Here is why this would be the greatest upset in MN Sports History (this is Hickory vs. South Bend Central all over again):
Payroll NYY: $207 Million (down from 209 from 2008)
Payroll MN: $65 Million (up from 56 from 2008)
Opening Game Starter NYY: CC Sabathia (Perennial Cy Young Candidate)
Opening Game Starter MN: Brian Duensing (nothing needs to be said here)
NYY out because of injury: N/A
MN Twins out because injury: Justin Morneau (All Star/MVP), Joe Crede (Former All Star) Kevin Slowey (All Star), and Glen Perkins (#3 starter)
NYY DH: Hideki Matsui
MN Twins DH: Brendan Harris (yes, a backup infielder is hitting DH!!!!!)
They always say defense wins championships. The Twins could put 14 guys out there the rest of the way and it won't matter, we don't have the bats or the arms to compete outside of the laughable AL Central.
I guess winning "Division" Titles versus teams with slightly higher payrolls - Kansas City (70 Mil), Cleveland (85 Mil -- jettisoned a lot of it mid-season), Chicago (96 Mil) and Detroit (113 Mil) - will have to do.
I can just hear Gardy (Coach Dale) saying "my team is on the floor..." after crew chief Tim Tschida comes over with the lineup card and says "Brendan Harris (aka Buddy) at DH???Really?!!!!"
Go Twins (Hickory)
2 comments:
I didn't understand the excitement after winning on Tues knowing what was ahead of them. Let alone that they needed 8 pitchers and 12 innings to do it. And that the winner had to play the following day at 6pm in NYC. But I guess they have the chance (and the AL Central banner to hang at Target field). Me, I'd rather save myself the embarrasment and be on the golf course.
CMonts
Carl,
Kinda the point of the post (what's the point, when the deck is so stacked against you....no pitching, no hitting equals 3 long nights of ass whoopin).
But who knows, baseball is funny...its a short series which plays into the hands of the lesser teams.
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