The Other Fifteen

The MLB playoffs teams are set except for the AL Central winner, who will face the Yankees.  It’s almost like the teams are trying to lose this one just to get the season over with.  It reminds me a lot of this South Park episode.  The Twins have technically come back a long way to this one game playoff, but they have no pitching and no Justin Morneau, so we know they can’t do anything against the Yankees.  The Tigers have squandered 7 game lead from a month ago, and definitely look like they’d rather be sitting at home watching the playoffs than playing in them.  Either way, this should be a terrible game, with little to no consequences since either team will likely get swept (though I could see Verlander beating CC in the first game if the Tigers win).  It will also be an annoying game, since there is now the added media frenzy surrounding Miguel Cabrera’s drunken fight with his wife prior to their previous game.  Domestic disturbances and two bad baseball teams battling it out for an extra 3 games.  Fun.