THE BUZZ Will there be one more postseason run in the Metrodome before the Twins head outside? These next two days will go a long way to deciding that.
REMOTE PATROL Let us be the first to suggest that instead of watching bad sit-coms or some such thing, you watch the Twins vs. Tigers (6 p.m., FSN and ESPN).
Click pick Texas Tech football coach Mike Leach loves offensive innovation, but not technological innovation. He has banned his players from using Twitter.
STAR GAZING Jerry Rice, who some consider the greatest WR of all time, will try another pro sport next year: golf. He will play in a Nationwide Tour event, he said.
FAST FACT So much for trying to start a Tarvaris Jackson-to-Miami trade rumor in this space. The Dolphins acquired Tyler Thigpen, who was briefly a Viking, on Tuesday.
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