Final: Cleveland, 11-10. Kansas City won later in Oakland and it was over.
Jamie Quirk, followed by blowing a 10-run lead.
It was kind of sad looking at these youngsters in the clubhouse, but then Gaetti made it all worthwhile with this quote on his error.
“It’s hard to throw when you have both hands around your neck. We blew it.”
The baseball gods must have loved the candor, because three years later a nucleus of those Twins beat a terrific Tigers team in the ALCS and won the World Series.
As for the current club, I still have much harder time figuring out how they got there (70-53) on Aug. 17, than how they got here (80-73). They are short of pitching, hitting and fielding, all important categories, the way I analyze it.
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