Twins advance to the playoffs after game 163?

The baseball season is long enough but a 163rd game? The Minnesota Twins and Detroit Tigers found themselves playing an extra, tiebreaker game to determine who would advance to the playoffs. It is interesting to note that this is the third straight year this has happened in major league baseball. Do you want to know the kicker of this story? IT WENT INTO EXTRA INNINGS!!! The Twins won the game in 12 innings by a final score of 6-5.

If the extra game wasn't tiring enough, they had to play 12 innings? By that point I wuold have flipped a coin to determine the winner because those two teams are just too close. Congratulations to the Minnesota Twins for beating the Detroit Tigers after the 163rd game of the season. Now what? Instead of getting a break like the rest of the playoff teams, THEY HAVE TO PLAY AGAIN THE NEXT DAY! That is right, saddle up again because you now get to play the American League powerhouse New York Yankees.

I wonder what the manager of the Twins is going to tell his team before the game starts? I was thinking something like this: "Guys, we have all come a long way (one game longer than any other team). We have fought back and beaten the odds and have reached our goal of the playoffs. I know we are all tired so lets just take the night off and go after them the next game. Sound good?" I really don't know what else he can say. I don't think anything will motivate the players to give it 110 percent. They have left everything they had on the field in Minnesota.

I guess there is no rest for the weary if you are a Minnesota Twin. It is a five game series but doesn't feel like it in this situation. I consider this series to be a four game series due to the circumstances. It is a race to who can win three games first but the Yankees already have won a game without even throwing a pitch or swinging a bat. Good luck Minnesota because it looks like you are going to need it!

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