| 07 October 2010
Originally published at TwinsMVB.com.
The 2010 Minnesota Twins are very different from previous years, but the postseason results have been the same: The Yankees are unbeatable.
Blame it on the poor umpiring, blame it on leaving runners on base, or blame it on the simple fact that New York is a team loaded with talent — Lance Berkman hit 8th tonight, for crying out loud. I can’t help but think the Twins could spend $200 million far more efficiently than the Yankees, but that’s irrelevant.
New York has an incredibly talented team, and neither Francisco Liriano nor Carl Pavano could keep them under four runs. I doubt Brian Duensing or Nick Blackburn will be able to do much better, but they’re certainly capable of surprises.
Clearly, the Yankees are better than the Minnesota Twins, even after the home nine entered baseball’s middle class with the revenues generated from Target Field. It may not be fair that New York has a larger market, and therefore more resources available them, but that’s the way it is.
But there’s more to the story than Minnesotans having a collective pity party. Leads were enjoyed in both of these first two games, and both were given away. Both games were lost by two runs; something a bloop and blast could have remedied. Just about every postseason game the Twins have played against the Yankees has been winnable.
The fact that we haven’t won a single game boils down to plain and simple rotten luck. AndHunter Wendelstedt.
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