If there’s a chance for a NFL-esque challenge system, this will be looked back on for sure

Probably also how the Detroit fans felt after Tuesday.

Yeah, this one hurt. Pretty bad, actually.

Yes, we screwed up. A lot. 17 LOB is wretched. But even with 17 LOB, we should have had the lead going into the bottom of the 11th. There’s nothing else to it. We. Should. Have. Had. The. Lead.

There are bad calls, there are game-changing bad calls, and there are season-changing bad calls. This was a season-changing bad call. I’m sure plenty of people will say it’s just sour grapes or excuse-making, but frankly, we got hosed.

Also, I really have to say that the Twins are fighting in this series (well, at least tonight). They aren’t just rolling over and letting NY take the game. That’s…something. Maybe the Dome has a little magic left for them. :)

hurts for me a lot also guys. Not nearly as much as it does for you (2006 NLCS for me) but i feel it. Robin you hit it on the head it is always the damn yankees. Delgado hit that 3 run blast in YS last year and ti got called back. This team is constantly given gifts. I wish there was a computer that could scan videos of the last 10,000 games they played and analyze anomalies in shit like this.

Win it back in minny.

yeah, that’s pretty much how we felt haha

baseball’s a b**ch sometimes. It’s too bad, because I don’t think the Yanks’ pitching is the best by any means, but they are clutch after the 7th inning

Yeah, we Tiger fans do know exactly how you’re feeling. Instead of 15 feet away, Randy Marsh missed an HBP from a foot away. And don’t give me the baggy jersey excuse, since EVERYBODY is wearing the jersey the same way. There’s no one wearing under armour gear and showing off their abs up at the plate.

But there’s two things about that situation that makes it possible to still root for the Twins in this series, not including the fact you’re playing the Yankees…1) We squandered epically in that ballgame, starting early and ending late. Even with that one run, no guarantee that Laird, or whoever would have come up after him does any better in that bases loaded situation. 2) We had the base loaded, one down, and did not convert.

You’re in the same boat. I (we) know it hurts like hell at the moment, and it’s going to be a long, quiet flight back to the twin cities for your guys….but there’s a key difference between the Twins at the moment, and the Tigers after game 163: YOUR SEASON IS NOT OVER.

I’ve seen this thought attributed to Ozzie Guillen: the Twins are cockroaches. I repeat it admiringly here, a tribute to the fact that the Twins never die. I used the horror movie killer analogy myself the first time I ever posted here, sometime midyear, you guys are the unstoppable villain coming in the rearview mirror with a bloody chainsaw in hand. You caught the Tigers when you should have been stopped. Until the heart is ripped out and shipped off into outer space, this ALDS is NOT over. The Yankees aren’t resting easily, and 25+ years of watching the Twins as a fan of a division rival, of watching TK and Gardenhire managing, that tells me the Minnesota isn’t going to roll over and die and let those east coast 4-letter network types shake their heads condescendingly, thinking, yep, we called it, Yankees sweep.

Let’s see if the Dome has any magic left in it, or if it was all used up in game 163. Until that final out is made, though, I wouldn’t put it past the Damn Twinkies to pull off a miracle and actually come back on these Yankees.

and will always, no matter what, put a big smile on my face.

But I will be at the Dome come Sunday screaming until my throat bleeds.

That is all for tonight.

Dousch: 1; A douche is a device used to introduce a stream of water into the body for medical or hygienic reasons, or the stream of water itself. 2; Static Shock

Now that I’ve had an evening to simmer over this one (thank you Maker’s Mark), some thoughts and observations from last night’s game:

- Last night’s performance by Joe Nathan was a culmination of the last two months for him. As many have noted, he’s been anything but automatic since August, and the Yankees are his Kryptonite. This explains the sinking feeling I had the moment TBS cut to Nathan in the pen, noting Teixeira (6/10) and A-Rod’s (6/12) career numbers against Nathan. His lack of command appears to be the biggest problem. Instead of pounding the low outside corner from pitch one, he’s been nibbling off the corner. He had to come in the zone to A-Rod, and we all know what happened next.

- 17 runners LOB is simply terrible. Lots of bad AB from Kubel, Cabrera and Young.

- Why did A-Rod need to pick this year, this series to decide to finally play like an all star in the postseason?

- The only way Teixeira catches Delmon’s line drive in the 11th is that he was playing in for a play at the plate. That ball was a good 15 feet off the line and 95% of the time ends up in right field.

- Cuzzi’s call was horrible, especially since it’s basically his only job as a left field umpire. However, I’m not going to claim bias or anything untoward. Looking at the home plate replay, I think he lost the ball in Damon’s white uniform. This may be a case where being so close to the play hurt his ability to get it right. Too easy to focus on a small area.

- It’s pure speculation, but I think we end up in the same bases loaded situation with a Mauer double. Kubel’s single makes it first and third (seriously, why would Mauer score on that when he stayed at third after Cuddyer’s single up the middle), then I suspect they pitch around Cuddyer, considering how poor Young and Gomez looked at the plate. However, I agree it’s inexcusable that Cuzzi couldn’t get it right.

- Teixeira’s home run was just as foul as Mauer’s double.

- I can’t stress this last one enough. The Dome needs to be LOUD on Sunday. We need some well lubricated fans after the Vikings game in the early afternoon. Game 3 will tell us a lot about this team’s resilience. Can they bounce back?

- Carlos Gomez, why do you swing for the fences every other AB, but when we need a fly ball, you take the weakest punch-hack ever? Were you trying to bounce the ball over Teixeira?

As for me, I hate everything this morning. I hope this will pass.

Your buddy, the one who’s a Detroit Tigers fan? Yeah, he knows EXACTLY how you feel right now.

Exactly. Must be the same feeling we have after Tuesday except for: You already have the chance to make it. Win 3 in a row ;).

Boah, was this really Joe Nathan in the 9th on the mound ? The Nathan who seems to always hurt the Tigers? Not a “look a like”? Heartbreaking loss for the Twins

pulling for the Twins, (i have a natural dislike for the Angels) man what a blown call that was last night, same old thing umps are scared to make calls against the yanks or boston in their parks, how could he not see the ball was inside the line, unreal!!!