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Ranking the disappointment: Eight Twins playoff losses, 2002-present
After going back and forth on this a few times, here is a list of eight, in order of least to most disappointing playoff finishes for the Twins.
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1-2-3 and they're out: Twins lament quick end to team's fine season
The players were packing up Tuesday and coming to terms with a disappointing ending to a memorable season.
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Morneau on roster as Team Canada tries to qualify for Olympics
The former Twins first baseman retired, partly because of concussion-related issues, after being an American League MVP and National League batting champion.
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The Yankees beat the Twins again: A story as simple as the American Dream
The main reason the Twins lost (again) to the Yankees (again) is that they're playing in a system tilted against them. The baseball economy mirrors the U.S. economy.
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Plenty to ponder: Baldelli's playoff moves fall under the microscope
Everything a manager he does is up for scrutiny, especially in the postseason. And there were things about Rocco Baldelli's decisions to dissect after the Twins' season-ending loss.
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Swept again: Twins' playoff losing streak hits 16 games, 16 Octobers
The highest-scoring team in Twins history went weakly into the winter with 5-1 loss to the New York Yankees on Monday, extending a baseball-record streak of postseason defeats that dates to 2004.
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Souhan: From Metrodome to Target Field, Twins' dubious record lingers
The playoff failures are a shared history now, from old Yankee Stadium to new, from Metrodome to Target Field, from Everyday Eddie Guardado to Any Pitch Will Do Eddie Rosario.
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Reusse: There is no Yankees jinx over Twins, just Yankees superiority
Even when the Twins proved plenty worthy by making the playoffs, the Yankees were simply a better ballclub.
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Yankees flash some excellent leather to throttle Twins' offense
The Yankees didn't just use majestic home runs to bounce the Twins from the postseason this time. Aaron Boone's squad did the little things well, too.
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Yankees end Twins' season with ALDS sweep
The Twins lost 5-1 in Game 3 of the ALDS at Target Field on Monday night, bringing the Twins' remarkable year to an abrupt end.
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Scoggins: Odorizzi stepped up when few Twins did
Jake Odorizzi supplied five solid innings that would have looked better if not for a defensive misplay and a solo home run that cleared the wall by inches.
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Cruz tried to inspire Twins with clubhouse speech after Game 2
"When a guy like that speaks, everybody listens and perks their ears up and takes it in, because he's been in a lot of different situations," pitcher Kyle Gibson said.
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Home no help to Twins
The Twins had a winning postseason home record in the Metrodome, but not at Met Stadium nor Target Field.
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ALDS Game 3 recap
Gleyber Torres got the Yankees on the board with a second-inning home run, then added two more hits and two more runs later on.
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Twins' playoff woes put them in miserable company
Their losses have added up to one of the longest postseason losing streaks in the four major American professional sports leagues.
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Twins couldn't turn baserunners into runs
The Twins went 3-for-28 (.107) with runners in scoring position against the Yankees:
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Yankees maintain 5-1 lead over Twins in Game 3
Twins starter Jake Odorizzi gave up a solo home run to Gleyber Torres in the second inning, and the Yankees added single runs in the third and seventh innings. Eddie Rosario's home run in the eighth closed the gap, but the Yankees quickly widened it again with two ninth-inning runs.
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Everyone in action: Keep up with baseball postseason games here
Four games -- including the Twins vs. Yankees -- are scheduled for today, and all of them are elimination games for teams trailing in their series. Get scores and updates here.
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Twins-Yankees: New York media tramples Twins, looks at what's next
Here's some of what you could find in the New York media in the interlude between Games 2 and 3 of the American League Divisional Series. It is (understandably) unkind to the Twins.
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Reusse: Even a playoff flop would reflect positively on Baldelli
Rocco Baldelli's qualities as a manager don't appear to be enough to stop this Yankees lineup. But they assisted greatly in winning 101 games.
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