Day 2 of the Playoffs In the Books

Yep, Day 2 is over, and Day 3 is already underway, with the Tiggers (weee're the only ones!) taking an early 1-0 lead on the Evil Empire. A recap of the second day:

Torii's tumble. A misplayed fly ball by Torii Hunter - eerily reminiscent of a certain other misplayed fly ball by Torii Hunter in a home postseason game against Oakland - let Mark Kotsay have an inside the park two-run homer on the A's way to a 5-2 win in Minnesota. The Twins look to be dead and buried. Joe Mauer was left in the on-deck circle, as Nick Punto popped out with two on and two out in the 9th inning.


Cross Rich Donnelly off your list of good third-base coaches. Good old Rich got two Dodgers thrown out at home against the Mets yesterday in a game that ended as a 6-5 Mets win. Oh, I should mention it was the SAME FUCKING PLAY - which was a postseason first and only the 2nd known incident of it happening in the history of the game. Nomar got a big game-tying hit for the Dodgers late but couldn't come through again when called on in the 9th.

Rain. The Tigers-Yankees game was supposed to be last night, but it was rained out. Justin Verlander warmed up, but Mussina didn't, the latest of some strange coincidences involving the Yankees.