I'd be lying if I didn't say I was disappointed that the Twins were eliminated yesterday, but even so I can't deny that it was a hell of a season nevertheless. I never expected the team to do so well and get all the way to the ALCS, so now I can only look forward to next season. It's not as much the fact that they got eliminated yesterday that's so hard to take, but rather the manner in which they were eliminated. When they put up those three runs in the top of the 7th, and with the bullpen they had this season, I figured for sure we were on our way to a game 6. Funny how things change. Imagine if Adam Kennedy's sacrifice bunt hadn't rolled foul... Pierzynski throws him out, Spiezio and Molina each move up a base, and the Twins still lead by two runs with one out and runners on second and third. Even after Kennedy hit his third homer in the game, I mean, c'mon! - we have Hawk and Romero in the pen, right? Anaheim putting 10 runs on the board in the 7th was just unimaginable until it actually happened, and even now I'm still in shock. If the Twins were going to go down though, I'm happy it wasn't without a fight, and I'm happy it was against a team who looks to be a real threat to win the World Series. The Angels played well throughout the series, they have a great pitching staff with some nasty stuff, and they seem to have discovered some bats in the postseason that I think even their biggest fans didn't know they possessed. So anyway, congratulations to Anaheim and their fans and I wish them good luck next week.

And now with the Twins season done I can turn my full attention to the Packers. How 'bout 'dem Packers? 5-1 now after crushing the Super Bowl champs on their own turf yesterday - and as my dad commented several times, what a poorly marked turf it was. Other people can say what they want, but the truth of the matter is that the Packers are playing with only one partially-healthy starting db and patchwork offensive and defensive lines. Even so, they picked off Tom Brady yesterday 3 times (bringing the defense up to 19 takeaways on the year), held the Pats to negligable offensive numbers, sprang Ahman Green for another 100 yard day rushing, and only allowed Brett Favre to be sacked but once. I'd have to say it was a pretty good day. The Packers, my high school (Appleton North), and my university (Minnesota) have a combined 3 losses between them this season (one loss each). Not bad, if I must say so myself.

On a final note, I need to wish Annemarie a belated 23rd birthday. Happy birthday Annemarie!