The returning Chris Parmalee was THE man for the Twins last night. He may have been back for a few games already but last night he finally contributed in a big way--a walk-off two-run homer with two outs in the bottom of the ninth. You know, the kind of play that every kid in America dreams about when he first begins to watch baseball at a young age.
With every team in baseball (except the division leaders) hovering around the .500 mark, the Twins are proving game in and game out that they just as mediocre as anybody else. Knowing the season is almost 1/4 over at this point, I'll take that as big plus.
The pitching might be sketchy, but the offense is still around more often than it's not not.
And it makes for some enjoyable games.
The Wild, on the other hand, last night succumbed to the NHL law of averages. Every team is truly equal and eventually you will lose a couple of heart breaking 2-1 games in a row that you could have easily went the other way, and your season will be over. And that's exactly how all soccer team variation seasons end.
At least it was on CNBC last night. Our cable company gives us THAT channel. I watched enough of the game last night to once again realize that ice soccer is as boring as real soccer. There are far too many people on the ice to truly have a meaningful game. If soccer or hockey lost of couple of their players, it might open the game up a tad. Getting rid of offsides would open it up even more.
As it is, every player must stand around, close together, gumming up the works.
The NHL calls it defense.
I call it unwatchable.
That's why it on CNBC.
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