NYY 11, MIN 3: Twins Crumble At Yankee Stadium (Again)

Live from New York! Staring the "Not Ready For Prime-Time Players!", our Minnesota Twins!

Brutal. Embarrassing. Pitiful. But..... someone has to go to NY and play the Yankees (probably) in the Wild Card Game. Whether it is the Twins or the Angels (who have 2 more against Cleveland and 3 against Houston) .... they are limping in. Neither can compete with the other playoff teams. It almost isn't fair to have a second Wild Card when there is so much distance between the 2nd and 1st.

Nothing entertaining to me about Colon. It was so obvious that he had been lucky. Even when he got a few wins and results. But some fans were easily impressed, and the Management was too. Pressing the luck. He deserves one more start. Me.... you retire him before he gets the chance to fail three games in a row down the stretch, dont' push the luck. (My personal hell, Colon and Duffey). So here we are. With a cane. And we might just limp into the Wild Card game. Somebody has to.

Is there some surprise - Colon has been bad in 21 of 28 starts this year.  Those who want to resign him are on a different planet than I live on.  The Yankees are patient and they know there will be a big fat one in the selection  Colon should not be starting for a contender (I think we are).   http://www.espn.com/mlb/player/gamelog/_/id/3602/bartolo-colon

I wish I was as confident of beating the Tigers and of Mejia doing well as the rest of the fans, but I am not.  

This just builds the suspense for that WC game. Love it. Sano ("damp," "Sami," and "sanity" according to autocorrect's preference) makes his comeback and smacks a homer, while Judge ends the game with a strikeout. High drama. Can't wait.

Every time I've thought "oh this is it, the dream is over," they get back up off the mat.

Imagine how hard for the Yanks to get up for the Wild Card game.

And, imagine how hard for Twins to lose that game at the hands of the Yankees yet again.

But, maybe the Twins are sand-bagging.

One good game, come out swinging, catch them off-guard.  I like it.

Hey, only one game away from the offense breaking out for double digits when Gibson starts again.

This sweep was just to lull New York into submission for when we defeat them soundly in the playoffs.

Hey, only one game away from the offense breaking out for double digits when Gibson starts again.

Best for all pitchers to where Gibson's number when pitching now.

Aren't most games close, though? What matters is winning. And, as we saw right before the deadline, and again this week, is that that is unlikely against good teams. They've made progress this year, but need pitching.

Yeah, they've wet themselves against some good teams. But they also swept Cleveland and Arizona earlier this year. I agree they need pitching.

My main point: this is a weird team.