Oh, my dearests. My sweets. My darlings. Batgirl never wanted it to end this way. Batgirl wanted it to end with a big hog pile on the Metrodome "grass," the Twins, Team Batgirl, and the Batlings all united in joy and dripping in champagne.

For that, I'm afraid, we will have to wait 'til next year. I am proud of my boys and I hope they recover from this soon. I hope they have long restful winters and come back ready to play ball. Batgirl will be back, too, next season, ready to root on her beloved team.

There is still unfinished business, of course. Batgirl herself is rooting for an all-red World Series this year. There are postseason awards and postseason moves and Batgirl will awake from her hibernation for all of them. But for the most part, Batgirl will be asleep, dreaming of 2005, the year the Twins go all the way.

Thank you all for a remarkable experience. When we started this in April, we never dreamed we'd have thousands of visitors a day, that the comments section would become a latter day Twins salon, that we would have made new friends, launched a presidential campaign, or understood the power of the rally sombrero. The joy of doing this blog has been you, each and every one of you. Batgirl holds you in her heart.

Love,
BG

p.s. Remember VOTE NOVEMBER 2. Santana/Nathan '04!