Painting A Picture: Possible Twins-Tigers Outcomes
by Jesse on Sep 27, 2009 6:45 PM EDT
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Breaking it down to all that matters: wins and losses.
Two games down with seven games left isn't a horrible, unscaleable wall...but it's not far off. With that in mind I wanted to make it clear what each scenario through four games in Detroit would mean to the Twins.
| Series Result | Twins Record | Tigers Record | Twins GB | Final Series Implications |
| Twins Sweep | 85 - 74 | 83 - 76 | + 2.0 | Any combination Twins wins or Tigers losses leading to two = Twins AL Central Champions |
| Twins Win 3 | 84 - 75 | 84 - 75 | TIE | The better team wins; Twins need to win one more than Detroit over the final three games of the year; game 163 possible. |
| Series Split | 83 - 76 | 85 - 74 | - 2.0 | Twins need to sweep Royals; Tigers must lose two (enter game 163) or get swept (Twins win AL Central). |
| Tigers Win 3 | 82 - 77 | 86 - 73 | - 4.0 | Twins eliminated. |
| Tigers Sweep | 81 - 78 | 87 - 72 | - 6.0 | Twins eliminated. |
This is going to be one helluva week. Let's go Twins!
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I should point out
that in the case of a series split, game 163 could come about if the Twins only take two from the Royals. The Tigers would still need to get swept, however.
by Jesse on Sep 27, 2009 6:55 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Yikes.
Today’s loss really hurt. The odds are still looking pretty think. Thanks for the breakdown.
I always loved that one.
by FoulJack on Sep 27, 2009 7:04 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
wowzers
This one is too close. I don’t think my blood pressure can take it.
by WITwinsfan on Sep 27, 2009 7:06 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Down to the last week!
Only 2 GB and 4 games against the Lions TIgers! I LOVE the Twins September run! I look forward to it every year! Look out October, here we come!!!
GO TWINS!!!
"Don't take life for granted, because tomorrow isn't promised to any one of us." -Kirby Puckett
"Over? Did you say 'over'? Nothing is over until we decide it is!" -John "Bluto" Blutarsky
by less cowbell, more 'neau on Sep 27, 2009 7:13 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Almost forgot!
Big thank you to Ozzie and the CWS for slapping the Tigers back down and winning the series!
"Don't take life for granted, because tomorrow isn't promised to any one of us." -Kirby Puckett
"Over? Did you say 'over'? Nothing is over until we decide it is!" -John "Bluto" Blutarsky
by less cowbell, more 'neau on Sep 27, 2009 7:59 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Three wins are a must
I can’t see the Twins gaining two games after splitting with the Tigers. They control their own destiny as long as they only lose one game or less to the Tigers.
Interesting until the end, I hope!
by Alexi Casilla All-Star on Sep 27, 2009 7:59 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Ahhh!
Less than 3 games this week and we might as well call it a season…aka: a series split isn’t good enough. We can’t rely on other teams to beat the Tigers for us to win anymore. It’s pretty much do or die, which is exciting, but has the potential for a lot of heartbreak this week.
"Baseball doesn't owe me a thing. I owe my whole life to baseball." -Kirby Puckett
by fischean on Sep 27, 2009 8:16 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Dear Royals
please don’t let Greinke make his final start. Thanks.
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by fetch9 on Sep 27, 2009 8:26 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
After what has been a mediocre season
to go on a run like this and be able to get “big game” experience for our young players, is about as good as it gets for the Twins.
I ain’t giving up, but, even though Detroit is not playing their best baseball right now, they still play well enough at home to outflank the Twins and win a couple of games.
Then again, there is that crack in the door, and if a team is brash enough to rush into the room and believe they belong, anything can happen.
by Old Twins Cap on Sep 27, 2009 10:08 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Pretty close to the way I see it
The Twins are certainly underdogs and should be. A split will do no good, but at least the Tigers would not clinch in front of the Twins. Three of four and it is a new ballgame with only three games to go.
In this season long war of attrition, the Tigers have more weapons left than the Twins. The have a better starting staff, a functional bullpen, and a successful closer. The Twins lost their top power hitter, two or three starters, and their infield has blown up. I couldn’t imagine that the Twins would be in the race in the last week with an infield of Cuddyer, Punto, O-Cab, and Tolbert.
The Twins are playing well and they have a chance. The Tigers have their two best pitchers going Monday and Tuesday. If the Twins win one, they still have a chance, if they win both, they have a bit of an advantage.
It should be fun!
by Alexi Casilla All-Star on Sep 27, 2009 10:47 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I agree with everything but the bullpen comment. I think we have an advatage there.
I always loved that one.
by FoulJack on Sep 27, 2009 11:39 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm still convinced that the Twins are a better team
and have been all year. They’ve shot themselves in the foot on numerous occasions this year and have faced as much adversity as any other team.
I won’t say they got cheated if they don’t make it in the end because they’ve earned their failures this year. But I won’t be surprised if they win the division and I’ll have no doubt in my mind that the best team won the division.
That may say more about the division than either the Twins or the Tigers though. I’d still take it.
by ckb on Sep 28, 2009 1:05 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I already know...
Who’s going to break our heart this year. Placido Polanco. That pesky f#@%er will be the death of us.
And seriously, what is up with that dude’s head? It’s all f’ed up and misshapen. He is a phrenologists’s wet dream…
"I'm gonna make you cry...I'm gonna make you cry and dip my cookie in your tears!!!"
by mutleyil on Sep 27, 2009 11:40 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Aint nothin to it but to do it
"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
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~ Billy Beane
by AdamOnFirst on Sep 28, 2009 2:11 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Fix is in?
If the White Sox had swept Detroit I would have sworn someone paid them to throw the Twins series.
by DJL44 on Sep 28, 2009 10:31 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
The Twins have been playing better than the Tigers
by ckb on Sep 28, 2009 10:38 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Nobody's been playing worse than the ChiSox
If you were trying to throw a game, that would be how you do it – don’t field.
by DJL44 on Sep 28, 2009 12:00 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
speaking of which
let’s pay the Royals 100,000 or so to not pitch Greinke
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by fetch9 on Sep 28, 2009 10:42 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Reminds me of that year that Torii gave KC a present for beating Detroit
It was sort of a joke, but the league office didn’t approve. He had to take the gift back.
by DavidRF on Sep 28, 2009 6:36 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
All we need to do is win the series.
If we take 3 out of 4, we’ll be all tied up, and I like our chances over the Royals a lot better than the Tigers over the Bitch Sox.
by ericj69 on Sep 28, 2009 12:36 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
3 or more is minimum...
Stranger things have happened.
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by eddieboy262 on Sep 28, 2009 1:36 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
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