Durango53
04-04-2005, 05:47 PM
The Twins, Series champs in '05? We're not kidding. Jayson Stark says meet the "Patriots of baseball."
Who knows what champions are made of?
It isn't always money. Even in baseball.
Just ask the Yankees. Ask the Red Sox. Ask them how terrified they were last year of playing the best little low-budget team on our planet -- those Minnesota Twins, the team that is going to win the World Series this year.
Listen to Yankees GM Brian Cashman.
"I remember last September, when we were playing the Red Sox," Cashman says. "I was talking with (Sox GM) Theo (Epstein). And we were saying, 'Boy, we sure don't want to play Minnesota.' We were both saying the same thing. The frustrating thing for us was, we had the best record in the league and we had to play Minnesota. Not that the Angels were any fun, either. But nobody wanted to face Minnesota."
These Twins cause nightmares. Listen to Red Sox manager Terry Francona.
"Last year when we were coming down the stretch, I'm thinking, 'I don't want to see Johan Santana twice in that first round,'" Francona says. "If Santana comes out and throws two shutouts at you, you're in big trouble. Look at the Yankees series. I think he did throw about 1½ (shutouts)."
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/columns/story?columnist=stark_jayson&id=2027959
Who knows what champions are made of?
It isn't always money. Even in baseball.
Just ask the Yankees. Ask the Red Sox. Ask them how terrified they were last year of playing the best little low-budget team on our planet -- those Minnesota Twins, the team that is going to win the World Series this year.
Listen to Yankees GM Brian Cashman.
"I remember last September, when we were playing the Red Sox," Cashman says. "I was talking with (Sox GM) Theo (Epstein). And we were saying, 'Boy, we sure don't want to play Minnesota.' We were both saying the same thing. The frustrating thing for us was, we had the best record in the league and we had to play Minnesota. Not that the Angels were any fun, either. But nobody wanted to face Minnesota."
These Twins cause nightmares. Listen to Red Sox manager Terry Francona.
"Last year when we were coming down the stretch, I'm thinking, 'I don't want to see Johan Santana twice in that first round,'" Francona says. "If Santana comes out and throws two shutouts at you, you're in big trouble. Look at the Yankees series. I think he did throw about 1½ (shutouts)."
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/columns/story?columnist=stark_jayson&id=2027959