In Game One of the 2002 ALCS, the Twins' Joe Mays gave up four hits and one run in eight innings of masterful pitching, and Minnesota took a 1-0 lead in the series.
Yall suck all the time you should switch to my hometown team the astros were gonna win alot of world series in this 20 era so i advise you to come with us..or unless you like to be a looser.
I was 8 years old and at this game! It got so loud when Guardado came in to get the save! The Metrodome was such a great home field advantage back then! I thought for sure the Twins were going to the World Series after this game. Oh well still great memories nonetheless!
So the 2002 Twins had the third fewest errors in ML History, behind the 1999 Mets (who were known as the greatest infield ever with Olerud, Edgardo Alfonzo, Rey Ordonez, and Robin Ventura), and the 2000 Cleveland Indians with a great up the middle defense (with Omar Vizquel, Roberto Alomar, Kenny Lofton, and Sandy Alomar up the middle). Im surprised that a baseball team like the 2002 Twins, playing their home games in astroturf with a 24/7 white roof, had so many few errors. Impressive.
They were/are the best defensive team I had the privilage of watching night after night. It wasn't like they just made the regular plays, every single one of them had fantastic range and would run through a brick wall to make a play. Nightly web gems it was so much fun to witness.
joe mays, your talking about a front line top of the line number one or number 2 starter...yesh that comment in the 8th inning by the announcers did not age well...mays only good year in the majors was 2001 and this playoff game was probably the best game he pitched in the majors.
This is to play a good baseball. It is not just to give a home run, or a long hit. It is to touch the ball, to steal base. That is the good baseball game.
Yes the Angels were the AL Wild Card in 2002. Oakland won the AL West with a 103-59 record while the Angels had a 99-63 record. Twins won the Central with a 94-67 record and the Yankees won the East with a 103-58 record.
It's funny--for many years after 2002, I always felt like David Ortiz was a Twin at heart, even with all of his famous exploits with the Red Sox. Now, checking back in to this game almost 20 years later, the first thought I had was--oh yeah, Big Papi used to be on the Twins.
He was a huge leader on this team and it killed morale when they released him. He was always clutch. It is sad to think of what could have been had they kept this group together and added a piece or two. This team was just starting to win at the MLB level and they started letting them go one by one. Ortiz then Pierzynski, Milton, Hawkins, Mientkiewicz etc. This team should have had more time.
