It wasn't all that surprising when you think about it. The Twins, with their suspect pitching and light hitting, had won only two games all year at U.S. Cellular Field. And they hadn't played well on the road, period.
Still, the Twins did better than everyone (including, ahem, us) expected, with a lineup that was thrown together on a discount budget. How appropriate that the new ballpark, set to open in 2010, will be known as Target Field.
Elsewhere in baseball . . .
- Yankee Stadium and Shea Stadium in New York had just completed their final seasons, with neither the Yankees or Mets making it into October.
- But the Tampa Bay Rays and Milwaukee Brewers did.
- The biggest flop in baseball this season? Easy. It's the Detroit Tigers, whom everyone thought would roar into the World Series. Instead, they meowed their way to last place in the American League Central.
- No one gives Barry Bonds or Roger Clemens a job.
- The Chicago Cubs will once again find a way to avoid the World Series. One hundred years, and counting.
- Our Series matchup? Boston versus Philadelphia.
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