Who are you rooting for - Tigers or Twins?

[Frobby]

They are both sympathetic in their own way.

[Boy Howdy]

I still harbor bitterness towards the Detroit Tigers for ruining the last game at Memorial Stadium and beating the Blue Jays in 1987.

That said, I like Detroit for a lot of reasons (Tommy Hearns & the good old Kronk Gym, Ernie Harwell, friends from there, etc...) and I will be rooting for them. I just got to the city for the first time about a month ago, and it's really, really true that the people could use any good news.

Really don't need to see post-season ball in the Metrodome ever again, and the Twins are just one of those franchises I just never liked.

[VThokies]

I have very little preference between the two teams, but I think the Tigers will have a better chance in a short series against the Yankees, especially with Morneau out for the Twins.

[ChrisP]

Torn, but I picked MINN for the smaller salary "underdog" team. I do think DET has a better chance of taking out NYY or Bos, so I won't be disappointed if they win.

[wickedwitch]

The Twins, because the playoffs will give them more money, which they can use to resign Mauer, which will mean that neither the Yanks nor the Sox will sign him.

[twoBshorty]

Torn, but I picked MINN for the smaller salary "underdog" team. I do think DET has a better chance of taking out NYY or Bos, so I won't be disappointed if they win.

I thought this at first and then I realized that if they had a better chance, they wouldn't have collapsed and be in the position of needing a playoff game in the first place.

Both these teams are going to be trucked by the Yankees. Whoever wins gets to jump on a plane and fly to NY and play the next day against a team that's been twiddling its thumbs and lying the weeds for 3 days. They're finished.

I'll root for the Twins because I spent the last 4 years in Minnesota (though I couldn't wait to leave) and I dislike Jim Leyland. But really, I don't like either team.

[RShack]

I've got nothing against either team.

If I had to pick I guess I favor DET, simply because the folks who live there need some reason to not blow their brains out.

[Tank]

I flipped a coin. I'm not against either of them making it.

[GotNitro]

Detroit, only because I wouldn't mind seeing Huff get to the WS.

[BmoreBoy]

My mom is from Minnesota and I have a lot of family living in MN, so I'm a moderate Twins fan.

I also have some family in CO and fell in love with the state after a vacation there summer after 4th grade and have adopted all CO teams in some way shape and form. The Rockies have been my second favorite team behind the O's for a while now and I've been tracking them all season. I am actually leaving for Denver tomorrow for the playoff games!

...don't worry, under everything I will be wearing my "I Bleed Orange" shirt that I got from The Flock while at the game(s)/bars. Orioles are my first love and I imagine a lot of the time this week I'll be imagining how great it will be when the O's finally make it back to the postseason.

[beaner]

Definitely the Twins. They've always been a small market club and always have found a way to compete. I've always admired the way thy go about things there. They lose Santana, no biggie, they lose Hunter, no biggie. I like them, and hope they win tomorrow.

Nothing against the Tigers or the city of Detroit mind you, I just like the Twins. I don't give either much of a shot against New York, but anything can happen in a short series I guess.

[Art Wing]

Why is the game being held in Minn? How is that decided?

[mrbig1]

The Twins seem to do it every year. I'm rooting for them.

[Big Mac]

I'm rooting for Detroit because I think the have a better chance of beating the MFY.

[scOtt]

Meh... been back and forth since this thread started... would be nice (to me) to see one more post season series in The House That Kirby Built... but it would be nice to see one in old Tiger Stadium... Same As It Ever Was.

Gun to my head... Minnesota.