| A New Yankees Curse? |
| By Sally Haase October 8, 2010 MINNEAPOLIS, MN -- New night, same result. Once again the Minnesota Twins take the lead against the big bad Yankees of New York, and once again the team cannot hang on to the lead. With the Yankees winning last night the team is now up two games to none to the Twins. Only one team in the history of the division series has come back from a 2-0 deficit. And that team was the 2001 Yankees, who came back against the Oakland Athletics to win the division series and went to the World Series but lost to the Arizona Diamondbacks. It can be done, but the Twins face a steep uphill climb needing to win two games in Yankee Stadium to force a game five and a return to Target Field. Game three will be played Saturday night with the Twins sending pitcher Brian Dunesing to the hill and the Yankees countering with Phil Hughes. If the Twins can win in game three, Nick Blackburn is scheduled to start game four; Blackburn is the only Twins pitcher to beat the Yankees in the regular season. Twins fans are wondering why their team cannot beat the Yankees, is it mental? Perhaps, if you think a team has your number, it is hard to shake the negative thoughts from your brain, and the Yankees are also playing the Twins with a swagger, it almost like the Yankees feel the team is invincible against the Twins and they play with high confidence. Maybe the curse of the Bambino has found its way to the Twins after the Boston Red Sox exercised it in 2004. Hopefully that does not mean the Twins will have to wait 86 years to win another World Series. After watching the first two games, the teams are very evenly matched, it is not like the Yankees are beating the Twins 10-0 every game, the games are all close games. Both teams are playing fantastic baseball, but as every baseball fan knows, teams need to catch a break once in a while, and it seems like all the breaks are falling the Yankees way. It looked like the Twins finally caught a break on Wednesday night when the umpire ruled incorrectly on a trapped ball- putting Delmon Young at first and heavy-hitting Jim Thome up representing the tying run. But the Twins could not capitalize on the break and Thome flied out to end the game. At least the Twins will have the good memory of Jason Kubel hitting a game winning grand slam against Mariano Rivera when they walk into Yankee Stadium. Maybe the Twins can take that feeling and carry it into Saturday night. |
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