Dear Dan Graziano of the Star Ledger,

Dan, I checked what you said on Monday about the Twins performance in the
2004 ALDS. You were wrong. In the deciding game 4, (at the Twins'stadium)
the Twins had more hitting than the Yankees. So confident were they that
Johan Santana apparently took himself out of the game after 5 innings,
Twins leading 5-1. The game was finally won in 11 innings by Mariano Rivera
IN ANOTHER OF HIS 2 INNING POST SEASON EFFORTS. Below is the game summary
from Retrosheet.

BATTING - (Twins)
2B: Morneau (2,off Vazquez); Ford (1,off Vazquez); Kubel (1,off Gordon).

HR: Blanco (1,5th inning off Vazquez 0 on 0 out).

SF: Hunter (1,off Vazquez); Koskie (1,off Vazquez).

HBP: Ford (2,by Vazquez); Koskie (2,by Vazquez).

Team LOB: 8.

BASERUNNING - 
SB: Ford (1,2nd base off Vazquez/Posada).

CS: Jones (1,2nd base by Vazquez/Posada); Cuddyer (2,2nd base by Loaiza/Posada);

Ford (1,2nd base by Loaiza/Posada).

PITCHING

New York Yankees      IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR
Vazquez                5     7   5   5   2   6   1

Loaiza                 2     4   0   0   0   0   0

Gordon                 2     1   0   0   0   2   0

Rivera W(1-0)          2     0   0   0   0   0   0

Totals                11    12   5   5   2   8   1

Minnesota Twins       IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR
Santana                5     5   1   1   3   7   0

Balfour                2     0   0   0   0   2   0

Rincon                 0.1   4   4   4   1   1   1

Nathan                 1.2   1   0   0   1   3   0

Lohse L(0-1)           2     1   1   1   0   3   0

Totals                11    11   6   6   5  16   1

WP: Rincon (1), Lohse (1).

HBP: Vazquez 2 (2,Ford,Koskie).

IBB: Nathan (2,Matsui).

They gave away 3 outs by being caught stealing. A "big hitter in the middle"
would've given them the edge, according to you. They had a 4 run lead, but
their pitcher took himself out of the game.

BATTING - (Yankees)
2B: Olerud (2,off Rincon); Rodriguez 2 (3,off Nathan,off Lohse).

HR: Sierra (1,8th inning off Rincon 2 on 1 out).

IBB: Matsui (1,by Nathan).

Team LOB: 10.

BASERUNNING - 
SB: Rodriguez 2 (2,2nd base off Santana/Blanco,3rd base off Lohse/Borders).

Unfortunately for you, the Yankees in spite of inferior starting pitching, didn't
have 3 caught stealing. And they had Mariano Rivera. Of course, the masses,
including you would rather drink a gallon of Drano than acknowledge Rivera. What
you do is encourage hate and envy by saying the whole thing could've been won by
a(costly) big hitter in the middle for the Twins.

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