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There’s no way to analyze this game. It just was epic. All I can say is that last year, after attending the Twins-White Sox game last year where the Twins rallied from 5 runs down to tie on Denard Span’s triple, and win on Alexi Casilla’s single, I thought to myself a bit sadly, “I’ll [...]
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Considering how wonderfully the Tigers and Twins played the last game of Major League Baseball's regular season, the playoffs have a seemingly impossible task.What happens next can't possiblby top what happened at the Metrodome on Tuesday night. Can it?Inside the only baseball stadium left standing that gives a true home-field advantage, the Twins willed their way to a 6...
Via Baseball Musings
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October 06, 2009
Denard Span calls the Tigers chokers. I’m sure that article will be hanging in the Tigers’ clubhouse this afternoon. Detroit probably agrees with Graham Chapman, but I’m more in the Eric Idle corner.
Via Cleveland.com
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October 06, 2009
AP Photo/Tom OlmscheidMinnesota Twins mob Alexi Casilla after Casilla hit the game-winning single during the 12th inning of a baseball game against the Detroit Tigers on Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2009, in Minneapolis. The Twins won 6-5 and advanced to the...
Via Midwest Sports Fans
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October 07, 2009
Game 163 would prove to be a extra-inning thriller in the final regular season ballgame ever to be played in the Metrodome. Alexi Casilla's 12th-inning hit drove in the winning run as Minnesota took the AL Central Crown. But that barely scratches the surface of the drama and storylines involved with this classic title fight.
Via SFgate
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October 06, 2009
Baseball's only real pennant race needed an extra game and extra innings to finish off an AL Central thriller that got better with every pitch. Alexi Casilla singled home the winning run with one out in the 12th and the Minnesota Twins rallied past Detroit 6-...
Via FanHouse
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October 06, 2009
The Metrodome erupted in a jet-like roar as Carlos Gomez zoomed home with the winning run to finish off an AL Central race -- and a thrilling tiebreaker -- that didn't want to end. Minnesota wouldn't quit, while the Detroit Tigers finished their historic fade. And there was little time for the Twins to celebrate, because the New York Yankees were waiting. Alexi Casilla singled...
Via Baltimore Sun
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October 06, 2009
Casilla drives in winning run in bottom of 12th as Minnesota earns right to face Yankees
Alexi Casilla singled home the winning run with one out in the 12th inning and the Minnesota Twins rallied past Detroit, 6-5, in the American League Central tiebreaker Tuesday night, completing a colossal...
Via Star Tribune
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October 08, 2009
Outside of Joe Mauer, no one is more important to the success of the Twins than leadoff hitter Denard Span.
Via Bleacher Report
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October 07, 2009
Alexi Casilla drove in the winning run in the 6-5 victory by the Twins over the Tigers to capture the AL Central title in a wild 12 inning game...Read the full article on Bleacher Report...
Via Sign on San Diego
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October 06, 2009
Alexi Casilla's one-out single in the bottom of the 12th inning scored Carlos Gomez from second base and the Minnesota Twins beat Detroit 6-5 in the AL Central tiebreaker Tuesday night, completing a colossal collapse for the Tigers.
Via Baseball Musings
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October 06, 2009
Fernando Rodney stays out for the eleventh to face Denard Span. Rodney has thrown 27 pitches already.
Update: Curtis Granderson shows how to make a sliding catch to retire Span.
Update: Orlando Cabrera didn’t like the called strike one on the first pitch and complains to home plate umpire. He needs to be careful here.
Update: [...]
Via Washington Times
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October 07, 2009
MINNEAPOLIS | Baseball's only real pennant race needed an extra game and extra innings to finish a thriller that got better with every pitch. The Minnesota Twins wouldn't quit, and the Detroit Tigers finished their historic fade. But there was little time for the Twins to celebrate - the New York Yankees are waiting. Alexi Casilla singled home the winning run with one out...
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