Twins are KILLERS

The Twins look at the Tigers like a rat eying cheese, like a snake preying upon an unsuspecting rabbit, like a wolf drooling over a lamb chop.
It's comical, really, how the Twins just hammer the Tigers. After sweeping the Tribe in that two-game series, the Tigers had a six-run lead in yesterday's game vs. the Twinkies. Bang, bop, wham. The Twins get a two-run ninth to tie the game at 6-6, then get an 11th-inning bases-empty homer from Justin Morneau to win it.
It's laughable. Like classic Rodney Dangerfield. The Twins can't respect the Tigers; no deficit is too large, no obstacle is too imposing. If it's Twins vs. Tigers, bet the ranch on the the team from the Twin Cities.
This year, the Tigers are 4-8 vs. the Twins and 13-22 vs. teams in the Central. The four victories over the Twins include a two-game sweep early in the year, so since then the Tigers have lost 8 of 10 vs. Minnesota.
Yesterday, folks will want to blame rookie pitcher Freddie Dolsi, who allowed Morneau's bomb. But let's really hammer the Tigers' offense, which stranded the bases loaded with one out and failed to push across the winning run in the bottom of the ninth.
Pudge Rodriguez struck out to end the inning. And he struck out on a ball, high in the zone. "Pig" Rodriguez -- and we call him that because he is an absolute SLOB at the plate, with no discipline, no idea, no self-control, virtually always fails in these situations.
The Twins, too, failed in the 10th, leaving the bases loaded. But they put the ball in play, and their final two at-bats of the innings were good ones.
And this inning, despite their failure, shows that the Twins beat the Tigers because they continue to do little things well, like advancing runners and having good at-bats.
The Tigers, well, here's where they need three in a row. And here's where they WON'T get it, guaranteed.