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Twins beat bumbling Yanks after 13 straight losses

By Buster Olney
ESPN The Magazine

Tuesday, September 30, 2003

NEW YORK -- As the Yankees ran out of outs in Game 1 of the Division Series, the grumbling from the Yankee Stadium crowd increased in intensity and the chins of the hitters seemed to drop further with each strikeout. The Yankees' tradition and great expectations had once been a weapon for them. Now it looks like a burden. Game 1 breakdown Hero LaTroy Hawkins. He was nearly unhittable in his two innings -- seventh and eighth -- of work, striking out four while walking none. In all, he ...

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