Here's to our boys.

I'm so proud of us this year.  

- Mauer is about to become the AL batting champ for the third time, and is probably gonna break a lot of other records and take home a lot more trophies (he also might be a platinum-selling rapper one day, but shhhhh!).  

- Morneau put up good numbers until his injury; Joe Crede was my break-out favorite this year.  My hope is that he'll come back next year, but with his back trouble, who knows.  

- Orlando Cabrera has proven not only is he great in the batter's box and out in the field, but he truly cares about his teammates.  

-Carlos Gomez has become an asset; and his counterpart Alexi Casilla has come back from a bad start to show us he's not going back down to AAA anytime soon. 

- Denard Span is quickly becoming a fan-favorite for good reason, as is hard-hitter Jason Kubel.  

- Delmon Young has taken the past month and turned it all around after the death of his mother and the resulting difficulties on the field - I'm so proud! 

- Little Nicky Punto has done some things out on the field I can't even believe are humanly possible, and his scrappy at-bats have helped us win otherwise hopeless games.

- Michael Cuddyer has stepped up at 1st base in the absence of Morneau so fast, I almost don't notice he's gone.  He's become a power-hitter OUT OF NOWHERE, and has saved us in some serious clutch situations.

- Our pitching staff has had a hard year, but hey: Scott Baker can still hold it down; Nick Blackburn gave us a huuuuge win on Sunday and is a force to be reckoned with; Carl Pavano has helped a lot here and there; Duensing has done so well in a short amount of time; and of course, All-Star Joe Nathan, although in the habit of making fans have heart-attacks here and there, has just been all-around amazing.

I think a lot of other teams are scratching their heads and thinking, "Minnesota in a tie-breaker?  They actually caught up to the Tigers in like two weeks? HUH?"  Yeah.  I can safely say Twins fans feel the same way.  But we're thankful for this scrappy little team from up north near all those lakes and stuff.  We had a tough second half, up until September.  We don't quit, because we can't.  There's too much potential, too much talent, too much under-dog quality to this team to give up with the end in sight.  

WE MADE IT HERE.  And not because the Tigers don't put up a fight - sweet Lord Jesus, they do! - but because we refused to lay down and die.  We bunted, chased down hits, back-hand caught, homered, stole bases, and fought until we made it here: Game 163.  And really, who would've thought around early August?

So here's to the Minnesota Twins, to the fight, to the Metrodome, to the fans, and to all those players that have put on our uniform.  Let's keep the fight going.