That article was written before they lost game 2. So now it's fifteen in a row - a record unlikely to ever be broken."Minnesotans have a high tolerance for playoff pain. That comes from watching the Vikings lose four consecutive Super Bowls and six straight NFC championship games.
And from witnessing 29 seasons without a Timberwolves championship, as well as 46 years of North Stars and Wild hockey without a Stanley Cup.
The Twins added to this ignominious history on Friday night by breaking baseball’s record for most consecutive postseason losses. Their 10-4 loss to the New York Yankees extended their playoff losing streak to fourteen — eleven of them coming at the hands of their Bronx tormentors.
The Twins have not won a playoff game since taking the opener of the 2004 American League Division Series at Yankee Stadium. New York took the next three games to clinch that series."
Addendum: The Twins lost game 3. So they now hold the all-time never-to-be-beaten world record of 16 playoff losses in a row.
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Made me think of the night that Chuck Knoblauch returned to left field in the Metrodome as a Yankee...
ReplyDeleteI certainly remember Knoblauch. When his career and his stats skyrocketed with the Twins, I actually bought a rookie-year baseball card of him from a co-worker, thinking it would be a valuable investment. I doubt it carries any significant premium these days.
DeleteThe Twins actually have a fairly decent chance to break their own record.
ReplyDeleteMost likely, no team is going to catch them.
To paraphrase John Kenneth Galbraith: "“If all else fails, immortality can always be assured by spectacular failure.”
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