“The place doesn’t want to go away quietly yet,” said Jason Kubel , whose two three-run home runs sent the Minnesota Twins into a one-game playoff against the Tigers for the American League Central title.

He was speaking of the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome. It will be the site of Tuesday’s 4 p.m. game, after Brett Favre and the Vikings face the Packers there on Monday night. If the Twins can get their 87th win — yes, Ozzie Guillen, that’s all it would have taken to defend the Central title — they’ll get a chance to slay the Yankees, the unquestioned No. 1 seed in baseball’s October tournament.

On paper, there’s no way the Twins or the Tigers can match up to the 103-win Yankees. But you know Joe Girardi and the Yankees will be rooting for the Tigers on Tuesday, and not just because the Tigers failed to protect a seven-game lead with 26 games to play. No visiting team ever wants to play high-stakes games in the white bubble that has been the Twins’ home since 1982.

Click here to read the full article – By Phil Rogers of Chicagotribune.com

Minnesota Twins Polo Shirts
and other Twins Apparel

Majestic Athletic Minnesota Twins MLB Reebok RA Polo Shirt

Minnesota Twins Majestic MLB Supreme Polo Shirt