One Little Bounce...

But for a little bounce, the Minnesota Twins would be leading the Yankees 2-0. But instead the Yankees rallied in the 12th inning and head to Minneapolis tied at 1 game apiece. In the 8th inning, with runners on first and third, the batter slapped a double down the left field line. It took a hop and jumped over the fence to be ruled a ground rule double. It had been a 3-2 count and the runner had taken off with the pitch. Had the ball not bounced into the stands, the runner on first would have scored and the Twins would have gone into the bottom of the 8th up 6-5. But the runner had to hold at third and neither of the next two batters could drive him home. Such is life. But we have hope that the Twins will find their mojo in the dome and send the Yankees home.

Boston is up 2-0 on Anaheim, but we can't put them in the next round yet. Oakland was up 2-0 last year and Boston came back to win 3 straight. Still, things are looking good for Boston right now. St. Louis and Houston are also up in their respective series but they only have one game under their belts right now. Still, things are looking up for a Houston-St. Louis NL pennant series. Its very difficult to say as to who would win such a series. Houston is the hottest team and many people feel that St. Louis is the best team. Should be good.

I've also been catching back up with politics, although very little is grabbing my attention right now. The debates are generally too annoying to watch and as I've already made up my mind, its more fun to see how "neutral" parties try to spin things. I've also discovered this fun little website called Realclearpolitics. Its a collection of various news reports and links to articles. It also has this thing where they grab all the available polls and average them out to try and look at general trends. Its rather informative and you can be as selective as you want in terms of getting your particular flavor of politics, whether its Republican, Democrat, or miscellaneous (Hindu, there are 700 million of us you know).

Tomorrow's debate should be just as pointless except for showing facial expressions and stiffness again. Hopefully the town hall meeting style won't leave both men looking like complete idiots.