Posted by: AX October 8, 2004
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Welcome Twins fans (new???) I wish you could have joined this during the season. What could be the reason, is it coz you were not confident about your team? Or not sure your team was not going to make playoffs? Itýs never late to join the baseball talk here.
I got to watch Yankees vs Twins and some part of LA Dodgers vs St Louis Cardinals. Two games at the great baseball cities but different stories. Yankees were buried by Twins with their great pitching and defense and Dodgers got trumped by Cardinals Killer offense. I have never seen that many double plays and home runs in one game. Twins had 5(?) double plays and Cardinals hit 5 Home runs.
Santana, AL CY young award winner did a great job backed by great defense of Twins. Hats off to them. Most of the Yankees fans and anti knew Yankees is going to lose one game (most prolly to Santana) The most surprising was the way they lost the game. With such a great lineup they were not able to garn any run for Mike Mussina. Mussina pitched great game but Yankees just didnýt score. Santana didnýt have good stuffs, he was having hard time locating his pitches but he still came away with 0 over the board, which I think is really impressive for the pitcher who is pitching full time first time this year. Yankees could not materialize when they had 2 runners in bases with none out (3rd inning???) Posada got tagged at the home plate. AROD got robbed in the center field by Hunter. Twins played great defense as all expected. Game 2 is tonite. Radke will take the mound for Twins and his counterpart is John Leiber.
Unknown said ýstory of the night, twins' defense shut down yanks power lineup.........don't do too much analysis of teams and predictions. worry about ur yankees first........ý This is what I
This was I had to say about Twins and will stick with it:
2. Minnesota Twins:
Strength: Left-hander Johan Santana is the hottest pitcher in the baseball. He is going to AL Cy Young award. They play good defense especially the gold glove center fielder Torii Hunter. Joe Nathan is the biggest surprise in their team.
Flaws: no power hitters and rely more on defense and the ace Santana. This must be the worst team playing in the playoffs talent wise.
They did what we all expected from them. Itýs good win for them. You wonýt be able to shut down Yankees always. Letýs see ýý and I sports is my passion and love to predict especially baseball.
And happy by choice said ýyanks got the bat but no one to pitchý
Not so my fren after watching last nite game. I knew they were going to have tough time scoring against Santana but I was surprised that they could not score against Rincon and Nathan.
happy by choice also said ýstats n predictions don't mean a thing...game is won on the field.ý
I heard the same line here last year after Twins won the first game against Yankees. Using diff nick??? I believe Yankees lost both during ALDS and ALCS last year but got to World Series so itýs all good. Yankees are not panicked yet and I am not either. Last nite was just a small bump en route to 05 World Seriesý..
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