Game 2 Predictions

[Stratosman]

Well Hunter might have just cost us the game, no need to dive for that ball with two outs and Reyes pitching

[MNice]

Ah dump!! Do I hear a rather large lady starting to warm up her voice

We need our bats BIG TIME!!

[cjac]

Following online at work, so I was wondering if it was a "Roof ball" or if Hunter tried to snag one and it got past....just not smart baseball.

What's Mauer's LOB count up to??

[Stratosman]

Tried to dive, not even close. Probably one of the stupidest decisions I have ever seen in baseball. The situation did not call for it.

[beer batter]

It was a low sinking liner to short center. Hunter came in hard and it looked like he realized too late that he was coming in too fast to make any other play than dive for it. He was 2 feet off from the ball, not even close. The ball rolled all the way to the wall and Hunter just sat on the turf as the guy rounded the bases.

[buzzsaw]

What was worse... Bartletts weak underhand toss to second that allowed the runner to be safe at first on the relay further lengthening the inning and allowing Kotsay to come up and hit the inside the park homer or was it Torri's putrid decision to be a hero? All I can say is that as good as this team has been defensively all year, they have been equally as bad during these two playoff games! I am not one to be too negative, BUT... if they go down the way they are currently going down... I will have to say the nerves got to them as they are making errors and having horrible at bats, especially yesterdays at bats. We are gonna need a miracle!! OUCH, Wild pitch past mauer... another messed up play by the Twins!! We are choking bad!! Self destruction!!!! Atleast the Vikes game won't be Monday night.

[cjac]

I'm sure the speedy Rondell and Cuddyer were quick to retrieve it too.....

Hunter's three pitch swinging strike out was impressive too.....worst part is he's been here in the playoff atmosphere before, he shouldn't be making these bad decisions!

[Spinner1]

You're right Buzz, and it's getting hard to watch. I didn't think I would have to see anymore sloppy baseball until next April. If anybody can turn this series around it's the Twins, but talk about putting your back against the wall. Completely self inflicted.

[rundrave]

bottom of the 9th tieing run at the plate, still not looking good though!

[harvey lee]

They are playing a repeat only worse than yesterday.They are choking big time.They cannot get a clutch hit for the life of them.What do you say about Tori?

Our good hitters cant hit.

Like I said above,I am a fan,I am just being realistic with my predicition of 6-4 Oakland.

Pressure,Pressure and more pressure.

Great year with a bad ending.I know there are games left but if they play any worse they will embarrass themselves even more.

[Eric Wettschreck]

Wow.

Is it just me or are the Twins not dancing with the girl they brought.

2 very non-Twins games.

Hopefully they get rid of the young kid jitters cuz they got their work cut out for them if we're going to have a Twins/Red birds series.

[Down to Earth]

Maybe we'd of been better off playing the Yanks.

[genegodawa]

Now you guys know what it is like to be a Cub fan during their runs at it......just nothing seemed to go right.

I'll bet Windy and CJim are loving the fact that the same team that put their WSox to sleep late this season might end up doing the same to us. But the Twins aren't done yet.

[bottomdweller]

Not good, bats are gone. Think the nerves got the best of them. Dumb play by Tori. They scored another run after that so I guess his dumb mistake didnt make much difference. Hope theyre bats pick up.

[Eric Wettschreck]

That's ok Geno. If nothing else we had the opportunity to watch 165 Twins games compared to 162 Sux games. I'm quite sure we'll all hear some smack.

[genegodawa]

CJim has already admitted to not feeling too good about this season, so I suppose he didn't watch that many.

I really didn't know much about the A's and they had a tight race for awhile there too so I took them a little lightly despite the hurtin' (ha,ha) they put on the WSox that one weekend. Maybe we should have gone to NY instead?

[Commanche Jim]

The A's swept us in September...........it finished us.

The Big Hurt is playing for something. He wants to contribute.

I actually went to about 30 games this year, and my 3 year old Jimmy went to 17 of them. He kept all his stubs. In fact, he drove home after one game!!! I look back at this year and I would not trade in this year for anything. Everyone in our area knows Jimmy as the "Jimmy that knows every player". And he does. He can name every rostered player, pre-expanded roster. In fact, he's singing "Let's go Go Go White Sox, Chicago's Proud Of Youuuuuuuuuu! right now. We hung out in the fundamentals deck a lot, hit the batting cage, the infielders deck...... he stops what he's doing and puts his right hand on his heart during the singing of the national anthem (even when on tv), and knows "Take Me Out To The Ballgame" word for word. Every game we'd have a best kosher dog in the 2nd inning (mine with grilled onions, his plain with ketchup and cut in half in the box) with a diet pepsi, and a bag of peanuts around the 4th inning. Like Clockword. Every Game!!!!!! The last game we were at, I shed tears because I know he won't be this young and innocent again next year.

This was a year to remember for me, almost as much as last year.

Look at my picture to your left......me, Jimmy, and Joe Crede (Crede's on the left ).........Joe is Jimmy's friend and favorite player.