Bring the curtain down.
The Indians have closed strong and appear to be ready to move in to the do-or-die Wild Card phase of the postseason.
The Twins appear ready to move in to the managerial death-watch phase of the postseason. If you haven’t done so yet, go to the Poll we posted below and tell us who you think will be the Twins manager come Tuesday.
Now, there’s one more game to play and here are the lineups:
| INDIANS |
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TWINS |
| Bourn, CF | Presley, CF | |
| Swisher, 1B | Dozier, 2B | |
| Kipnis, 2B | Plouffe, 3B | |
| Santana, C, DH | Doumit, DH | |
| Raburn, RF | Parmelee, 1B | |
| Cabrera, A, SS | Herrmann, C, RF | |
| Brantley, LF | Thomas, C, LF | |
| Gomes, Y, C | Fryer, C | |
| Aviles, 3B | Florimon, SS | |
| _Jimenez, U, P | _Diamond, P |
| Cleveland | ||||||||||||
| Minnesota |
and so it ends… I have a sneaking suspicion that we fans aren’t the only ones who are glad to put an end to this season so we can start putting it behind us and “dream” about what might be in 2014…