Last night, two teams headed into the Minnesota Metrodome with one thing on their mind -- the Playoffs. The Detroit Tigers and Minnesota Twins battled it out for an extra regular season game, number 163. The AL Central tiebreaker went into extras with the Twins winning it in 12 long hard fought innings by a score of 6-to-5, thanks to Alexi Casilla's walkoff hit. A record setting 54,088 fans stood eargly to watch their Minnesota ballclub overcome the unthinkable. Not only did the fans in attendance get to witness history, but they also played a part in it by being part of the largest regular-season crowd in Metrodome history.
With the Twins' late season surge playing catch up, they became the first team in Major League history to win the division after trailing by three games with four to play. & What could have been the last and final Twins game played at the Metrodome, will now have to wait as they get to see yet another game indoors. The only difference is it'll be in the postseason as the Twins host the highly favored New York Yankees for game 3 and 4 (if necessary).
With the rest of the playoff match-ups beginning to take shape, I don't think we'll see any game as exciting as the one played by the Tigers & Twins. But every playoff game and series is worth watching, which leads to my playoff and world series predictions. In one of my earlier posts Peanuts!, Get'churrr Peanuts! I gave both my playoff and world series predictions, but with half the teams I predicted to make it on vacation, it looks like I'll have to renew those predictions.
NLDS:
St. Louis Cardinals over Los Angeles Dodgers in 5 games.
Philadelphia Phillies over Colorado Rockies in 5 games.
ALDS:
New York Yankees over Minnesota Twins in 4 games.
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim over Boston Red Sox in 4 games.
NLCS:
Philadelphia Phillies over Los Angeles Dodgers in 6 games.
ALCS:
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim over New York Yankees in 6 games.
World Series:
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim over Philadelphia Phillies in 6 games.
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