Postscript

By Saturday night it already seemed inevitable, so while I watched most of the game, I did so with zero expectations. More precisely, I watched with the expectation of a loss. It made for a less tense viewing experience, and by the time I bailed just before the seventh inning stretch, I had already moved on to next season. Since that night, it has been quite easy to pick up some themes with just a general perusal of Twins blogs. Here are the major ones, with my thoughts attached. Theme 1: Anger/disappointment. There were some significant expectations attached to this team, but in the end they came up short – much like the Twins teams in recent years that didn’t have the same level of expectation (read: payroll) attached to them. It’s a rough way to end a season, and it is of little consolation that all but one of the playoff teams will ultimately come to the same end. A lot of the anger has been directed right at the Yankees – I will have more on that later in the week. Theme ...