8/15/594188/the-pennant-race-can-be-a

by caluofmn on Oct 13, 2008 6:12 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I loved that movie, wanted to be that kid.

"You can't sit on a lead and run a few plays into the line and just kill the clock. You've got to throw the ball over the damn plate and give the other man his chance. That's why baseball is the greatest game of them all."
~ Earl Weaver
"In God we trust. All others must provide evidence."
~ Billy Beane

by AdamOnFirst on Oct 13, 2008 7:42 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

We don't always need the movie...

…as the Twins seem to have a lot of reruns of past playoff games. Nevertheless, that is totally weird.

Does life imitate art or art imitate life?

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by Skippy tastes better than Jiff on Oct 14, 2008 1:43 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs