September 30, 2003 8:21 PM

The triumph of Good over Evil

Twins finally solve Mussina, Yankees to take Game 1

Minnesota Twins 3, Evil Blood-Sucking New York Yankees 1

Ah, fall...my favorite time of year. The temperatures cool, hockey season begins...and the Twins beat the harbinger-of-all-that-is-Evil Yankees in Game 1 of the AL Divisional Playoffs. YES!!

Playing a postseason game in Yankee Stadium for the first time, the Twins were guarding a one-run lead in the fifth inning when their pitcher suddenly couldn't go to the mound for the bottom half.

"One thing you don't do is show panic in the dugout," Minnesota manager Ron Gardenhire said. "So I just said, 'Well, let's have some fun. We are going to piece it together.' And that's what we did."

Those pesky Twins put the big, bad Yankees in another postseason funk.

Torii Hunter circled the bases when his line drive resulted in a pair of misplays that led to two sixth-inning runs, and the Twins finally beat New York, tripping up the stumbling Yankees 3-1 in Tuesday's AL playoff opener.

New York had rolled over the Twins during the past two seasons, going 13-0 and outscoring them 90-36. But it's the little guys who take a 1-0 lead into Game 2 Thursday night, when Brad Radke pitches against Andy Pettitte.

"It's been a running joke the last couple of days -- we might just as well scrimmage these guys and get them warmed up for the next round, because that's where everybody's putting them," Minnesota's Jacque Jones said.

New York was favored in last year's division series, too, before Anaheim won in four games to end a run of four consecutive AL pennants. The Yankees have dropped four straight postseason games for the first time since the 1981 World Series against the Dodgers, not exactly what owner George Steinbrenner was expecting when he set payroll records last winter in an effort to get his team its first Series title since 2000.

Game 2 is Thursday night, so don't anyone be calling me and expecting me to answer. You'll be talking to my voicemail. Game on, eh??

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