Minnesota Twins vs. New York Yankees Post-Season Series wrap up

So I'm no longer crying or yelling "what are you doing!?!" and am ready to re-cap the Minnesota Twins short postseason. In a 3 game series with the New York Yankees, the Minnesota Twins went from hero (winning the AL Central) to "zero" (notice I use quotes because even if my boys never won another game the Minnesota Twins will always be my favorite baseball team). Because watching the games wasn't hard enough, here is a brief re-cap of all 3 games.

Game One: Twins vs. Yankees in New York

Less than 24-hours after the insane win against the Detroit Tigers to clench the AL Central League title, the Minnesota Twins roster flew to New York to take on the Yankees. The first thing that I want to point out is that the Yankees had not played in 3 days, my Twinkies were tired... they were not. The game started out ok with both teams making their first runs in the 3rd inning and holding strong at 3-3, that's when things went down hill. In the 4th, 5th and 7th innings the Yankees scored unanswered runs, ending the game after the top of the 9th with a 2-7 score. Minnesota Twins fans were hopeful though that the loss was just nerves and the next game would be better. False

Game Two: Twins vs. Yankees in New York

After a day of rest, Twins Fans everywhere we excited to see their boys come out strong, and for the first 5 innings it felt ok... we weren't scoring, but we weren't letting them score either. Then in the 6th both teams brought players to home plate. In the 8th the Twins had 2 runs that went unanswered, Twinkies fans held their collective breath and dared to dream that we would beat the Yankees in Yankee Stadium...note I said DARED, we did not take down the baseball version of Goliath. Game Two ended 4-3 them.

Game Three: Twins vs. Yankees at the HHH Metrodome, can you feel the excitement?!

In game three the Twins returned home to one of the most excited home field crowds you could hope for, but it just didn't prove to be enough. After 9 innings of gasping, screaming and yelling the New York Yankees won the Twins/Yankees 2009 postseason series and ended the Minnesota Twins 2009 baseball season. Not before, hometown hero Joe Mauer was placed on the MVP list and fans got one last chance to say goodbye to the Dome.