Reviewing the Minnesota Twins’ 18 Straight Playoff Losses 

My entire life has been playoff winless for the Twins. Here's hoping I get to see at least one in my lifetime!

When I saw A-rod's home run clear the fence in game 2 of the 2009 ALDS I turned off the TV and didn't watch any baseball until the next spring training. That's a complete 180° turn of emotions from when I was at game 163 a few days earlier

This whole vid is PAIN. As a Twins fan who was just 14 yrs old the last time we won a playoff game... 32 now.........

Add the pain of postseason Twins failure with the Wild and Vikings not getting to their championship games/series and you're in for the experience of a lifetime.

My first question is “why must the world keep punishing Twins fans by covering the 18 playoff losses.” Then, I realized the correct question is “why must I punish myself and watch a deep dive into every single loss”

What's crazy is that since 2004 every other team in the division has gone to the WS with Chicago and KC winning it. Also since 2004: -Seattle made the playoffs and won a series -Boston, ChiSox, and Cubs, who were still considered cursed, all won the WS -EVERY team but Cincinnati won at least 1 postseason series (Yes even the Marlins, Pirates, and Padres won a series)

The post-2009 Yankees look so mortal against everyone except the Twins in the playoffs. But against the Twins they look like an indestructible juggernaut

As a Twins fan, thank you for just like... recognizing that we're here and we need a hug. Rundowns of cursed teams will often not even give us a dishonorable mention after two decades of the saddest possible record in sports. "It's the hope that kills ya" -from the show Ted Lasso

It’s finally over!

Also, this is true of the other most notable Minnesota team, the Vikings. They just made a multi part video on Secret Base about it. MN sports has been cursed for a good long time. And only the incredible high quality of the people of MN could withstand this type of abuse without raining punishment down on their teams.

*looks at thumbnail* “OMG YES A TWINS VIDEO!” *looks at video title* “…oh god” *vietnam flashbacks*

Who’s here after they snapped the streak against the blue jays

With the pitching the team has this year I have faith they will actually break the curse this year, the hitting is coming around when it needs to as well. But... as a lifelong Minnesota fan I would not be shocked if this streak moves on to 20 losses in a row after this year. Even our Timberwolves are able to win some games when they make the playoffs haha

Feels great as a Twins fan to see the same team win a freaking game for the first time in nearly 2 decades.

THE DROUGHT IS OFFICIALLY OVER! THE TWINS WON A PLAYOFF GAME!!!!

We inherited the curse of the bambino from the red sox. As soon as we give them david ortiz in 2002, the playoff loss streak begins in 2004 right before the red sox break the curse 😐

I haven't even gotten past the ads yet and I know 50% or more of these losses will be sweeps from the Yankees 🤣🤣

Every other AL Central team has won a pennant in this timeframe.

You really emphasize how crazy it was the 2019 Twins lost, but the Yankees had only 1 less HR than them that season and 103 wins

No Twins fan has forgiven Phil Cuzzi for that '09 foul ball call.

You have to realize - this doesn't just apply to baseball. Look at our other sports teams - the Wild are a constant first-round exit in the Stanley Cup playoffs, the Timberwolves are perennial bottom-dwellers, and the Vikings have an almost greater history of playoff failures and chokes. This entire state has been cursed - not with bad teams mind you, but with the most wreched postseason/playoff luck in sports history that I can imagine. I'm a 27 year old woman who hasn't seen my team win a conference/league let alone a title in my lifetime. All I know is pain.

Not only was that Mauer double 2 ft fair, it hit his glove. I remember watching that live

last time the Twins won a playoff game I was a senior in high school, I'm close to 40 now.. JFC

If they win, better be something memorable. I can see them winning a walk off in game 2 of WC game, then go back to lose game 3. It would be their baseball version of the Minneapolis Miracle or what Seattle did last year in the Wild Card. Which might be their opponents this year.

I still haven't forgiven Cuzzi for throwing (not blowing) that call

Why!!!?!?!?!? I dont want to relive this!

As a Detroit Lions fan, who have only win a single playoff game since 1957 (back in 1992), my heart goes out to Twins fans

The Power Pros theme brings joy to my heart, i hope they bring those games back to America

I never thought I'd hear both MLB Power Pros music (3:55) and the Transformers Cybertron intro (19:08) in the same video

The Twins bullpen is built to increase this streak with more heartbreaking blown leads. But least it won't be the Yankees that do it to us this year.

Thought I was tripping balls seeing Greydon from Hivemind cameo on Stark Raving Sports

THE TWINS WON A PLAYOFF GAME!!!!

Honestly, I've grown numb enough to the pain by this point, I almost appreciated the unintentional who's-who of all my favorite Twins of the past 20 years. I cant wait for it to eventually end though; it has to.

Am I the only one who came back and watched this video after our WC round win this week?! So much easier to process now that it’s over, but yeah that sucked. Playoffs are dumb, but Tuesday and Wednesday this week were great!

Bro, im 24, and started watching baseball when i was 6, and Still havent witnessed a win. All i want is 1 WIN!!! 1!!!!

There are alot of you on RU-vid who need to be known as "Sports Journalists". You guys are carrying my sports interests with your stories. Channels like this Secret Base (Jon Bois), Underdog, Bootleg Football... and countless others. Your work is greatly appreciated 🙏🏿

The Yankees have haunted my dreams for my entire childhood. Thank you for bringing out my PTSD. All jokes aside, great video and breakdown in the streak.

For as much crap as A-Rod gets for not performing in the postseason, he's basically a hitting god against the Twins.

If the twins win a game i wanna see them celebrate like pat bev

I was 8 years old last time the Twins won a playoff game, and am as big of a Twins fan as ever. Truly hoping for a special run this year.. we have got skill, just got to string it all together..

This has basically been the story for MN sports as a whole. There has been an astronomical 50+ playoff appearances in all sports without one team ever even making the championship. A record that is more than double any other state in sports history.

In terms of years, the Twins previously had an approximate 21 years between playoff wins. 1965 World Series Game 6 to 1987 ALCS Game 1 (7 losses : 1965 Game 7, swept by O's in 1969 & 1970 ALCS). The only difference from that streak and the current one dating back to 2004 ALDS Game 1 is that Minnesota only made the playoffs twice before winning the World Series in 1987 ... As painful as it was to watch, this was very well put together and entertaining.

You have no idea how big this October could be for Minnesota. We need this.

18 straight playoff losses is a near impossibility. I think they break that streak this year. They have 2 really good starters and the offense has really turned it on since the all star break

As urinating tree would say T_ins

I got blackout drunk for so many of those losses to the Yankees. Feel like I'm getting cheated out of it this year with how bad the Yankees are.

Nothing like this to get me hyped for 2023 Wild Card Round Game 1!

15:27 Lance Berkman, one of the all-time great Bronx Bombers ✊ Flawless execution on how casually they dropped that, friggin top tier comedy m8

Nice touch putting the Transformers Cybertron opening theme into the video. And even as a Yankees fan, this is just insane. I don't think i have ever seen a team destroy another in the Playoffs so thoroughly. Also for loss #1, Jeter was the winning run, he had to go back to 3rd on the ground rule double.

Since the last Twins postseason win, every other team in their division has reached the World Series

Me and friends got tickets for game 4 of the 2019 ALDS. We thought there’s now way the 103 win Bomba Squad gets swept they should get at least one even against the Yankees. Needless to say we got our money back.

Royals fan here, I am pulling for you guys to end this streak. Looks like it may be Houston again.

I remember skipping school to watch game 1 of the 06 alds. Twins are pain.

Yes, I would want my team to keep playing every year even if they kept losing in the playoffs. I like going through the season with my hometown team. It sucks to see them lose, but anyone can lose one to three games in a row at any time. As long as they keep Buxton, Gordon, and Gallo off the playoff roster, I think we have good chances this year.

I was alive when the Twins won the world series in '91... I was 5 months old but man were those good times!

Appreciate the mlb power pros music! Still waiting for another mainline title to be translated to English. Success mode is goated

I’ve spent most of this same time futilely rooting for a sad, pathetic Padre team that usually got its teeth kicked in by the Cardinals (seriously, we lost eleven straight playoff games to them until we FINALLY booted them to the curb in 2020…only to get spanked by the Dodgers…but, oh My God, THAT ended so wonderfully last year I did not even care we missed the pain of getting defenestrated by the Astros in the World Series…)….but, THIS?? Oh man, I so very much feel for my fellow sufferers in Minnesota!

Last playoff win for the Twins, RU-vid wasnt born, Vikings coming off a gut wrenching collapse this time by Nathan Poole, and very 1st year of major college football conference realignment of the 21st century as it was Miami and Virginia Tech's first year in the ACC coming over from the Big East.

There is a NOTE for the 2023 Twins: They will NOT face the Yankees in the Playoffs (because on the day of this comment, they are Close to being ELIMINATED). Should Mauer be in the Hall of Fame? Maybe.

The power pros background music is a kind of nostalgia I didn’t know I needed

It’s like we are juuuust good enough to win the division just to be destroyed every time lmaoo

4:42 was not expecting a hivemined cameo when watching this video 😂

MLB POWER PROS SOUNDTRACK 🔥🔥🔥🗣️🗣️🗣️

Hey hey hey.. the white sox beat the twins in a game 163 "one game playoff" in '08. Give us whitesox fans some credit (we're beyond rock bottom at this present moment)

Did not expect to see Graydon from Hivemind in this one 😭

THE POWER PROS MUSIC GAVE ME SO MUCH NOSTALGIA

I remember the 2017 game that 1st inning was an hour long literally

The Yankees have brought nothing nothing but pain to every human that lives in the city of Minneapolis. Edit: Oops. Looks like I done goofed. I called Minnesota a city when it’s the entire state. 🤣

The last time they won a playoff game, the Nintendo ds and world of Warcraft wasn’t even out yet.

It’s all over!!!!!!🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

This was absolute torture! All these nightmares over and over 😢

As an avid watcher of both this channel and Hivemind, I loved the use of the graydon/dignan clip

As a Twins fan, I'd take this misery over contraction. At least there's always hope while the team exists.

Is that audio at around the 1 minute mark from the Wii MLB power pros game??

you should make a video about Joe Nathan when you said he was the most underrated reliever at that time i couldn’t agree more

For a team that had Santana, Nathan, Morneau, Mauer, Hunter, Cuddy... it's still insane to think about how they couldn't win the WS.

As a Twins fan that had the pleasure of watching all 18 of these games (well, started them all, shut off some blowouts), this video is pain. Only silver lining is being born in 81 and having faint memories of 87 and some memory of 91.

The streak is at last OVER! And they won a playoff series for the first time since 2002!

Ah, I can explain it for you, it is simply the way of Minnesota professional men's sports. Look at the recent Secret Base Vikings docuseries, a similar tale of suffering. Success leading directly into the most soul crushing loss imaginable over, and over, and over again.

I could have gone without this recap. 😭

the hivemind reference was so surprising and welcomed

Is that the opening for Transformers: Cybertron at 19:12? Can't sneak that past me

As a Yankees fan I’m happy that they finally won a Playoff Series, they showed that the blue jays were frauds again in the wild card

As a tiger fan I am in awe of even seeing a franchise play 18 playoff games 😂

i have been waiting for a video about the twins but this is maybe the saddest possible video for me to watch

John Olerud, Joe Nathan, Brad Radke, Kevin Brown maybe even Johan... I'm two minutes into this vid, and these guys can already form an Underrated Hall of Fame amongst themselves.

I remember listening to the last win on the school bus coming home with a pocket radio. I am 33 now.

i wanted to badly for this streak to continue

My guy, this is just how Minnesota sports work. The Twins haven't won a playoff game in almost two decades. The Vikings haven't been to a Super Bowl in nearly 5. The Wild are consistently a 1 and done team. We don't talk about the Wolves... All I'll say is, when the day finally comes that Minnesota has a championship winner. We're gonna blow the sky off the state. Goddammit boys, give us something.

Unrelated to baseball, but I can relate to one of my sports team having a ridiculous losing streak that lasted years. I am an Edmonton, Alberta native who bleeds for the Oilers of the NHL (they had a decade without making the playoffs while I was growing up in a league where 16 TEAMS make it every year, big ouch), and the Elks of the Canadian Football League. The Edmonton Elks have been historically awful since the 2019 season and set a North American Pro Sports RECORD for consecutive home loses this year with 22. Thats almost 3 whole seasons of home games and as a season ticket holder I was at every single one of them. But when they finally did break the streak last month, I have never felt more thankful to watch a home win than I had in my entire life. I like to believe that loyalty to your team does get rewarded one way or another. Enjoying a single win that much also taught me that not winning a championship doesn't mean you can't enjoy the small moments. With that said, to answer the question posed at the end of the video, stay loyal and remember what the team means to you and the city, losing that legacy over 18 playoff games? No thanks! So Twins fans, when they do break through, celebrate like its the world series and enjoy it!

Mlb powers pros was a goated game with a goated soundtrack. I wish the franchise would start doing american releases again 😢

Oh man, I remember watching the last Twins playoffs win as a junior in high school with my buddies! I’m 36 now. 💀

In 2003, the year before the streak started, the Twins also got eliminated by the Yankees in the ALDS 3-1.

There are many interesting and unusual curses in baseball. The Twins have got to be the victims of an as yet unnamed curse. That’s the only thing anyone can really describe it as.

this is crazy

I’m a 30 year old Minnesotan. Minnesota has all four major sports. In my life time, not one has made the finals, much less won a championship. Minnesota is, by a mile, the most cursed sports market, and more people should take pity on us.

19:20 Is that Transformers Cybertron music that is playing?

As a Yankee fan I’m rooting for Minnesota to do something

Most baseball fans hate the Yankees for no real reason, or for their general dominance, a more theoretical hatred than anything. Twins fans who hate the Yankees have very real reasons for that.

I envy all the other Twins fans who have faith in this team this postseason. I'm completely convinced we're gonna get swept again and make that losing streak 20 games in a row.