YES! TWINS! Team of Destiny! Yankees Vanquished!

[MnFats]

`The forces of evil are defeated....
Hawkins faces two on, no one out, strikes out two of three, gets Twins out of jam without giving up run!
Kick Ass !

[donotpassgo]

1. one game....

Guardado looked like Crap...and the Yankees OWN the Twins.

[mac56]

5. The sour grapes look tantalizing -

but I think I'll pass.

LOL! TWINS WIN!

[HuckleB]

8. Yeah, he did.

And the Yankees didn't take advantage. That's not a good sign for Yankee fans.

[MnFats]

Eddie was a little shakey.

but Hawkins kicked ass.
Yankees fans ... are they always this cranky when they lose one game? Just curious. Will there be an epidemic of road rage going home from Yankee Stadium this afternoon?


By the way....wait till we get the Yankees in the gawdawful Metrodome. Jeter's ears will bleed.

[dflprincess]

22. Eddie just enjoys tormenting me

It wouldn't be a playoff game if I didn't spend the 9th inning screaming "Eddie you're killing me."

[VermontDem2004]

12. The Yankees

certainly didn't own the Twins today.

[Emboldened Chimp]

2. Geez, take a pill.

It's only one game. And you guys won because of errors. Don't get too excited.

[VermontDem2004]

9. Now there are excuses?

The Yanks shouldn't of made those errors, the only thing that matters is scoring more then the other team which the Twins will do two more times against the Yanks. :toast: to the Twins fans.

[HuckleB]

11. Errors?

There was one error. It cost one run. The Twins still win without that run. Sorry. The Yankees got beat. Live with it. Don't make excuses.

[Emboldened Chimp]

14. Errors turn the tides of games

even if it only does produce one run. It creates momentum.

But no excuses here. Yanks didn't get the bats going. They scattered their hits. Pitching was fine. Tomorrow's a new day.

[VermontDem2004]

16. The Yankees shouldn't of made an error

That is their problem and there won't be an asterisk next to game 1. Yanks lost and they will lose two more.

[Emboldened Chimp]

19. Lose two more, eh?

We'll see. I'll tip my cap if you're right, but I'll laugh heartily if you're wrong (and I think you will be.)

[HuckleB]

20. It created one run.

These guys are professionals. "Momentum" is just something for fans and announcers to discuss. Nothing more. It certainly didn't affect the outcome.

[Emboldened Chimp]

24. Gee, did you read the rest of my post?

Of course not.

[HuckleB]

30. You assume much too much.

Why because I didn't respond to your rewrite of your response to today's game? You came here to invade a celebration, to get a response. You don't appreciate that response? Find. But you were no gracious loser. So don't pretend to act like one once you are called to the mat.

[Emboldened Chimp]

33. It's a trash talking thread

No need to really be an asshole.

[HuckleB]

37. You're calling the Kettle black, pal.

You don't like to read the truth, do you?

[Emboldened Chimp]

42. How so?

I'm having a few friendly trashing talking conversations on this thread. But not with YOU. Nice try.

[HuckleB]

44. I've been nice.

You've been quite a bit less so. Nice try, indeed.

[Emboldened Chimp]

49. You, nice? LOL!

[HuckleB]

53. Compared to you!

Yeah. By a country mile.

Jerry would be very disappointed in you.

[VermontDem2004]

39. lol

you said something along the lines that Twins fans were being rude and uncivil.

[Emboldened Chimp]

43. I had to say something to that guy

Couldn't let it pass. It's a weakness, I must admit.

[HuckleB]

48. Couldn't let it pass?

I wrote the truth. It hurt. You weren't big enough to deal with it, so you called me an asshole? Get a clue, pal.

[Emboldened Chimp]

54. Sorry, you were hostile from the get-go

You questioned whether or not I was being earnest in my posts. THAT is what I resent. What you wrote wasn't the truth, hence what I called you. And I stand by it.

[HuckleB]

60. Read them again, pal.

Your posts were far more hostile than anything I wrote. Your hypocrisy is incredible.

[Emboldened Chimp]

62. I did

Which is why I posted this.

[HuckleB]

67. Yeah, sure, whatever you say.

You're clearly young and thin-skinned, and you clearly fail to appreciate how your own posts come across. So I won't bother responding to you again. You have shown yourself to be far less than a gracious loser. Perhaps you are genuinely mad at yourself for being so. Perhaps you are taking this anger out on me. Whatever you need to do to attempt to save face. I really could care less.

[MnFats]

13. If not for this, if not for that, blah, blah, blah.

if a frog had wings....

that's loser talk.
what was the final score?

[Emboldened Chimp]

15. I thought you Twins fans would be more civil

And to think people bash Yanks fans for being rude. But when you root for a team with a LOOOONG history of winning, as opposed to losing (e.g. The Twins), you tend to understand that it's only one game and there's another tomorrow.

If you guys win the series, my hats off to you and we'll see you next year.

[VermontDem2004]

18. It's easy being a fan of a team

who 27 World Series, you ever been a fan of a team that haven't won a NFL Championship since 1947? How many world championships did the Yanks win before you became a fan?

[Emboldened Chimp]

Oh, God! Not this weak-ass argument AGAIN!!!!

What is WITH you people? I don't get it. I can't help being a Yanks fan all my life. It's who I grew up watching (which, btw, was the '80's and 90's when they were LOSING every year.)

Seriously, this "it's easy to root for the Yanks 'cause they win" argument is SO tired. It's more tired than Chimpy using 9-11 to justify his wayward policies. Give it rest once and for all.

[VermontDem2004]

26. It's not a week argument

Miami(FL) wins the national championship, Miami fans came from the middle of no where, Ohio State wins, Ohio State fans come from the middle of no where, I know lots of Yankees fans who never even been further east of the Mississippi River. People like teams who win.

[Emboldened Chimp]

31. It's a weak argument when you're talking to me!

I can't stand it. Really irks the shit out of me. I had to wait till '95 to see my favorite player (Mattingly) get to the post season.

[HuckleB]

36. Wow! That must have been hard!

Do you know how many championships my favorite teams in all four major sports have won in my lifetime? (35 years)

One.

Now give your "I had it hard as a Yankee fan" routine a rest.

[mac56]

40. I've had twice as many, HuckleB

Two, in 47 years. The Twins both times!

[Emboldened Chimp]

46. If my chest were only made of glass

you could see how my heart bleeds for you.

[HuckleB]

57. You were the one who was crying about how hard it was

being a Yankee fan. I just offered a little perspective. Then you go all goofball.

You do need some practice at this trash talk routine.

[Emboldened Chimp]

61. I went goofball?

You certainly are delusional, pal.

BTW, who is this team that's only won once in 35 years? Talking about crying. Get a clue, Pal.

[HuckleB]

64. Yes.

And you continue to repeat it with every post. Thanks for proving my point by continuing your routine.

[Emboldened Chimp]

66. You didn't answer the question

Who's your team?

[HuckleB]

68. It's going to eat at you, isn't it?

I'm not telling. It's more fun that way.

[Emboldened Chimp]

69. No, not really

But if it makes you happy to think so, by all means do.

[VermontDem2004]

58. My lifetime

Sun Devils: 0 Championships
Pacers: 0 Championships
Diamondbacks: 1 championship
Arizona: 0 Championships
Denver: 2 Championships

Actually Denver and Arizona are tied for my top support in the NFL, I spent my younger years in Colorado rooting for the Broncs, but when I moved out here the Cards just grew on me.

So 3 Championships is not bad.

[HuckleB]

32. Denial?

Is that why you don't want to hear the comment? Sorry, but it IS reality. Live with it. If you don't like to hear or read such comments, then don't listen to them and don't read them.

[Emboldened Chimp]

34. Read #33

[HuckleB]

41. You came here to trash talk.

That much is true. I'd already pointed that out in a much gentler manner.

[Emboldened Chimp]

47. This whole thread

is nothing but trash talk. So what?

[HuckleB]

50. So you couldn't handle the trash talk!

You got burned and so you lashed out in anger.

That's hilarious! Thanks for the kicks and giggles, pal.

[Emboldened Chimp]

56. You weren't trash talking

Your tone was quite clear. You were genuinely being hostile.

[HuckleB]

63. Thanks for another laugh.

You are funny.

[mac56]

21. That's very noble of you, Manco.

Bear with us. It's a heady experience to defeat the best.

We'll see you tomorrow.

[Emboldened Chimp]

28. Actually, we'll see you Thursday

8 pm EST!

[mac56]

29. whoops!

Thanks.

[MnFats]

25. If i was uncivil, I apologize. Rudeness was not my intent.

i only meant a litle harmless teasing.
it's true the twins do not have the storied history of the Yanks.
winning in the playoffs makes us giddy.
We do not take anything for granted. Twins fans are not jaded. Even if they go no further, they won the division. Hey, it's just plain fun.

Besides, you really have to admit that the Yankees are the Spawn of Satan.

[HuckleB]

27. This is a celebration thread.

You chose to invade. How is that civil? What sort of response did you expect to get after making excuses? And don't tell me that Yankee fans wouldn't be celebrating a game one victory if it went the other way.

Sorry, your hypocrisy is simply incredible.

[Emboldened Chimp]

35. Again, #33

[HuckleB]

51. Get a better variety of responses, pal.

You're making this quite boring.

[DinahMoeHum]

3. Remember, you don't win a series with the first game. . .

You win it with the LAST game.


:bounce:

[Emboldened Chimp]

7. Excatly

But let 'em rejoice. The Yanks are not worried. They know how to handle the pressure.

[mac56]

10. Just like the last two years?

Oh, I see.

[Emboldened Chimp]

17. Oh, come now

You want to talk history, even recent? '96, '98, '99, '00 perhaps? Don't go there, man. It's a losing proposition.

[VermontDem2004]

23. How about 2001?

[Emboldened Chimp]

38. Nice picture!

Yeah, they choked. Mariano did, actually. It was painful. But you get over it, because I know the Yanks will be there again and again.

[VermontDem2004]

45. How about this picture

I recall the Angels having a long history of loosing defeating the Yanks 3 games to 1.

[donotpassgo]

55. ooohhh man...you keep doing that.

Shall I drag Buckners sour mug back into this?

[VermontDem2004]

65. I know how you feel

I still haven't fully recovered from the 1997 Rose Bowl, it just brings pain in my stomach everytime I watch it on ESPN Classic, if ASU would of won, they would be crowned National Champs.

[Emboldened Chimp]

59. Ouch!

But not as painful as '01.

[Droopy]

4. Was this the first game of the opening playoff series?

I wished I would have known it was on. I wouldn't have minded seeing the Yanks get beat.

[HuckleB]

6. It was a good day!

Now the Twins need two more good days!

[TheZoo]

52. Fine

That means they can call off the rest of the post season. I was so looking forward to another year of Jack Buck's ability to turn a 1-0 pitchout into "The Old Man and the Sea."

[Bombero1956]

70. this thread

is why I'm no longer a fan of stick and ball sports. Trash talk turns otherwise sane people into crazed fanatics.I recall last week when a Dodger fan was shot by a Giants fan. Here we have people who probably agree politically and they're calling each other names over a baseball game. sheesh. Oh and if anybody's wondering, I'm a Nascar dad.

[VermontDem2004]

71. Jeff Gordon sucks

Johnny Benson rules!!! Lol, j/k, I am not a Nascar fan, I don't even know who 1/10 the drivers are.

[Red_Storm]

72. You made a good point Nascar dad...........

but in order to understand the crazed trash talking that has commenced around here you must first understand the psychology of red sox fans.........they are a group of mammals who have a deep, absorbing, hateful obssession with the Yankees, to such point that they feel more happiness at a Yankee loss than a red sox win, to such a point that they observe and follow more closely the Yankees than their own team.......then there's the trash talking, despite the fact that their team is always a runner-up, despite the fact that their team are ETERNAL LOSERS, for some compelling reason red sox fans feel they have the right to talk trash about the Yankees and they do, all the time, it's an extraordinarily disturbing mental state that they have.....I don't expect you to understand all of this but hopefully you can make use of the information I have passed on.........

[HuckleB]

73. You're hilarious!

Where do you get this material? It's amazing. A wonderful parody in light of the reality that it was a Yankee fan who did the attacking around here. Though the attackee is no Red Sox fan. Heck, the attackee might even root for the Yankees should they play the Red Sox.

You never know.

[Bombero1956]

75. well when I was a Red Sox fan

I was beaten by a Yankee fan, with his plastic batting helmet. This while his friend the other Yankee fan held me down. So you'll forgive me if I don't buy into this "psychology of Red Sox fans" scenario. The only bad behavior I've ever witnessed has been by Yankee fans and I was on the receiving end. I was just a kid and they were adults and all I was guilty of was wearing a Sox cap and not telling them that the Red Sox suck. I stopped being a Red Sox and a fan of the stick and ball sports because if I couldn't be identified with a team then I couldn't be attacked. I'm a Nascar fan because I can sit next to a Gordon fan or an Earnhardt fan and watch a race or bench race without coming to blows and yelling and screaming. Now if I can start to turn Nascar away from the Repugs I'll really be happy.

[HuckleB]

78. Sorry, but I feel much more safe at a ballgame

than I do at a NASCAR race. I went to Dallas with my folks last year, and I saw a number of nasty exchanges, a couple that came to blows. It was similar in Phoenix a few years back. I go to 25-30 ballgames across the country each year, and I don't see nearly as much "action" the whole season as in one race.

Don't get me wrong. I've got nothing against NASCAR, but let's not pretend that its fans are somehow more civil than baseball fans.

[Bombero1956]

79. Lets agree to disagree then

because I've been to plenty of races, both local and Nascar and never seen any fighting or anything. You saw what one race? There are exceptions to every rule and what you witnessed may've been an aberration not the norm. We Nascar fans can still bring coolers with beer to the track, whereas in other sports you can't bring your own and you pay $6 for a beer, $4 for a soda and beer sales are stopped in the 5th or sixth inning.Nascar does limit the size of the coolers but that's for security concerns not fan behavior.

[Red_Storm]

81. Turn Nascar away from the repugs?.........

Lots of luck with that herculean task.........

[Bombero1956]

83. hey anythings possible

some of them are just as pissed at * as we are. There's a Nascar truck with Bob Graham for a sponsor. Affect change from within. Today I saw a car with a Rusty Wallace sticker on it and right below that a bumper sticker with the following.

Let's not elect W this time either.

[enki23]

74. in yankee stadium. fucking beautiful.

[Deja Q]

76. They didn't break anyone's legs or wrists while they were at it?

Much like the strike of '94, I'm not forgetting their puerile childish toddler attitude that "Whatever it takes to win" is acceptable. Especially when the bone-breaker didn't get punished.

[HuckleB]

77. Huh?

More info. needed.

[Chovexani]

80. Oh please

It was one frickin game.

--C.

P.S.: Ok, I'm bitter cause my boyfriend Hideki got ROBBED. So don't pay me any attention. :)

[alarimer]

82. I like their chances

Everyone had underestimated the Twins (why do you suppose the game was at 1 pm today instead of prime time?). I think they are hotter right now than the Yankees. Plus I think New York is vulnerable and they don't seem to want it as badly- too old hat by now. I am SICK of the Yankees plus it is like no one talks about other teams besides the eastern ones. I like the BRaves too but I think the Giants may go to the Series.