The Minnesota Twins
The Minnesota Twins are an American professional baseball club based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Minnesota Twins usually compete for Major League Baseball (MLB) due to the membership in American League (AL) the stage of the central division. The team was named after the area encompassing St. Paul and Minneapolis. The club was formed in Washington, DC, in 1901 by Washington senator. The team is witnessed success between the periods of 1920s and 1930s due to the effort of players like Walter Johnson, Bucky Harris, and Goose Goslin among other members. The club later relocated to Minnesota, where it was renamed as the Minnesota Twins at the beginning of the 1961 season. The team, therefore, participated in Metropolitan Stadium between the periods of 1961 to 1981. Besides, the team also played in the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome from 1982 to 2009. This paper, therefore, focuses on whether the 1965 Minnesota Twins could have beaten the 2010 New York Yankees in a 7 Game Series, as discussed below.
Concerning the strength and level of preparedness of the 1965 Minnesota Twins, it is true that the club could have beaten the 2010 New York Yankees in a 7 Game Series due to the following reasons. The tactics of Twins 4 man pitching rotation, led by Jim Kaat, stacks up better in a seven-game series. On 14th October 1965, the Minnesota Twins, the club lost a disappointing 2-0 World Series Games to Sandy Koufax and Angeles Dodgers. The loss enabled the team to make appropriate changes hence featured a terrific blend of power and speed. Besides, the club also witnessed excellent and deep pitching staff. Currently, Jim Kaat features in the Hall of Fame the following 283-lifetime wins that were achieved due to Jim Kaat’s rotational anchor. Besides, Jim Kaat solidified the second spot for the All-Times Twins due to his rotation approach. Kaat also considered as a great pitcher of that time, but the commonly known is his defensive ability hence won Pennant-Winning 1965 Twins squad. Kaat also matched up in the World Series three times against Sandy Koufax. Therefore, the competence and defensive strength of Kaat was very outstanding that could not be matched by any player in the 2010 New York Yankees, and that is why it is evident that the 1965 Minnesota Twins could beat 2010 New York Yankees.
The Twins’ defense was more vigorous at every position. The Minnesota Twins had the top talented players for the American League Pennant of 1965. Corner outfield was undoubtedly the deepest position for the Minnesota Twins. It is the reason why Minnesota Twins of 1965 considered having a higher chance of beating 2010 New York Yankees. Besides, the Minnesota Twins also had an outstanding third base, second base, first base, center field, and catcher. All these positions had competent and talented players that enabled the team to record better records in the 1960s. The 1960s field positions of the Minnesota Twins had players who cannot be matched by the players of 2010 New York Yankees, hence could be the Yankees.
The Minnesota Twins had better all-around hitting, with sluggers like Harmon Killebrew, Bob Allison, and Tony Oliva and great contact hitters like Zoilo Versalles. The Minnesota Twins have continued to regularly stock the roster comprising star players evidenced during the signing of Tony Oliva. Besides, there is no point since relocating to Minnesota in 1961 have the Minnesota Twins gone more than five periods without participating at least in one of the top 25 players in the history of the team. The overall level of talents in the Minnesota Twins is usually beyond the norm for a team with a relatively brief history like the 2010 New York Yankees. Thus the Minnesota Twins of 1965 could beat the 2010 New York Yankees.