Good job Twins

The end result wasn't what I was looking for Tuesday night, but I still felt pretty good about the Twins' season.

The White Sox will be the team moving on to the playoffs, after nipping the Twins 1-0 on Jim Thome's home run in the bottom of the seventh. Both teams finished the regular season tied for first place in the AL Central Division, resulting in the one-game playoff.

When you consider the fact that no one gave Minnesota a chance to even contend for the title after trading Johan Santana to the Mets and losing Torri Hunter via free agency, it just goes to show that playing the game means more than looking good on paper. All season long the Twins plugged away and stuck around. Credit should go to manager Ron Gardenhire and the type of players the organization develops (not buys).

You might call it overachieving, but it's just the Twins way.

I've been a Twins fans since the late 1960s, after my oldest brother brought back a program when his Legion team went to watch a game at the old Met (Metropolitan Stadium, the current site of Mall of America).

There's been a lot of lean years as a fan, but a lot of great memories (1987, 1991 World Series), plus a lot of recent success under Gardenhire.

So hat's off guys, way to battle and here's to next season. Go Twins!!!

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