Just Like 163, Only Better!

Last night the Twins clinched the AL Central division with a huge win
and with some help from the Oakland A’s! The Twins rallied in the 7th
inning and came back from a 2-0 deficit to beat the Indians 6-2.

Beer soaked…everything…at Target Field

Earlier
in the day, the Twins had tweeted that they wouldn’t be showing the
White Sux game and that fans couldn’t stick around after, they planned
for no celebration after a possible clinch. A bunch of us figured what
the hell, let’s try and stick around.  The worse that can happen is
they kick us out. We made our way over to the Twins dugout (where we
could see the out of town scoreboard).  It wasn’t long before they
turned that and the main lights off. We thought for sure that meant
we’d have to leave. Nope. We had plenty of people checking mlb.tv on their phones and calling people to find out the progress.

Drew capturing photos/video of the crowd still at the field

Two
outs came in the 9th and when the final batter for the White Sux had
two strikes the crowd began getting rowdy. A few of the players poked
their heads out during the last inning, taking pictures and getting the
crowd riled up. Once they knew they had the division, they kept us in
suspense for another 15 minutes and then finally live sprung out from
the dugout bringing beer and buckets full of liquid (I assume a sort of
beer/champagne-water)…thankfully Jon Rauch missed me and my friends
by about a foot, but Drew Butera didn’t miss with the abundance of beer
he drenched us with.  It was cold during the game, but adrenaline had
us so riled up we didn’t feel the cold anymore. Only excitement coursed
through our systems and kept us wanting more beer to be thrown on us.

Drew drenching us in beer!

 It
was incredible and I felt like I was part of the team for the night! I
now officially know how the players feel when alcohol is thrown about
and gets in your eyes, hair and all over your clothes. Do you care or
feel any kind of pain? Nope! You feel the need for more!

yes it’s a little blurry…but it’s the “F@&king Fifth” when some of the guys do the most damage, according to Plouffe.

I’d
have to say that being able to stick around and celebrate with the team
with a few thousand people was 100 times better than game 163 last
year. If I had the chance to do it again, I’d take the opportunity in a
heartbeat!

Span

Justin Morneau getting interviewed

I
also made a tv appearance toward the end of the night! I tried ducking
out of the way but was not quick enough! Oh well, guess it’s just proof
that I was there! Can I have seconds?

The team out celebrating with the fans!