163 -- 55,088(9) -- 2009 -- 12 -- 1

163 - Number of regular season games the Twins played this year

55,088 - Largest crowd to ever attend a regular season Twins game at the Metrodome. Ahem, excuse me...The Mall of America Field at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome...as of Monday. Of course, no one will ever know, but there were actually 55,089 people there since our coworker got in without his ticket being scanned. But then again, they may count the sold tickets rather than the scanned tickets. Oh well.

(Our little perch in the upper deck)

2009 - Regular season attendance record set for the Twins. My guess is that people signed up for season tickets in order to get priority for Target Field. I say that, partly, because that's what we did!

12 - Number of innings the Twins and Tigers played last night

1 - Winner of the Central Division...The Twins!!!!!!!

What an amazing game! It is difficult to convey how FANTASTIC last night's game was! But my hoarse voice probably says it all (pun intended). We scored tickets by waiting patiently online after the Twins completed the sweep of the Royals on Sunday. The moment we walked in the Dome there was an electricity that I've never experience watching a Twins game in the Dome.

I had the opportunity to watch the Twins play at Fenway a few years ago and that, along with Cubs games, and last night's game, what I consider real baseball atmosphere. From about the 6th inning on we were standing and cheering for every out and every at bat and then sitting (resting) between innings. Pretty much the opposite behavior for the typical Twins fan.

The Tigers were up. We tied. We went ahead. The Tigers tied. The Tigers went ahead. We tied. We won! What an incredible back and forth, high emotion, dramatic way to win the Central Division! I didn't get to experience either game 6 or 7 of the '91 World Series in person so 2009's game 163 is BY FAR the best Twins game I've ever been to. And it is most certainly the best sporting event I've ever seen in person or on TV. What a great memory! Eme, Baby Bon, and me were all there to soak in one lasting memory of Twins Metrodome Baseball.

1 - Winner of the Central Division...The Twins!!!!!!!