Tagged: Metrodome

10/6 Path to the Pennant – The Leiter Side

leiter.jpgTonight we’re all excited about the tiebreaker game.  My eyes will focus on one key guy, rookie hurler Rick Porcello.

The Tigers season falls on the 20-year-old shoulders and right arm of Porcello.  Here’s a 20-year-old kid from New Jersey, who pitched in A ball last year, going up against the noise of the Dome, the Homer Hankies, 50,000 deafening and hostile fans, the turf, and a scorching line up. 
The game will be won and lost right there. 

The Twins have the mojo, and are in a great position going up against a Tigers team they always seem to handle in the Metrodome. 

Pitching in a playoff atmosphere inside the Metrodome is an intense challenge for any opposing pitcher to face, so if Porcello pitches into the 7th, the Tigers will win. 

Being no stranger to pitching these do-or-die games, I can say they’re the most compelling, do-all end-all this sport has to offer.  It’s going to be the complete Game 7 experience tonight.  A moment to be enjoyed by all who watch, and all who play. 

Players who love and cherish the moment thrive and have a good game.  Those who don’t will have all winter to think about it. – Al Leiter

10/2 MLB Tonight – Thing’s Things

williams.jpgSo we’ve got two undecided playoff spots to debate tonight at 9. 

The Rockies are going into this final weekend series against the Dodgers with plans to knock them from the NL West crown.  Colorado wants to win the NL West and face St. Louis whom I feel they match up better with.   The Rockies pitching matches up better with the Cardinals hitters. And their line up would rather face the Cardinals big right-handers than the Phillies big left-handers. So, look for Jim Tracy to go for it in these three games to try and take the division.

Looking to the AL Central, Detroit will finish this weekend on top.  The Twins have given a valiant effort, but they will just come up a little short.  It just goes to show that even though you can’t win a division in April, you can lose one.  The Twins were just not able to get their season together in time.  

And with the last series being played in the Metrodome, let me just say that it was the loudest place I’ve ever played in my life.  Next year, those Twins better find some hairy ball players because it’s cold in Minnesota. – Mitch Williams