I miss good baseball

Being a Twins fan in my early 20's..I don't have any memories of their two World Series Championships. I went to a game in second grade..but outside of that, my first memory is Major League Baseball trying to get rid of the Twins. That must have sparked my interest in the club. Seeing stories on the news and seeing how angry people were getting must have made me realize that this club was worth saving and something I should invest my time in..I know..pretty deep stuff for an 11 year old.

The next summer, I stole my dad's walkman and listened to every game. It was awesome. The Twins were the little engine that could! They went from the brink of contraction to being involved in a pennant race! Since that year, all Twins fans have been blessed with a lot of regular season success, a game 163 win, and 1 postseason series win! But watching them this year has been like watching them in the postseason. The pitching has been awful. The hitting has been sporadic. And the fielding..oof da.

Maybe all baseball fans need a season like this. To bring you back to reality. I mean think about it..how fun would it be if the same team won their division every year? And when someone finally puts a good enough team together, they win the wild card? I can't imagine how hard it must be to be a yankee fan. Always knowing your team will advance to AT LEAST the second round of the playoffs. I mean good grief..they've won 27 World Series! Sure they've been around for a while but that's just unreal. 27 Championships in 88 years. That leaves 61 years for the other 29 teams. There has been about half that many Super Bowls and no team has more than 6 of those, and I don't see the Steelers winning  21 of the next 44 Super Bowls.

This isn't meant to be a Yankee rant. But it's so easy for this to become one. I hate the Yankees. I wish they would lose every game. Same for the Red Sox. And to a slightly smaller extent, the Rays. Let's give the fans in Canada something to cheer about. They call it a WORLD Series after all..not a New England Series.

Anywho..another Twins loss is in the books. I'd say there's always next year..but when you live in a state that hasn't had a professional sports championship in the last 20 years....well..at least we have Target Field...

Go (find some starting pitching) Twins!