3 hours ago · Life · 0 comments

In 2000 the Minnesota Twins won a meager 69 games. Talk of contraction was everywhere in baseball and the horrible Humphreys Dome was an awful place to watch and play baseball. These things, plus the comparatively small market of Minneapolis/St. Paul area, made the Twins a likely choice for contraction. The team seemed lost as they had no prospects coming, the roster lacked the big boppers, and there was no hard throwing, strikeout machines. They were the anti-Moneyball team at the peak of the Moneyball era of baseball. In short, they looked doomed.But they had a team that understood the key rule of being great—make as few mistakes as possible. When you get to the level of MLB, UFC, F1, or the NBA, everyone is supremely talented, everyone is great. And winners are largely people that make the fewest mistakes or make mistakes last. Once the talent is in place, greatness is making fewer mistakes.Torii Hunter was a speedy defensive superstar. Jaques Jones seemingly never made an error.…

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