There, I said it. I don’t care if I’m wrong.

In fact, I WANT to be wrong.

I wrote the Twins off for the first time in early July.

I stood by my opinion in late July when the Twins traded for Orlando Cabrera, because I didn’t (and still don’t) view Cabrera as a huge upgrade over Brendan Harris.

I stood by my opinion when the Twins traded for John Rauch and Carl Pavano as well, because I thought they waited too long to bring in pitching help. I still feel that way.

I stood by my opinion when Matt Tolbert, Nick Punto and Delmon Young finally broke out of their offensive comas, because I simply figured it was impossible for a sub-.500 team to finish the season 10 games over .500 and get to the mid-80s win plateau, regardless of how hot the bottom of the order became.

Well, the Twins hung a 4-spot on Zach Greinke today, en route to a 5-4 victory, and the White Sox knocked off the Tigers again. The American League Central is all square with one day left in the regular season.

When it comes to writing off the Twins, I hope I was dead wrong.

Nothing compares to October baseball. Regardless of the Twins’ flaws, they have a chance to do something special. And in Major League Baseball, unlike some other sports, the playoffs can be somewhat of a crapshoot. Almost anything can happen.

When Michael Cuddyer hit the go-ahead home run in the 8th inning tonight the Metrodome roof blew right off it’s base. As Ron Gardenhire put it, the atmosphere was nothing short of a World Series-type environment.

One time, please.