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What a day yesterday. The Dodgers get 2 players thrown out at the plate...ON THE SAME PLAY!!! Tori Hunter loses on a gamble to dive for a ball he probably should have laid back on, and the result is a decisive 2 run inside-the-park homerun. So now the Twins are down 2-0 with the next game coming in Oakland. What happened? They finish with one of the best 2nd halves in league history, a cy young and MVP candidate, the batting champion, and they can't put it together when it counts. What are the thoughts of NutCan's Twins correspondents?

	Jeremy - I hate our freedoms 10/05/2006 @ 09:00:54 AM
They suck.		Rate this comment Yours: Rated 0 times.

	Micah - 584 Posts 10/05/2006 @ 01:37:03 PM
I waited all season for the offense to do what it always does and die. Its sad that it had to happen starting with the first game of the playoffs. I don't know if anyone here actually watched the games since you probably all have jobs, but except for about 3 pitches, Santana was ridiculous in game 1. He had 6 K's in the first 3 innings and had 2 innings under 8 pitches. He was owning everyone on the A's (except Frank Thomas of course). There was no question Hunter should have laid back on that ball. It would have been 1st and 2nd, 2 outs and a guy with a 0.89 ERA pitching. There was no need for a diving catch. It was saving absolutely nothing. Only bright spot: Nick Punto currently has 2 Pete Rose points for head first slides into first base. And he made some pretty sweet foul ball catches. I predict Brad Radke's arm falls off during the 6th inning of game 3, but it crosses the plate with the ball still in hand and strikes out Milton Bradley. Twins wim 5-2		Rate this comment Yours: Rated 0 times.

	Jeremy - 9543 Posts 10/05/2006 @ 01:52:19 PM
Matt, Jon, Sarah, and I were at the games.		Rate this comment Yours: Rated 0 times.

	Scott - You're going to have to call your hardware guy. It's not a software issue. 10/05/2006 @ 04:46:10 PM
and I don't have cable.		Rate this comment Yours: Rated 0 times.

	Micah - I'm flippin' burgers / you at Kinko's straight flippin' copies 10/05/2006 @ 05:44:26 PM
If anyone without cable wants it I can give them the login to MLB TV. My friend knows a guy who knows a guy who works there. Send me an email. I was kind of disappointed that they won the division since then they didn't play the Yankees and I wouldn't get to see them. Now if they do make it to the ALCS I just end up having to pay twice as much for a ticket.		Rate this comment Yours: Rated 0 times.

	Alex - 3619 Posts 10/05/2006 @ 06:58:06 PM
Sliding into first base is stupid.		Rate this comment Yours: Rated 0 times.

	Sarah - So's your face 10/05/2006 @ 08:23:51 PM
Let's go Punto!!!!!		Rate this comment Yours: Rated 0 times.

	Scott - 6225 Posts 10/05/2006 @ 09:12:50 PM
Micah, what's your email and sliding into first is indeed stupid; the ONLY reason to slide into first is if you are trying to avoid a tag and sliding gets you out of the taggers reach. Otherwise, you are always always faster running the whole way.		Rate this comment Yours: Total: Rated 1 times.

	Jeremy - 9543 Posts 10/06/2006 @ 09:33:07 AM
Will that work for us even in the usually blacked out EC area Micah? Cause if so why are you just bringing this up now? :) (Actually We'd all have paid for it if the Twins weren't blacked out. It's not often you find a business that refuses your money.) I forget the exact circumstances, but I don't think his slides into first were on routine type plays. I think there were good reasons why a slide was beneficial there. I could be wrong though.		Rate this comment Yours: Rated 0 times.

	Micah - They just want the damn ash of that field 10/06/2006 @ 05:24:37 PM
The first slide he actually might have been safe if he hadn't slid. I think it still works no matter where you are but I have no idea. I have only had the login for a couple of weeks before the season ended, and I never thought about giving it here. sorry. Anyways its mmladousa AT ladousa.com to email me to get in		Rate this comment Yours: Rated 0 times.
Micah messed with this at 10/06/2006 6:29:27 pm

	Jeremy - 9543 Posts 10/06/2006 @ 05:59:35 PM
It works....really well actually. Should we really have that user/pass out on the interwebs?		Rate this comment Yours: Rated 0 times.

	Micah - 584 Posts 10/06/2006 @ 06:28:41 PM
probably not		Rate this comment Yours: Rated 0 times.

	Jeremy - 9543 Posts 10/06/2006 @ 06:47:45 PM
I dont want your dude in trouble, we need him next season :)		Rate this comment Yours: Rated 0 times.
Jeremy screwed with this at 10/06/2006 6:47:51 pm

	Jeremy - Robots don't say 'ye' 10/07/2006 @ 11:26:22 AM
Total Word Count: 467367 I would have thought it would have been higher.		Rate this comment Yours: Rated 0 times.
Jeremy screwed with this at 10/07/2006 11:29:18 am

	Scott - Resident Tech Support 10/07/2006 @ 07:15:15 PM
i'm kinda shocked too.		Rate this comment Yours: Rated 0 times.

	Micah - 584 Posts 10/11/2006 @ 03:16:12 PM
This is an amusing article about Mauer and Morneau. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/players/09/19/roomies0925/index.html		Rate this comment Yours: Rated 0 times.

	Jeremy - I believe virtually everything I read. 10/11/2006 @ 03:57:31 PM
"After the game it's pizza or hot hoagies from Davanni's." That's what we do too!!		Rate this comment Yours: Rated 0 times.

	Matt - 3941 Posts 10/11/2006 @ 06:34:08 PM
I read that a few weeks ago and meant to link to it here but, obviously, I forgot.		Rate this comment Yours: Rated 0 times.

	Scott - Get Up! Get outta here! Gone! 10/11/2006 @ 09:17:33 PM
I don't know about you all, but I would love to see a Midwest World Series. It would be the unCoast Series (New York, Boston, Florida, Anaheim). And even though Chicago and Houston were in it last year, Having two teams from the midwest would be pretty sweet I think.		Rate this comment Yours: Rated 0 times.

	Alex - 3619 Posts 10/12/2006 @ 07:14:03 PM
I don't really care who wins.		Rate this comment Yours: Rated 0 times.

	Scott - You're going to have to call your hardware guy. It's not a software issue. 10/20/2006 @ 11:37:43 AM
So, Tigers? or Cardinals? What's your(pl) picks?		Rate this comment Yours: Rated 0 times.

	Jeremy - Super Chocolate Bear 10/20/2006 @ 11:50:31 AM
I don't really care who wins.		Rate this comment Yours: Total: Rated 1 times.

	Alex - Refactor Mercilessly 10/20/2006 @ 01:57:37 PM
Endy Chavez deserves to be in the World Series after that homerun catch. He needs to join the Cardinals for 2 weeks or something. Seriously though, I played left field in high school and I once tried to make that same play. Of course white men can't jump and the ball was still like 15 feet over my head, but I thought it would look cool. Unfortunately, it was a chain link fence in Colfax and I soon found out that whipping your arm backwards over a chain link fence hurts like hell. Which takes me back to Endy. How did he not hyperextend every ligament in his arm on that catch? Amazing. Also, I was pulling for the Mets and I have to ask how in the world do you strike out looking with the bases loaded in the bottom of the 9th down by 2 runs? If you're going to strike out at least close your eyes and take a hack. Amazing. I don't really care who wins, but if forced at gunpoint to pick I'll go with the Tigers.		Rate this comment Yours: Rated 0 times.

	Micah - They just want the damn ash of that field 10/20/2006 @ 04:39:46 PM
My dad has been a Cardinals fan since he was a little kid so if you want to root for someone, root for the Cardinals for my father.		Rate this comment Yours: Rated 0 times.

	Jeremy - Super Chocolate Bear 10/20/2006 @ 04:54:43 PM
Ok, Skip. Good enough reason for me. I was leaning Cardinals because the Tigers are a "rival", but I really don't care all that much. Cant I just bet that all the players will have a really good time?		Rate this comment Yours: Rated 0 times.

	Jeremy - Robots don't say 'ye' 10/20/2006 @ 04:57:49 PM
....as for Alex's comments. Didn't 2 players go down looking in the 9th? It was a sorry inning after getting the 2 lead off guys on and getting everyone's hopes up.		Rate this comment Yours: Rated 0 times.

	Jon - Nutcan.com's kitten expert 10/21/2006 @ 05:24:34 AM
First, the catch. I would make out with that catch given the chance. I'm in love with it. Also, just a really good game overall, even if I wanted the Mets. I still hold it against the Cardinals that they let the White Sox and Tigers walk all over them and got swept by the Royals (although who didn't). For much of the season I was a bit frustrated at teams like the Cardinals who would make the playoffs even though they weren't good while the Twins seemed on track to be like the best third place team ever. Obviously things changed by the end, but I still don't like the Cardinals a bit. Second, to me, the striking out looking thing really isn't that terrible because they were great curveballs. They look like crap until the last moment. Also, sure Micah's dad is a Cardinals fan, but what about Magnum PI? What about his feelings?		Rate this comment Yours: Total: Rated 3 times.

	Scott - You're going to have to call your hardware guy. It's not a software issue. 10/22/2006 @ 10:13:02 AM
and a curve ball down the middle on 0-2 with the bases loaded is probably not what any credible baseball fan/analyst would have predicted in that situation. While you must defend the strikezone in that situation, even Beltran was so completely overtaken by that pitch that he knew immediately that he was just had.		Rate this comment Yours: Rated 0 times.

	Scott - Get Up! Get outta here! Gone! 10/27/2006 @ 08:14:49 AM
If St. Louis wins tonight, the collective National League should stick their tongues out and say "na na na na na" to the American league. The Cardinals ended up with the 13th best record in baseball(not to mention that the NL was humiliated by the AL this year in interleague play), and they are now 1 win away from a dominating series win over one of the hottest teams in recent World Series history.		Rate this comment Yours: Rated 0 times.

	Scott - Resident Tech Support 10/27/2006 @ 10:28:21 PM
Joe Buck sucks as an announcer, hands down. Is he instructed never to get excited about anything and to keep his voice the same inflection during a preseason football game as in the conclusion of the World Series? Anyway, what a crappy World Series. The team I wanted to win won, but Detroit played like a team that lost 90 games, not like a team that had just won 7 straight playoff games coming into the series. Not to take anything away from the Cardinals. They played very well.		Rate this comment Yours: Rated 0 times.