Although they were only a bloop and a blast away, Minnesota Twins baseball is officially over for the 2008 season. To wrap things up and start looking towards next year, here are some fans' opinions:
What are your feelings on the way MLB dealt with the tie between the White Sox and Twins? What would you suggest as a possible alternative if you disagree?
Marty Andrade: Whenever possible, lottery systems that decide or give advantage to one team or another should be avoided. The playoffs especially should be about merit. Coin tosses to decide who gets the biggest advantage in a one game playoff are idiotic. Some other method should be found. Personally, I prefer to avoid any regular season extensions and just award the playoff spot to the team who won the season series.
The Twins beat the White Sox over the course of the year, the playoffs should be about merit, so the Twins get the playoff spot. One game playoffs should only happen if two teams have the same record and have an even season series, and those one-game playoffs should happen on neutral ground.
Leslie Monteiro: The Twins deserved their fate. If you couldn't win two out of three at your home place against the Royals, you deserve what was coming. It's as simple as that. Anyone that is whining about this should have his or her head examined.
Nick Nelson: The coin flip for home-field advantage in a tie-breaker seems arbitrary, but I understand its utility since it is necessary for the league to know where the game will be held long ahead of time and sometimes head-to-head match-up records are not decided until the final game of the season.
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3 months ago
I am worried about Neshek. Will his delivery and the severity of his injury, I think it will be hard for him to bounce back.
I'm also worried about the outfield situation. With Gomez, Span, Cuddyer, Kubel, and Young all on the roster next season, somebody will lose playing time...however, when Cuddyer was drafted by the Twins as an infielder, so I would concider putting him at 3B with Gomez, Span, and Young in the OF and Kubel as the DH.
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