We don't belong here

After watching Mark Teixeira's walk off home run in game 2 of the Twins, Yankees series, I had two thoughts on my mind.
A. Joe Nathan is not a dominate closer. I haven't looked to close at the numbers, but chew on this. Joe Nathan's post season ERA is 4.75 higher than his regular season ERA. In 6 appearances he is 0-2 with 2 blown saves, and just 1 save. Nathan has 6 blown saves this year. 2 against the Yankees, 1 against the Rays, and 1 against the Angels. But wait Joe Nathan is great when we're playing the Royals, Indians, and Tigers in May, June, and July. We forget how mediocre our division is year in and year out. So maybe 60 games a year against the Indians, Royals, and Tigers is not a good enough indication of how great a closer he is? Save a big game buddy. I can not remember Nathan saving a big game. I know facing Rodriguez and Teixeira is as tough as it gets, but that's why we pay you $11,000,000.
B. Also all my friends I talk to keep saying, "Well if they would have counted Joe Mauer's ground rule double, we would have had a run." I have two answers for that. Well, that means that Texeria ties the game with his home run, and then up comes Rodriguez. And my other answer is this, "If the ump would have given Brandon Inge first base like he deserved that puts the Tigers up by a run, then we probably aren't even playing tonight." That is the problem with Minnesota fans. We need to hold this lovable, plucky, hard working, over achieving team accountable. They are major leaguers. We can criticize them. They aren't a JV girls fastpitch team. If this happened the other way around. There would be 6 different newspapers, taking the Yankees to task. We left 17 men on base. Gomez runs the bases like a dyslexic 2nd grader, suffering from Alzheimer's. Kubel is 1-10 in the series with 6 strikeouts. Nathan is throwing batting practicing in the bottom of the ninth.
We don't belong here, we should be content with winning central division titles. The playoffs are for major leaguers, and clutch performers. We've got one of them. And part of me hopes he's playing for the other guys in two years.