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Todd (nolemmings)actually, the A's might win one of the three games this weekend in Minneapolis, so the streak could last until Saturday.
Seems to me the toughest games in the streak would have included the last two against the Twins in Oakland last week (after the 4-2 thumping they gave the Twins in the first game). Oakland got 3 in the bottom of the eigth to break a 3-3 tie on Saturday, and came from behind in the bottom of the ninth to win on Sunday. That seems tougher than holding on to an 11-0 lead.
Hopefully, the Twins will toughen up, play all their starters and forget about magic numbers for the weekend. You're lucky the A's won't see Rick Reed. Twins fans are actually lucky the team is playing Oakland. They will need to find a fix for their pathetic offense against lefty starters in time for the playoffs, and this gives them a chance to do that.
Good luck, Julie, it would not bother me a bit to be playing the A's for all the Amercian League marbles in October.
Regards...........Todd
P.S. So that you don't give folks the wrong idea about Minnesota politics with your reference to conservative Carlton (one of the finest schools in the country, by the way), please note that the state is one of the more liberal and most progressive in the good ol' USA.