At this point, I'm kind of waiting to see if Cleveland can get to the playoffs by beating the Twins. It's seem like such an odd accomplishment, but Minnesota could conceivably, in one week's time, send THREE separate teams to the playoffs (by losing to them). That has to be some kind of record. The A's and Tigers got to celebrate against the Twins, now we'll have to wait and see if the Indians do as well. Dare it say it? Go Cleveland.
Speaking of records...
The Twins have now struck out nearly 1,400 times this year. That's FIFTH best all-time. Usually teams with tons of home run hitters set those kinds of records. And while it's true that the Twins are hitting more homeruns this season (as I predicted they would in preseason) it's not like any of them have been hitting like Babe Ruth. Dozier leads the team with just 18 homeruns, but 7 Twins have 11 or more. Those aren't the kind of numbers that make fans sit up and take notice but at least they are distributed evenly throughout the line-up.
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