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LOL here's the new narrative: An under-.500 team beating a 3 seed in the playoffs isn't impressive because... they've been beaten in the past with entirely different personnel. https://twitter.com/dfiregirl4/status/1311425322198409216
Somehow, Milton Bradley throwing out Torii Hunter on a controversial play at the plate in 2006 is relevant to Jose Urquidy, Cristian Javier, and Framber Valdez shutting down a division-winning offense that went 24-7 at home.
You can quite honestly just not like a team. You don't have to come up with weird narratives.
YEAH OKAY BUT LIKE DAVID HAD A SLINGSHOT SO I JUST DONT REALLY SEE HOW THIS IS ALL THAT IMPRESSIVE - Delia Enriquez, probably
Mike Axisa: I really think the Twins are the most compelete team in baseball and should win it all.
Delia Enriquez: Beating them isn't that big a deal. Andy Pettitte did it in 2009.
Delia Enriquez: Beating them isn't that big a deal. Andy Pettitte did it in 2009.
I guess, by this rationale, if the Astros beat the Yankees in the ALCS, it won't really mean anything because the Yankees haven't beaten the Astros "in a couple of years" (read: ever).
Carlos Correa will look you in the eye and tell you exactly what he thinks and it makes so many people SO uncomfortable. They'd much rather rally behind someone who makes a pouty face and a snide comment while hightailing it for the dugout. Says a lot.
The Twins won 77.4% of their home games in 2020. No other team came close. Dodgers? 70%. Yankees? 71%. Astros? 71.4%. But somehow it's not impressive to sweep them at home in the playoffs because Curtis Granderson hit a triple ten years ago.
For the sake of context: This is the 11TH-BEST HOME RECORD OF ALL TIME and the Houston Astros *swept* the series in Minnesota. (h/t @Landan_Kuhlmann for the assist.) But, yes, you're right. It's "been a few years" since the Twins won a postseason game.
