[analphilosopher] Keith Burgess-Jackson: Baseball

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Posted by Keith Burgess-Jackson:
Baseball
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   It was bound to happen, given how the teams have been playing. The
   Minnesota Twins caught the Detroit Tigers this evening. The Tigers
   lost to the Toronto Blue Jays, 8-6. The Twins beat the Kansas City
   Royals, 2-1 (in 10 innings). The teams are tied at 95-64. Each has
   three home games yet to play, the Twins against the defending World
   Series champion Chicago White Sox (I hope that jinxes them) and the
   Tigers against the lowly Kansas City Royals, who today lost their
   100th game of the season. It's going to be a great weekend. Wouldn't
   it have been fitting for the Tigers and Twins to play each other this
   weekend, with the divisional title at stake? Of course, the loser
   doesn't go home empty-handed. Both teams will go to the playoffs. But
   there's more than pride at stake. The winner plays the Oakland
   Athletics with home-field advantage. The loser plays the New York
   Yankees without home-field advantage. Go Tigers!