Played a couple hockey games over the weekend. Until now, we were just playing a bunch of piecemeal teams but we finally got most of the regular roster guys on board this weekend. My team looks pretty OK. We're not going to break any records and, frankly, we're not really expecting to win a lot of games. That's mostly because we are new to each other and it takes time to really play well together. Plus, judging from last night's game, we are not the strongest team in the league. But, what really matters is that we all have a good time doing it. We have one more pre-season game next Sunday and then the season begins. Good times. And we also recently added one of my co-workers (Ryan) to the roster. Josh was originally going to play, but he decided against it. I guess that's good because neither he nor Ryan have a car, so I have to drive them. My car is just not big enough for 3 guys and 3 hockey bags, you know?
Next, baseball. Octoberquest is upon us and wouldn't you know it, the Twins won the Division title yesterday! Though, they needed the back door to do it. I read online that about 30,000 fans stuck around the Dome after the Twins won to watch the Detroit Tigers/Kansas City Royals game on the Jumbotron. For those not in the know, in order for the Twins to win the Division (and therefore avoid facing the Yankees in the first round of the playoff) they had to win their last game and Detroit had to lose their last game. Well, the Tigers jumped off to a 6-0 lead after the 4th inning while the Twins were losing 1-0. But, thanks to the big bats of Joe Mauer (who became the first American League catcher ever to win the batting title), Justin Morneau and Torii Hunter, the Twins ended up winning 5-1. It took Kansas City 12 innings, but they also won - in front of fewer fans in their own stadium than were still at the dome watching it on TV. Torii Hunter said after the game that he's going to buy everyone on the Royals roster a bottle of Dom Perignon. I bet he'll do it, too. Anyway, the playoffs start on Tuesday at home against the Oakland A's. Very exciting. The Tigers, who were heavily favoured and leading the Division for 99% of the season, will face the formidable Yankees as the Wild Card winner. Whodathunk?
Moving to football now... The Vikings lost. Big surprise.
The NHL season starts on Thursday. Watch out for the Wild this year. Mark my words: Western Conference Champions. They'll lose in the Stanley Cup Finals to Boston in 5 games. This is my prediction, having not even seen them play yet, but based purely on their history and their roster additions. Of anyone would care to put their money where their mouth is, I'd enjoy hearing your post season predictions - before the season even begins.
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