Yankees will have to play a 5 game series with Minnesota. They are pretty tough and can pitch.Save your subway tokens for work.Pitching is the thing in playoffs and Yanks dont have it. Five game series they lose .
Wang can keep us in the game against Santana and our Bullpen is better, especially the closer. Your bold predictions are silly.
Twins have no one major after Santana and they will be facing Johnson & Moose.
The Yankee line-up is at full strength now and will be hard for anyone but Santana to contain.
Jim
By the way, Jim. That’s my dad. You can see that our house is an anti-Yankee stronghold.
In a 5 game series against the Yanks, trotting him out the first and third game isn’t beyond the realm of possibilities. It could be fun, that’s for sure.
Would you rather have the Tigers or the Twins in the first round?
On paper, the Tigers, they do not match up well against the Yanks. They do not have Santana. The Twins are the most dangerous team to the Yankees except the Mets. (only because the Angels and Marlins are basically out of it).
Jim {Yep, I see the strong line of Yankee Hatred indeed 
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Five game series is a difference. Couple good pitching performances and you can take your subway tickets home. Pitching is proverbially the big post season factor. Dont discount it.
What’s that have to do with my post?
The NLWest is getting tight. Dodgers and Padres both won today, with Trevor Hoffman getting the record for career saves and Nomar hitting a walk-off grand-slam. Too bad the Phillies won, too. We missed a shot to move up. Now a 6 game road trip to finish the season, and I’ll bet the whole year rests on the last game. Let me say it now, before I yell it later: Fucking Giants! (There. If they knock the Dodgers out of the playoff, I’ve already vented.)
Just for the sake of throwing rocks at the beehive, I’ll go out on a limb and say that neither of the New York teams will win the Series.
zuma, you, me and this keyboard know an A’s/Twins series would be almost hopeless. The A’s just have to look at the Metrodome and they lay down like dogs. I’m hoping for an A’s/Tigers matchup. Not because I think Detroit will be easy; I do respect what they’ve done this year. But I’ve seen the A’s flail against the Twins on too many occasions.
I’m liking the way things are playing out in the NL. Padres and Phillies get in, Dodgers stay home. Sounds nice.
I’m originally from Philadelphia, I live in the Bay Area, and my mom lives in San Diego. What else am I supposed to say?
Well, so much for Lion’s wish. Both the Padres and the Dodgers are in. Sunday’s games will decide who is the Division winner and who is the Wild Card. Either way, I’m happy.
Another SoCal Dopefest to celebrate, anyone?
After starting the season 25-33, the Twins win the AL Central Division by going 71-33 the rest of the way, catching and passing the White Sox an eventually the Tigers.
Joe Mauer becomes the first catcher to lead the Majors in batting average, Johan Santana will probably win the A.L. Cy Young, and Justin Mourneau will get heavy consideration for A.L. MVP.
So I guess the team is doing ok.
The Padres are officially the NL West champions! Nothing stands in our way this year. The inevitable Padres-Mets NLCS will bring about a fierce rivalry in this household, but eventually my roommate will cheer the local boys on to the world championship. You wait and see!
Smell 'em! 
Yanks have homefield throughout and the Tigers in round 1. Got to like their chances. With the Division on the line, good old Kenny Rodgers was given the ball and he did what he always does under pressure, he failed.
A’s vs Twins should be a good series, I am leaning towards the Twins winning.
Jim
Let’s be fair here. It was Fernando Rodney that did the failing. Bonderman got a 6 run lead (a shutout) and the 'pen gave it up.
Shoulda kept Zumaya in longer.
I appreciate your optimism, but it is groundless. In spite of our dsigusting diplays after clinching, we will take the NL title. Then, watch out Detroit! Hi, What Exit?
Tigers = “Royally” pwned
Thanks, KC.
With the loss today, the Tiger’s don’t have the home field advantage in round one.
They have the third best record in the A.L., the top two teams(NYY, MN) would have to lose their series for Detroit to have homefield.
Finishing the season with five straight losses will do that to ya.