Athletics-Twins in a rematch of the 2002 Division Series. The 2006 Athletics “upset” the 2006 Twins, just like the 2002 Twins “upset” the 2002 Athletics. I just cannot believe that the Twins got swept, especially after winning the Division and homefield in the first round on game 162. I still consider the 2006 Twins to be the greatest Twins team of all time, so the fact that they got swept, its just wow
What a comeback by the Twins to take the division on the last day. I can’t believe how quickly it ended for them. My Tigers turned some heads this year, and going to October, but boy they stubbed their toe these last few weeks. They choked away the division. And they’re gonna play the big bad Yankees
Had the Tigers collapsed and not made the postseason, it would not have been one of the greatest regular season collapses ever, since they were 10 games up on the Twins and WSOX after August 07, and there have been much bigger collapses in MLB history But oh man, it would have just fit perfectly with Tigers baseball “misery” since the start of the 1994 season had they miss the postseason. Although on paper, the Twins had a slightly better team than the Tigers in 2006. And on paper, I thought the WSOX also had a better team than the Tigers. And I aways love seeing Division rivals face in the LCS, so sadly, no Twins-Tigers in the 2006 ALCS and no rematch of the 1987 ALCS. I guess we gotta wait for game 163 in 2009 for the the AL Central
This was Brad Radke final MLB season. He played 12 seasons, all with the Twins. Brad Radke even won 20 games in a season for the Twins, back in 1997. The 1997 Twins lost almost 100 games BTW. Given, he had a respectable but not impressive 3.87 ERA in 1997. I mean, how does someone, with an ERA of 3.87 and a team that lost almost 100 games, wins 20 games in a season. THATS JUST UNREAL.
Talk about an incredible dejavu = In game 2 at the Metrodome, the Athletics hit an inside the park home run to center field off Tori Hunter. I say dejavu, because in game 3 of the 2002 NLDS in Minnesota between Athletics-Twins, the Athletics also hit an inside the park home run to CenterField off Tori Hunter. WOW
