It was once said that Batman isn't the hero Gotham City deserves, it's the heros the city needs.
That's also a way to describe the Minnesota Twins Rally Sausage, which just like the Dark Knight, made a triumphant return just in time to save the team's season in the 11th hour.
Earlier this season Kyle Farmer left what Rocco Baldelli described as a 'substantial sausage' on a table in the clubhouse. At the time the Twins were struggling out of the gate and couldn't seem to get anything going offensively, but as soon as the sausage appeared the team turned things around so significantly that they ripped off a 12 game winning streak.
Eventually the sausage was mercifully disposed of before it became a biohazard, but the magic it created lasted for almost the entire summer.
On Tuesday Farmer launched a monster home run on Tuesday against the Los Angeles Angels, but it was what happened after he crossed home plate that had everyone buzzing. As soon as Farmer got back the dugout the infamous Rally Sausage was there to greet him.
Twins Rally Sausage has returned exactly when the team needs its mystically meaty power the most
The @Twins Rally Sausage has RETURNED thanks to Kyle Farmer 😮 pic.twitter.com/kS8nuVv50F
— MLB (@MLB) September 11, 2024
This is like Stone Cold entering the ring at a WWE Pay-Per-View. Just when all hope his lost, the glass shatters, the music kicks in, and the Rally Sauasge comes rolling out of the dugout to chase down Kansas City, Cleveland, and all who stand in Minnesota's way.
Farmer hitting a home run and the sauage magically returning might seem like a coincidence, but any non-believers were quickly proven wrong an inning later. Matt Wallner hit a home run to give the Twins a 5-0 lead, but more importantly confirmed that the mystically meaty powers of the Rally Sausage had returned at the exact right time.
Wally with a no doubter 🫡 pic.twitter.com/w9vdshTKhi
— Minnesota Twins (@Twins) September 11, 2024
Praise be, the season is saved.
The Twins can use all the help they can get right now, as things haven't felt this fire all season. Even the sluggish start to the year came with the caveat that there was a long road ahead with enough time for the team to figure things out.
That's not the case now.
Minnesota is clinging to a three game lead over Detroit, Boston, and Seattle for the final AL Wild Card spot. Byron Buxton and Carlos Correa are on the IL, Joe Ryan and Brock Stewart are out for the year, the offense has gone ice cold, and the Twins had lost 16 of their last 21 games coming into Tuesday.
The sausage was always a MacGuffin, it's the vibes that it helped create and what it came to represent that mattered. Minnesota couldn't have been deeper in the dumps with its season truly on the brink, but the return of the sausage means a return of the vibes that helped make the team so much fun -- and so good -- over the summer.
Nothing the Twins have done recently suggests they deserve all that the rally sausage represents, but Twins Territory needs the vibes and it appears that they are back just in time.
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