Over at Last

So it’s over. The Oakland A’s have swept the Twins right out of the playoffs. It was a fairytale season and a miracle comeback in the toughest division in baseball. But this is real life, and not all stories end happily. I won’t say they didn’t come up big when it counted because if they had lost 1 more game this year, any game, they would not be in this place, this day. They would be playing the Yankees and for at least a few more hours have life. No, what happened here is that the “piranhas” got shut down, and there was nothing for the middle of the order to bring in. I salute Johan, and Boof, and Radke, and Cuddyer, and Morneau and White. The rest? You should be ashamed of yourself. You played like you should have been contracted. Like you wanted to be contracted.

For now I want the team, every single one of them to remember this:

Brad Radke’s sacrifice and final year? You wasted it. Liriano establishing himself? You wasted it. Kirby Puckett’s year? You wasted it. Ozzie Guillen calling us Piranhas? You wasted it. The Division Crown? You wasted it. The Homefield Advantage? You wasted it. The good Karma from the stadium bill? You wasted it. That 16-2 run in June? You wasted it. That 96-66 record? You wasted it. You wasted it all, pissed it all away.

And you know what? Now you have win 95 more games to try again. Think you can do it? You’d better.

I sure hope you can! See ya next year Twins.

A/N: That’s not me, it’s a random sad girl. You should know I’m a guy by now.