Unbelieveabbble!

When we left for the Twins game this morning we were resigned to having a nice baseball afternoon, sort of a celebration of a great season and best wishes for our team in New York in the Wild Card slot.
Our hopes, of course, were three: 1. Win today's game. 2. Let Kansas City beat Detroit so that we would be Division Winners and get domefield advantage. 3. Let Joe Mauer win the American League batting title.
It turned into a magical day. If you follow sports you know all about it. May we just add that while we attended both Twins World Series victories in '87 and '91, the atmosphere in the dome today has never been more excited or festive.
Things started on a gloomy note: 1. Chicago scored first. 2. Detroit went ahead by six runs. 3. Joe Mauer struck out. 4. Stan spilled some of our $26 dome dog dinner on his vintage Twins T-Shirt.
Then things slowly began to turn for the better. The Twins went ahead, the hated Pierzinski looked like a bufoon, and the runs, you could just smell 'em. Meanwhile, the dome management was playing the Detroit game on a special scoreboard setup, so, all during KC's wild 12-innings comeback game, the distracted Dome crowd would almost randomly burst out in a huge ovation, invariably startling the hell out of the batter and the pitcher, who would pause in their labors to catch up with us. The crowd would chant "Let's Go Royals, Let's Go!" then get back to the Twins game.
In the middle of all this mayhem, I pointed to a spot in the left field and told Kathleen that Joe Mauer, who had a 0 and 2 count, would get a hit right there. (You'll just have to trust me on this) Then he did exactly that, and became the first A.L. catcher in world history to win a batting title.
Unbelieveable!
Go Twins!

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