Physics Guy

I think she's done a good job during post game for the Wild, so I'd blame weather and first game.

Butera would have stopped it.

Joe looks pretty good right now.

Now that was a Fien inning.

Damn, I hope they cut him off at 100 pitches.

Looks like Verlander would rather face the Hammer.

Tough first game matchup for Hicks. welcome to the bigs kid!

Twins could have argued interference there. Can't remember who the runner was, but he was inside the line and Vance had to wait as he ran over the ball. I'd like to see it again, but if Worley had been there first and fielded it I believe you have offensive interference.

That was my thought. All Blyleven could do is criticize Florimon, yet Mauer's throw was offline. If it's over the base he's out.

Really enjoyed the article. I made it to two Twins games at the Met. I'm still mad that the first one, in 1978, was on a Sunday. Carew sat that game for Craig Kusick.

Nats

I was listening to Peliserro on 1500 this morning and he said that Gardy is planning on hitting Mauer #2. If true, we have some progress folks.

I agree if the Twins can make some progress this season. I guess my number one critique this season for Gardy will be how he handles the young guys. That should determine whether he stays since that will be a big part of his job the next few seasons.

So, not knowing what poutine was, I had to Google it. Yuck! I hope I am not offending our Canadian friends.

Well, not very good. DeVries was taken out after three innings today due to a sore right forearm. Maybe Robertson makes it past Diamond coming off the DL.

I think Mauer is slated for 110-115 at catcher this year (at least I hope he is). I'm not sure Gardy will want to go through more than 50 with Doumit behind the dish.

I good with anything Kramarczuk's. I was surprised they brought in Sheboygan to compete. I'm not sure I can get myself to try the new guys.

My guess is that DeVries gets moved to the pen when Diamond is activated and Robertson goes to AAA.

I don't have any basis for this, but just seems to be true. How many guys actually are successful relievers if they come out of the minors as relievers. It seems as though most of the Twins top relievers were converted starters: Aguilera, Guardado, Hawkins, Nathan.... I think Burnett pretty much reached his ceiling which was 4th or 5th reliever.

I'm not sure Butera makes it through waivers, at least if the reports were accurate when he was sent to AAA. Some would argue that it would not be a major loss if Butera had been outrighted, but Burnett is easily replaceable. Are we really worried he's going to tear it up in the AL East?

At least they didn't try Duensing at SP. I seem to remember Barreiro vowing to ban Twins talk for a month if Duensing was in the rotation.

Most likely Gardy isn't as comfy with Escobar at #2 as he is Dozier. I still fully expect Dozier at #2, but would prefer the above with Dozier instead of Escobar.

Lee vs good offense vs. Parker against two weak offenses. I'd pick Parker also.

Barreiro apparently isn't too fond of the Twins offseason accomplishments. He basically said the Twins announce their new food offerings to get everybody excited and to forget about their lack of action during the offseason.

This coming from the same guy who posted this as the top 10 hitters in the AL Central: "Take the gloves off 1)Cabrera 2)Fielder 3)Butler 4)Willingham 5)Martinez 6)Dunn 7)Gordon 8)Morneau 9)Swisher 10)Jackson" I simply assumed you accidentally left Joe off. Now I know better. Where is that ignore button?