It was fair, but it wouldn't have made a difference.

Yes, the Twins got screwed last night -- that Joe Mauer double would have most likely meant at least one run and probably two. But since they loaded the bases with zero outs and failed to score, you kind of have to think that maybe they would have figured out a way to not get him home anyway. Throw in the fact that both Joe Nathan and Jose Mijares completely shit themselves and gave up home runs, well...the end result of that is too obvious to require elaboration.

Nathan worries us more than Mijares. We KNOW Mijares is prone to giving up runs in bunches. But Nathan is slowly turning into Brad Lidge and we hope the Twins didn't hold on to him a season too long. He was the golden boy of the bullpen. Sure, we have confidence in him...but that's only in comparison to the rest of the bullpen.

Can the Twins win two games and send this series back to New York? No. They can't. It was a good season and we should be happy they won the division. If they want to win it again, there are several things the team has to fix over the off-season:

• Find three new arms for the bullpen.
• Get the starting staff and the former MVP healthy.
• Re-sign OCab.
• Go out and make a play for free-agent third basemen Chone Figgins.
• Figure out a way to get Alexi Casilla the confidence to contribute everyday at 2nd base.

Do those things and the Twins will win the World Series next year. For real.