Twinkie Town Talk: Welcome to the playoffs

The Twins face the Houston Astros in just few short hours, in the first postseason baseball game of 2020. In the meantime, here are some links for your enjoyment

In case you missed it:

• Two seasons, separated by two decades, with two very different finishes
• Some resolution on the Appalachian League
• A Q&A with our sister site Crawfish Boxes previewing the upcoming series

Twins links from other sources:

• Reusse thinks that Rocco Baldelli might have outperformed his 2019 Manager of the Year season, even if he won’t get the award this time around.
• Some insane person bet a half million dollars on the Twins. Did they sleep through 20 years of Twins history, or are they crazy like a fox?
• Parker Hageman put together something nice for Twins fans

Other baseball stuff:

• The full schedule for round one

• Ryan Pressly has regressed back to his Minnesota level, yet is still the Astros’ de facto closer.
• Its never too early to get the stove warm, and and MLBTR previews some of the upcoming free agents
• Did you know that its been a quarter-century since there was playoff baseball on one of the networks broadcasting games this week? Lets just call it more history for the Twins.

Discuss:

What are your predictions for this series? Who wins, how many games, and what’s something crazy that happens?