As expected, the Yankees swept the Twins in three games of the American League Division Series.

The Twins gave the Yankees a good fight by taking leads in all three
games, but they failed to finish off a great team in all three games
so a great run comes to an end.

Who can get upset over it? This flawed team ran on fumes after a
thrilling Game 163 last week, and its hard for them to beat up a great
team that dominated the entire season.

Even if the Twins play the Red Sox or the Angels, it would be a same
result. Odds are if the Twins took the lead against either of those
teams, they could count on Joe Nathan to blow it so it makes no
difference.

It’s remarkable they even won the division in the first place when
one looks back at the season they had. They dealt with injuries that
crippled them altogether with the losses of Justin Morneau, Joe Crede
and Kevin Slowey.

Ron Gardenhire’s team kept chugging along and managed to stay in the
race, and that’s a credit to the manager for keeping his team focused
and hanging in there.

They persistence paid off by getting a home game for a one-game playoff, and winning it. That itself is an accomplishment.

Let the Yankees enjoy this because in the next round, the Angels will dispatch them in six games.

It does not diminish what the Twins did this year.

While the Twins should feel good for what they did, they shouldn\’t
be content with just being one and out in the playoffs either.

They need to open up their wallets and spend the money to get
several free agents that can put them over the hump come playoff time
now that they got their new stadium that will open in April.

It would be nice if Gardenhire did not have to coax something out of
a decent roster year after year. The Twins should stop being a
developmental organization and start being a championship organization.

They need to go out on the field and expect to win championships year after year not be content as the little engine that could.

It’s been fun watching them overachieve the last two years, but overachieving can only take a team so much.

Championship teams require players that know what they are doing
when they are out on the field. The Twins need several players that
experienced winning playoff baseball.

Several Angels players enter free agency once this season is over.
Chone Figgins and Bobby Abreu know what it takes to win in the
postseason, and those two can teach the guys how to get it done hence
why the Twins should consider spending their money on them.

John Lackey bolsters any pitching staff, and the Twins could use a
starter that is not afraid to face any hitter. Nick Blackburn and Kevin
Slowey showed they can get it done, but the Twins could use an
experienced starter that knows how to get it done.

It\’s wishful thinking, but with Joe Mauer set to be a free agent
after this season, the Pohlad family would be wise to spend that money
so that they can convince Mauer that they are serious about winning a
championship.

If the Twins make eye-popping moves this winter, Mauer knows he has no choice but to resign with his hometown team.

The Twins fans must demand more from this organization.  Every year,
the Pohlads make money out of them with nothing  to show for it.

Does anyone think Jim Pohlad lost sleep last night with his team being swept by the Yankees? Didn’t think so.

That’s the problem right there. Since the Pohlads  brought the team, they just want to make money and be content.

That’s unacceptable, and it’s not fair for the players and the
coaching staff that work hard all year with ownership doing nothing to
take the franchise to another level.

It’s no secret why the Yankees, Angels, Dodgers, Red Sox and the
Cardinals are success year after year. Ownership demand a lot by
putting out a great product that gives their teams a chance to win it
all.

It would be nice if the Twins play that game.

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As expected, the Yankees swept the Twins in three games of the American League Division Series.

The Twins gave the Yankees a good fight by taking leads in all three games, but they failed to finish off a  great team in all three games so a great run comes to an end.

It\’s hard to get upset over it. This flawed team ran on fumes after a thrilling Game 163 last week, and it\’s hard for them to beat up a great team that dominated the entire season.

Even if the Twins play the Red Sox or the Angels, it would be a same result. Odds are if the Twins took the lead against either of those teams, they could count on Joe Nathan to blow it so it makes no difference.

It\’s remarkable they even won the division in the first place when one looks back at the season they had. They dealt with injuries that crippled them altogether with the losses of Justin Morneau, Joe Crede and Kevin Slowey.

Ron Gardenhire\’s team kept chugging along and managed to stay in the race, and that\’s a credit to the manager for keeping his team focused and hanging in there.

They persistence paid off by getting a home game for a one-game playoff, and winning it. That itself is an accomplishment.

Let the Yankees enjoy this because in the next round, the Angels will dispatch them in six games.

It does not diminish what the Twins did this year.

While the Twins should feel good for what they did, they shouldn\’t be content with just being one and out in the playoffs either.

They need to open up their wallets and spend the money to get several free agents that can put them over the hump come playoff time now that they got their new stadium that will open in April.

It would be nice if Gardenhire did not have to coax something out of a decent roster year after year. The Twins should stop being a developmental organization and start being a championship organization.

They need to go out on the field and expect to win championships year after year not be content as the little engine that could.

It\’s been fun watching them overachieve the last two years, but overachieving can only take a team so much.

Championship teams require players that know what they are doing when they are out on the field. The Twins need several players that experienced winning playoff baseball.

Several Angels players enter free agency once this season is over. Chone Figgins and Bobby Abreu know what it takes to win in the postseason, and those two can teach the guys how to get it done hence why the Twins should consider spending their money on them.

John Lackey bolsters any pitching staff, and the Twins could use a starter that is not afraid to face any hitter. Nick Blackburn and Kevin Slowey showed they can get it done, but the Twins could use an experienced starter that knows how to get it done.

It\’s wishful thinking, but with Joe Mauer set to be a free agent after this season, the Pohlad family would be wise to spend that money so that they can convince Mauer that they are serious about winning a championship.

If the Twins make eye-popping moves this winter, Mauer knows he has no choice but to resign with his hometown team.

The Twins fans must demand more from this organization.  Every year, the Pohlads make money out of them with nothing  to show for it.

Does anyone think Jim Pohlad lost sleep last night with his team being swept by the Yankees? Didn\’t think so.

That\’s the problem right there. Since the Pohlads  brought the team, they just want to make money and be content.

That\’s unacceptable, and it\’s not fair for the players and the coaching staff that work hard all year with ownership doing nothing to take the franchise to another level.

It\’s no secret why the Yankees, Angels, Dodgers, Red Sox and the Cardinals are success year after year. Ownership demand a lot by putting out a great product that gives their teams a chance to win it all.

It would be nice if the Twins play that game.

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Ron Gardenhire likes to talk about Carlos Gomez infuriating his opponents and him for the way he plays baseball.

Both of his assertions is not a compliment.

Opponents despised Gomez for showing them up and playing dirty by trying to injure them, and Gardenhire shakes his head when his outfielder plays the game.

It’s been two years for this immature kid, and honestly, enough is enough with him.

He stinks as a Major League Baseball player, and he might be the worst baseball player right now.

What does it say about him that his manager did not start him in Game 163 and Game 1 of the playoffs? He relegated Jason Kubel to the outfield and inserted Jose Morales at DH in both games.

It’s bad when the Twins rely more on Morales than Gomez to generate runs. Gomez started Game 2 only because the backup catcher looked out of his league.

It’s one thing for Morales to come off the bench, but when he starts, pitchers exposed him for what he is. If Morales is the everyday catcher once Mauer decides he wants to play with the Yankees after next season, he would join the list of Twins players that create automatic outs.

On Friday night, Gomez revealed to everyone that he is a retard as far as his baseball skills goes.

He slipped when he attempted to run to third while Delmon Young scored. As a result, the Yankees tagged him out to get out of the inning. Not only did he made the final out, but Young’s run was negated as a result of that baserunning gaffe.

It made Minnesotans scream “IDIOT” at their TV screen.

Then in the 11th inning, he failed to give the Twins a lead with the bases loaded by taking awful at-bats. He eventually landed on base through fielder’s choice, but that means nothing since the Yankees decided to throw to home in getting Mauer out.

How could anyone be shocked that Gomez did not deliver? He performs a clinic on lousy situational hitting all season long.

The Twins acquired him for his speed and his bat in the Johan Santana trade. He has yet to live up the team’s expectations, and it’s hard to believe it’s going to get better.

He never listens to coaching, and he rarely pays attention on the field.

When was the last time he stole a base? Also, he can’t even bunt for hits anymore.

The Twins feature guys that give pitchers automatic outs, and Gomez is one of them. His at-bats are painful to watch, and it’s clear pitchers don’t fear him when he is out there.

For all the great catches he makes, he can’t throw to the cutoff guy, and guys run on him when they are running to third or home.

The Twins thought Orlando Cabrera would be a positive influence to Gomez when it comes to playing the game, but it never clicked for him either

The former Mets prospect is 23 years old so it may take time for him to grow, but it’s never going to happen for him in Minnesota. The Twins tend to get frustrated easily when their young players fail to play to their potential after two or three years.

Gomez shows he is getting worse as a player not getting better.

The Twins like to talk about him being the centerpiece of the Santana trade, but that centerpiece turned out to be a bust overall just like the rest of the players that the Twins got in return for their former ace.

Who knows what’s next for him? He might be a defensive replacement when next season starts if he is with the team.

If Bill Smith can find a team that will take a chance on this enigmatic player, he would give it to him free of charge if he has to. It probably will not happen of course.

Gomez might be better off playing in Rochester as an everyday player next year so that he can  learn on the job without playing with any pressure. It was premature to call him up come to think of it.

The Twins needed to sell the public that he is a player that they can build around for the next few years especially in light of them failing to acquire Jacoby Ellsbury from Boston for Santana.

The experiment lasted enough. This is a lost cause.

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This writer found a silver lining in last night’s frustrating loss. He can listen to Patrick Reusse on AM1500’s Saturday Morning Sports Talk at work this morning.

This is going to be fun since Reusse criticizes Joe Nathan at every opportunity, and after what happened in Game 2, the popular Saturday morning talk show can’t come soon enough.

Everyone knew it was over once Nathan blew a 3-1 lead last night by giving up a single to Mark Teixeira and then, a game-tying home run to Alex Rodriguez. The Twins were not going to get another run against an excellent Yankees bullpen in this contest even though they tried with the bases loaded in the eleventh inning with no success.

It’s easy to go rip Carlos Gomez for his failure to drive the runner home in that inning, but he shouldn’t have been in this position to begin with. This game should have been over by the ninth inning with Nathan doing his job, but it didn’t happen.

Did anyone honestly expect Nathan to get a save in this contest?

This cynic didn’t. He failed against the Yankees in his career, and this was not going to be any different this time.

When he threw ball one to Teixeira, that’s all we needed to know.

His pitches never landed in the strike zone, and when he got his strikes, it was a gift by Chuck Meriwether. Last night’s home plate umpire showed no clue about balls and strikes all night long so Nathan got help from him.

Too bad Meriwether could not save him when he faced Rodriguez.

Nathan pitched like a coward. That’s the best way to put it. He looked nervous out on the mound, and he expected to fail just by watching his body language.

After the game, he ripped Phil Cuzzi for blowing a call on Joe Mauer in extra innings.

It sounded pathetic. First of all, Mauer got a base hit after he was denied a base hit in that at-bat, which was called foul. Second of all, if the Twins’ ninth inning guy did his job, Cuzzi becomes irrelevant.

This overrated closer should have ripped himself instead of blaming the umpire. He showed zero accountability in this loss by saying he was not the only one that had a bad night.

The Twins played as well as they could in this game with timely hitting in the seventh inning and getting great work out of Nick Blackburn, Ron Mahay, Jon Rauch and Matt Guerrier. It’s a shame one guy ruined it for everyone.

This was the best shot for the AL Central Champions to win a game and get some momentum going, but this is a three-game sweep now.

Why waste time watching Sunday night’s game?

Delmon Young, Glen Perkins, Carlos Gomez, Francisco Liriano and Alexi Casilla need to depart once this season is over. They add nothing to this team.

Nathan should be included in this list.. Now is the time to trade him while his value is still high.

Since last year, his ERA balloons up to four in September, and when he faces elite teams, he fails more often than not.

In his first three years with the Twins, Nathan pitched like an elite closer by throwing fastball at 90 miles per hour along with his changeup. He does not do that anymore.

He throws nibblers nowadays, and he gets by when an umpire gives him favorable calls. This year, he labors in the ninth inning, and that’s never the case with him since he used to finish games in a span of three minutes.

It’s a sign that his best days are over especially with him getting older.

It’s not going to get better next year either. He saved 47 games, but those numbers are inflated since most of them come against in the AL Central. Where is he against elite teams in baseball?

For the money he is making, the Twins expect more than just saving against teams in the division. Why keep him when he can’t beat anyone outside of the AL Central?

Who will close if the Twins trade their closer? Jose Mijares or Rauch would make sense to fill the ninth inning role. They couldn’t be any worse than that gutless closer.

Acquiring J.J. Putz would be a better idea since he has the mental makeup to be a closer, and he could be available since the Mets may opt to find a setup guy from within the team.

We all rip Reusse, but after Game 2, maybe it’s time we credit him for telling it like it is.

Nathan provided great memories since the day the Twins acquired him, Liriano and Boof Bonser for A.J. Pierzynski.

With that said, it’s time for him to get out.

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Everyone expected the Twins to lose to the Yankees in Game 1 for couple of reasons.

For one thing, the Twins arrived in New York as a tired team after playing a long one-game playoff on Tuesday night at the Metrodome.

Second of all, Brian Duensing received the unfortunate task of facing CC Sabathia in that game.

As good as Duensing pitched for the first few innings on Wednesday, it was unrealistic for him to keep up with Sabathia beyond five innings since he never went deep in games as a starter this season, and predictably, he could not do it by the time fifth inning arrived.

Nick Blackburn would have pitched Game 1, but he pitched against Zack Greinke three days ago in an attempt to keep the Twins’ playoff hopes alive, and for him to pitch on three days’ rest would be asinine.

Blackburn’s Game 2 start gives the Twins a better chance to win since he matches up against an inconsistent A.J. Burnett.

The Twins can do well against Burnett as long as they don’t start hacking at every pitch that he throws out there. With the way the Twins are hitting the ball, Burnett can be beaten.

What the Twins need is a pitcher who will attack the Yankees hitters, and what better guy to do it than Blackburn.

The Yankees did not do much against him when he faced them in May at Yankee Stadium. He lulled the Bronx Bombers into hitting to the infielders, and it was good enough for him to pitch seven and two-third good innings against them.

He showed no fear against them that day, and he needs to carry that approach heading to today’s game.

The Twins feel optimistic about their chances in this game, and they should.

They will score some runs off Burnett, and they expect Blackburn to pitch well.

Why shouldn’t they?

All Blackburn has done is pitch well in key games going back to the 163rd game of the season last year in a hostile environment. Blackburn took the loss that night by giving up that lone run on Jim Thome’s home run, but he could have won had John Danks not pitched the game of his career.

In September, Blackburn looked unbeatable, and that helped the Twins survive.

When a pitcher is successful in big games, it becomes a habit to the point he expects to do well, and that’s the case with Blackburn.

The Twins could use someone that can lead the way. They need a Jack Morris-like performance out of Blackburn.

Their magic playoff ride could come into a halt if he does not come through.

The Twins like the second year starter’s chances in a must-win game.

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Couple of years ago, Sports Illustrated conducted a survey poll in an attempt to get 495 Major League Baseball players to recognize players that are overrated. They voted Derek Jeter as the most overrated player in baseball.

One can only laugh at that assertion.

While players show their stupidity and jealousy, Jeter continues to come up with key hits in October that signifies his ticket to the Baseball Hall of Fame once his career is over.

A good example of that came last night when he hit a two-run blast off Twins starter Brian Duensing, and it broke a 2-2 tie. Jeter’s home run deflated the Twins from coming back in this game, and now, it could likely ruin any chances of the Twins winning a game in this series.

Duensing performed well by getting most of the Yankees hitters out until he looked done in the fifth inning, but he could not solve Jeter in the two times he faced him in this playoff contest. Then again, who can solve Jeter?

Jeter knows how to hit against great pitchers too.

He may not vow people by hitting home runs in a pace that Albert Pujols and Ryan Howard perform in the regular season, but he does it when it matters in the second season.

His bat is not only what impresses at that season, but it’s his ability to come up with great defensive plays that get the Yankees out of an inning quickly or preventing the other team to score.

It’s never easy to do well in the postseason. Many great baseball players tend to fail than succeed, and it becomes a mental block after awhile to the point they expect to fail.

Jeter is immune to that. Has anyone watched him come up lame anytime?

It’s a special skill that can’t be taught. Sure a player can have the talent and drive to be the best player he can be, but that does guarantee success when it comes to the playoffs.

If people wonder why he gets credit from announcers, peers and sportswriters, just watch him play on a daily basis, and then one could get an appreciation what Jeter brings to his team.

The Yankees don’t have many championship banners in the Joe Torre era without him and Mariano Rivera. It’s simple as that when one looks at great players that never stood out when they wore the Yankee uniform.

Everyone lauds Alex Rodriguez for his sheer talent, but in October, he goes through a obstacle that prevents him from doing well for whatever reason. Jason Giambi had the same issues too as a Yankee.

The Yankees buy the best players year after year, but it’s Jeter not the new guys that stand out the most by having guys follow his lead and riding on his coattails..

Jeter was the reason why the Yankees won yesterday, and he will be the reason why the Yankees succeed in their drive for the 27th championship.

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America saw what the Twins are all about last night.

With everyone watching Game 163 between the Tigers and the Tigers, they found out the Twins are a bunch that just does not know when to give up.

The Tigers played as well as they could by leading couple of times in the game, but the Twins came right back to tie it twice.

Scott Baker struggled against the Tigers in the third inning by throwing the ball up the strike zone, and the Tigers took advantage of it by stroking the ball well. The Tigers scored three runs in that inning.

Rick Porcello cruised for most of the game, but the Twins kept going after the phenom in the middle innings, and it paid off by them scoring couple of runs. It also help set the table for the Twins to take a 4-3 lead in the seventh inning on Orlando Cabrera’s home run.

When the Tigers took a 5-4 lead in the tenth inning, we thought this was it. It was going to be the Tigers celebrating their AL Central championship while the Twins wallow in another disappointment in Game 163 for the second straight year.

Not so fast.

Twins’ September MVP Michael Cuddyer started the tenth inning with a triple, and what better way to start a rally going with a triple.

Everyone liked Cuddyer’s odds of tying the game with no out, and it happened with lightweight Matt Tolbert eeking out a base hit that sent Cuddyer home.

Bad mistake by Tigers closer Fernando Rodney to wake the Twins up by letting them back in it again.

Eventually, the Twins won in twelve innings, and it sealed their trip to New York for a division series date with the Yankees that starts tonight.

Maybe it’s time we expected this out of the Twins. This writer counted out the Twins several times this season to the point he wrote a column in July saying there is no playoffs in store for them.

There were couple of reasons for that with the starting pitching being a mess, and the offense struggling in July, but the Twins overcame their deficiencies to be where they are today.

It’s a credit to Ron Gardenhire. Every year, he gets the most out of his team with  a limited payroll and a roster that does not vow people.

Hard to believe any other manager would have accomplished what Gardenhire did. Yankees manager Joe Girardi may have the best roster in baseball so he accumulated many victories, but if he managed the Twins, he would not have any success.

Gardenhire never panics when the going gets tough. He keeps working and finding solutions for his team to find a way to win, and that’s what he has done since August when the Twins barely survived in the division race.

Gardenhire’s leadership rubs off on his players as a result of, and we can see why the players don’t cave at any time.

The Twins earned their AL Central crown this season, and last night validated what a good season they had.

If the Twins lost this one, no one would notice about their journey to a one-game playoff. No one never remembers about who loses in professional sports so it was imperative the Twins figure it out, and they did it.

No one expects much from the Twins against the Yankees. We expect the Twins to give the Yankees a good game, but the Yankees’ depth and starting pitching will be hard to overcome in the end.

Even if the Twins lose or get swept in the playoffs, it does not take away a great year the team had. This team can only do so much with a flawed roster.

The Twins won the hearts of Minnesota long time ago for being scrappy when it comes to playing baseball.

They vow America last night by finding a way to win.

One must ask this question.

Do the Twins have more of where it came from in the next few days?

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To determine the winner of the AL Central last year, the Twins played the White Sox in Game 163 after both teams tied for first at the end of the regular season.

John Danks and Nick Blackburn engaged in a pitching duel that night, but when Jim Thome homered off Blackburn in the seventh inning, that was the ballgame with the way Danks pitched.

The White Sox celebrated as if they won the World Series knowing that they defeated their hated rival to go to the playoffs while the Twins whined about being screwed with the coin flip after the game.

Major League Baseball did something about it in the off-season by rewarding a home-field advantage to a team that won the season series over a particular team if both teams met for a one-game playoff.

Who knew the Twins would be the beneficiary of the new rule change that took place this season?

Tonight, the Twins host the Tigers in what should be a crazy atmosphere at the Metrodome with the fans waving their Homer Hankies while screaming their lungs out from start to finish.

There’s no excuse to lose this game whatsoever.

It was silly for the Twins to complain about their fate in last year’s one-game playoff. They knew they needed to take two of three against the Royals in that weekend to avoid going to Chicago, but they failed to get it done and they paid for their mistakes.

They looked foolish then, and everyone will laugh at them if they can’t win tonight.

Everyone likes the Twins to win this game for several reasons.

For one thing, the Twins are playing well at the right time with everyone hitting the ball and guys throwing strikes.

Second of all, the home team hits well at the Dome. Everyone can count on them to get bloop hits at the turf, and they can hit the long ball as we saw over the weekend against the Royals.

Finally, the Tigers struggle historically when they play at the Metrodome.

If that can’t sway folks to not pick the Twins, here’s something to consider.

Miguel Cabrera decided to act like a fool by being drunk after Friday night’s game and then fight with his wife when he came home. It got so bad that Miguel’s wife called the cops, and the cops arrested him.

Tigers general manager Dave Dombrowski picked him up from the police precinct on Saturday morning, but Cabrera clearly was not focused to play on Saturday night and Sunday afternoon by going 0-for-7 in those two games.

If he struggled in recent days, how is he going to be ready for a winner-takes-all?

No question that will distract the team as a whole, and it showed over the weekend when they played awful against the White Sox. The only guy that stood out for the Tigers in that weekend was Justin Verlander.

It’s hard to think it will magically change for the Tigers tonight.

We admired the Twins for somehow surviving all season when we look at the influx of the starting rotation, and it helped the Tigers played medicore in September while the White Sox stunk in the final two months of the season.

All of that will be forgotten if the Twins fail to get it done.

Last year was a great ride for the Twins since no one expected them to win the division after the departures of Torii Hunter and Johan Santana, but all people remembered about is the ending of that season.

It’s a depressing feeling when everyone talks about Game 163 rather than talking about a great year the Twins had.

The team’s players did not enjoy their offseason last year. They talked about how that loss bothered them in spring training.

Well, here it is now.

A chance for the Twins to do something about it.

They are fortunate to get this chance again, and it would be wise to take advantage of it by winning this game.

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The baseball wonks liked the Twins’ chances of taking three of four against the Tigers because Eddie Bonine and Nate Robertson were going to pitch in the final two games of the series along with Carl Pavano being undefeated against the Tigers all season.

Tonight’s game proved that trends and predictions are useless.

The Twins could not hit Bonine while the Tigers hit Pavano. In the end, the Tigers took total command of the series by earning a 7-2 victory, and now they are in a position to celebrate a divisional title tomorrow afternoon.

This might as well be game, set and match.

The Twins needed to win tonight’s game for a shot to win the series tomorrow afternoon.

Winning the series could have put the Twins in a good position to win the division.

Now, it could be the Tigers taking the series. It’s hard to believe the Twins have anything left after what took place tonight.

This loss deflates the Twins while the Tigers will feed of that victory.

Simply put, Bonine outpitched Pavano.

Tonight’s Tigers starter knew how to get out of a jam despite giving up two runs in the first inning. Had he fell apart, this game would have been over and he would be out of the game in the first.

Instead, Bonine pitched well for the rest of the night by forcing the Twins to hit grounders to the infield.

As for Pavano, he failed to deliver. He worked all night to survive, but in the end, the Tigers got the best out of him by stroking key hits in situations and it gave the Tigers runs.

It’s a good thing baseball is not played based on paper or what the experts think. It’s always about who performs.

The Tigers liked their chances in this game for couple of reasons.

For one thing, Bonine pitched well in his last start against the White Sox by matching up well against Jake Peavy. He made one mistake by giving up a home run, but other than that, it’s hard to quibble what he did.

Despite Pavano’s record against the Tigers, the Tigers quietly felt good about hitting him. It’s not like the Twins starter was Justin Verlander.

Pavano gets by more often than not, and the Tigers felt they can expose him. In Pavano’s last start against the Tigers, the Tigers hit the ball well against him so that should made them feel good about themselves.

The AL Central division leader had no pressure to win this series. Even if the Twins took the series, they were in good shape knowing they got several more home games to win the division.

The Tigers felt good knowing that it would be impossible for the Twins to win the series at Comerica Park where the home team rarely loses.

For the Twins to rely on Pavano to save their season, well that’s absurd. It shows the weakness of the starting rotation despite how the Twins starters perform while being inserted in the rotation several weeks ago.

Now, the Tigers will likely taste champagne tomorrow afternoon.

Tonight determined who won the division for all intents and purposes.

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