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The Boston Red Sox are coming to town for a weekend series with our Twins.

It will be a wild celebration of Cinco De Mayo at Target Field.

Cinco De Mayo means 5th of May in Spanish and it surprisingly has absolutely no connection to mayonnaise whatsoever. In America this day is celebrated with restaurants and bars climbing all over each other to provide the most special specials. The true spirit of this celebration is expressed with a Margarita bucket or a 6 pack and a pound from Taco John’s. I myself have participated in a few Cinco De Mayos. I don’t remember much about those nights but I clearly remember El Seis De Mayo. Seis apparently means suffering in Spanish.

Here are some things to think about:

 

1. Winona – Approximately 27 thousand people call Winona home in the far Southeastern corner of Minnesota. In the Dakota language… Winona means “Almost Wisconsin.” The town is watched over by a rock pinnacle on a bluff called Sugar Loaf. Everyone assumed it was a bluff being named Sugar Loaf… but it was not a bluff… they were serious and now the town is full of green-eyed ladies and the town motto is “Don’t Call Us, We’ll Call You." Winona is the home of J.R. Watkins, a company that started selling pain reliever door to door before adding cinnamon, peppercorns and eventually baby wipes to the product line. None of those things are particularly effective for relieving pain, but it gives old people an excuse to visit people in their homes. Winona also holds the distinction of being the warmest place in Minnesota with an average temp of 48.9. Being the warmest place in Minnesota is like being the jumboest of jumbo shrimp.

2. Our Twins – The only thing we really have to complain about is Kyle Gibson and he has been removed for the time being so that’s gone. The bats performed fairly well against Oakland. Sano has remained a slugger supreme and even when Molitor was accused of trying to ruin things by playing the bench yesterday afternoon, that bench went out and produced all of the hits and runs. Without Escobar, Gimenez and Santana driving in 4 of the teams 5 runs… we would have won… obviously.

3. The Red Sox – They are probably tired of playing all that bean ball with the Baltimore Orioles and are ready for a team that doesn’t throw all that hard. On paper the Red Sox were supposed to be the team to beat. They were loaded on the mound, in the bullpen and at each position. They have a payroll of $197million so they are supposed to be good, but as it stands right now, the Red Sox have won one more game and lost one more game than the Twins. If they keep up that pace… the Red Sox will play 164 games while the Twins play 162.

4. Today’s Joe M Conversation

Montana: Does anybody feel silly running from that Helicopter on Tuesday?

Mauer: Yeah a little

Montana: It was just a random whatever… totally unrelated to Jon Mantegna walking away upset.

McCarthy: What are the odds of that happening at that exact moment?

Maddon: Yeah… I admit… the circumstances… Joe Mantagna… considering it all… it was pretty frightening. There is no reason for us to feel silly. Anybody would have reacted the same way.

McCarthy: I didn’t like the neighbor laughing at us like that.

Montana: It was his drone delivery from Amazon.

Mauer: Yeah… obviously he was ready for it… he knew it was coming.

Maddon: That’s why he wasn’t scared.

5. Big Enough – I was watching an old western and I heard the famous line, “This town ain’t big enough for the both of us.” I thought to myself… we’ve gotten a lot better at architecture and city planning since then.
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Lineups:

RED SOX
Dustin Pedroia 2B
Andrew Benintendi LF
Mookie Betts RF
Hanley Ramirez DH
Xander Bogaerts SS
Mitch Moreland 1B
Josh Rutledge 3B
Jackie Bradley CF
Christian Vazquez C

Eduardo Rodriguez P

TWINS
Brian Dozier 2B
Joe Mauer 1B
Miguel Sano 3B
Robbie Grossman RF
Max Kepler CF
Eduardo Escobar DH
Jason Castro C
Jorge Polanco SS
Eddie Rosario LF

Phil Hughes P

Weather: 74 deg F, clear, no rain, a little breezy at 13mph from the WNW. Sigh. About 30 degrees better than Chicago right now. And Chicago fans complain about Target Field not having a roof because of the cold. Hmmm ...

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The Boston Red Sox are coming to town for a weekend series with our Twins. It will be a wild celebration of Cinco De Mayo at Target Field. Cinco De Mayo means 5th of May in Spanish and it surprising

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That's the most excited I've ever seen Joe. Good for that guy.

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Famous for Bloedow's ... best donuts in the state!

 

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My favorite are the maple-frosted long johns:

 

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Krispy Kreme opened a store in Winona ... and closed within months. Why go and eat awful donuts when you can have the best from Bloedow's?

 

My goodness.... Stomach is growling now.... 

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Be interesting to see Benitendi, the pick after the Twins selected a relief pitcher (Jay)they tired turning into a starter who now they turned back into a reliever and may end up turning into a pumpkin donut.

 

Actually rather have a donut than think about that. I kind of like blueberry donuts with cream cheese frosting.

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Any word on Sano's appeal and if he'll be suspended for tonight's game?

 

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