2010 ALDS: Minnesota Twins V. New York Yankees

[jOOj]

His name would be OrlanDan Hudgglason. He would be for everyone.

[TealMonster08]

Would OrlanDan Hudgglason be like a good Howie Kendrick? Because thats how I like to picture him.

[wanks1212]

I wish we had O-Dog. He is, has been, and always will be so for me.

Minnesotans would be more more comfortable with a second baseman that looks like Dan Uggla.

Also, I just got home and haven't seen any of this game at all, and I don't know what happened, but I'm still gonna suck fuck Gardy.

[DColts]

Someone screamed "Yankees Suck!" after the Yankees won ehe.

[jOOj]

Would OrlanDan Hudgglason be like a good Howie Kendrick? Because thats how I like to picture him.

Only if Howie Kendrick was good at baseball.

Also, I kinda feel for the Twins, they aren't a team that I dislike. They just can not beat the Yankees.

[wanks1212]

Minnesota would probably not beat the Rangers or Rays either.

They are a very good example of a team that's built to do well in the regular season but is not built very well at all for the postseason. No dominant top of the rotation starters + no elite bullpen options generally = very poor in the postseason. Their rotation is always deep, their lineup and defense are usually pretty good, but ever since they've dealt Johan they just don't have that top of the rotation guy that can take over a game and go 7+ innings of 1-2 run ball and match up with other team's top starters. And even the guys in the middle of the rotation, like Duensing and Baker (in the bullpen for the postseason) and Slowey just aren't guys that can match up with the Yankees pitchers in a 5 or 7 game series.

[Party]

Minnesota would probably not beat the Rangers or Rays either.

They are a very good example of a team that's built to do well in the regular season but is not built very well at all for the postseason. No dominant top of the rotation starters + no elite bullpen options generally = very poor in the postseason. Their rotation is always deep, their lineup and defense are usually pretty good, but ever since they've dealt Johan they just don't have that top of the rotation guy that can take over a game and go 7+ innings of 1-2 run ball and match up with other team's top starters. And even the guys in the middle of the rotation, like Duensing and Baker (in the bullpen for the postseason) and Slowey just aren't guys that can match up with the Yankees pitchers in a 5 or 7 game series.

The Twins only beat the other team that carried this stigma for most of the 2000s.

[DColts]

Minnesota would probably not beat the Rangers or Rays either.

They are a very good example of a team that's built to do well in the regular season but is not built very well at all for the postseason. No dominant top of the rotation starters + no elite bullpen options generally = very poor in the postseason. Their rotation is always deep, their lineup and defense are usually pretty good, but ever since they've dealt Johan they just don't have that top of the rotation guy that can take over a game and go 7+ innings of 1-2 run ball and match up with other team's top starters. And even the guys in the middle of the rotation, like Duensing and Baker (in the bullpen for the postseason) and Slowey just aren't guys that can match up with the Yankees pitchers in a 5 or 7 game series.

Liriano can be very good.

[TealMonster08]

So can Volstad.

[DColts]

Volstad doesn't have a 2.66 fip.

[HUGG]

same old sorry ass twins

[wanks1212]

The Twins only beat the other team that carried this stigma for most of the 2000s.

Who is?

(genuinely curious since the Twins haven't won a postseason series since 2006)

Edit: I think you meant it differently than I thought you meant it, and you were saying that they only beat the A's, who also had the "built for the regular season and not for the postseason" stigma.

In which case carry on, I agree with that.
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Liriano can be very good.

He can be, but he's very up and down. I'm referring to the Lee/Sabathia/Halladay types. They don't have that guy.

Liriano would be great as their #2 in the postseason, but they need a guy in front of him to be an elite team that can make a run deep into the postseason.

[wanks1212]

When my season is on the line, I want Brian Duensing on the hill.

[Nick]

Husker!

[Fritz]

Duensing means doom.