Closing Thoughts on the 2008 Season

October 1st, 2008 (Loaded from e-mail)

Well, I'm going to think back on this Twins year for a long time. We defied all odds and earned ourselves a one-game playoff to decide whether we would make the post season. We were 2-7 in Chicago, they were 1-8 in the dome. Rather than deciding where the game would be played in a logical manner (i.e. Winner of the season series gets home-field), our post-season hopes rested on the flip of a coin. And we lost the toss.

Sure, we could have done better than 1-2 in the last series with the Royals. Or perhaps the Tigers could not have laid an egg on Monday. But those events did not rob us of the chance to be watching the Twins and not the White Sox face the Rays tomorrow. A coin toss robbed us. Home field was the deciding factor. Anyone who watched that last series against the White Sox, where we swept them, knows we would not have lost in the Dome. I'm done making excuses. That rule needs to be changed and I would not be surprised at all if the issue is brought up at off-season rule meetings. This whole thing is silly.

I'm a bitter baseball fan right now, but bitter for good reason.