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Hopeless in Minnesota

metrodome1 My two game win streak is over!  Mark Buehrle got clubbed for 5 runs (4 earned) in five innings & Kevin Slowey had it all going on, final score seven to nothing.  The Metrodome lived up to advance billing, it sucks.  There are still three games left in the series, tomorrow’s another day, but to be honest – I’d prefer we just blow this race open, rather than have just a 1 1/2 game lead, too close for comfort.

I believe Clayton Richard makes his second big league start tomorrow night.  These Twinkies are really pesky, it seems like everybody in the lineup bats in the .310’s, with speed, and they can field.

The Light Rail is a great way to get to/from the game.  And I have an 8 hour Greyhound ride to Chicago Friday morning at 1:15 AM, leaving for Waupaca once I get in town, 4 more hours, maybe I should just use my gun and end it now.  What do male Twins/Cubs fans have in common?  They both pee in troughs, did I tell you this place SUCKS?

Twins land Livan

Ok, Livan Hernandez does not equal Johan Santana but he does fill a void. 

Twins GM Bill Smith probably endured more than his share of criticism for the Santana deal which netted four prospects for the Twins.  Perhaps even unfair criticism.

The signing of free-agent Hernandez does make some sense.  It was a one-year dealie for $5-6 million.  Let’s not forget that the Twins still have Mauer, have re-signed Morneau, and have Francisco Liriano coming back from his Tommy John surgery.  The addition of Hernandez who is a fantastic innings-eater (only three pitchers have made 30 starts in the past 10 years, Tom Glavine, Greg Maddux, and Hernandez), may be enough to make the Twins interesting in 2008. 

There’s only one problem.  The Detroit Tigers who right now look to be the far and away the favorite in the AL Central.