Shutting down the Crain-wreck

Jessie Crain was placed on the 15 day disabled list today with inflimation in his throwing shoulder. GM Bill Smith said that it was more precautionary than anything, but shutting him down for a week and then starting a program the week after is the best course of action.

In the meanwhile, the Twins recalled the 2009 version of the big sweat: Jose Mijares. Now this guy came into spring camp overweight, out of shape and in no condition to pitch in the big leagues. He has gone down to Rochester and done very well. He has gone like 7 appearances without giving up a run and seems to be locked in and trying to prove that last fall's callup was no fluke. Here's to hoping that the fat mexican isn't a mexican't and can get it done for the Twins coming up here.

Peace out.

Break out the brooms...

And send those fuckers out of town. Perkins turned in another gem, going 8 and giving up only 1 run. Giving the short bus crew a nice & needed day off, using only Nathan for a scoreless 9th. Tomorrow's a day off before heading to Boston, which will be worse than a regular game for them, Patriot Day tomorrow, so they play at 11am, going to be tough with a hangover I'm sure.

But it seems that each year, our boys seem to find something, some quirk to hand their hat on and define themselves. Sure as shit, 11 games in and a 4-7 record, the Twinkies found theirs for 2009. Don't worry about a thing, every little thing going to be alright. Lyrics from a Bob Marley song carried the guys through the sweep this weekend. Hopefully they don't follow any other Marley andedocts and stay off the dope.

What a refreshing evening...

I'm doing this in the bottom of the sixth, so I hope that it doesn't blow up in my face. But it's a really good feeling to see someone else's bullpen completely blow up and give the other team a big inning. The Angels went to the 'pen in the 5th and the Twins responded with a 5 run inning. 2 wild pitches and 3 hits brought the runs in. Could have been worse, but the Twins left runners on 2nd and 3rd...they were there with no outs mind you.

I see two bats that the Twins are going to have a tough time keeping out of the line up. One of my preseason favorites, Brendan Harris, and one of my preseason guppies, Jason Kubel. Kubel is on like a 8-9 tear with 6 rbi's and a cycle to boot. Harris is finally bringing some pop to the middle infield, Gardy should put him at short tomorrow. Please.

Two bats that are struggling beyond struggling are those of Cuddyer and Gomez. Gomez was facing a guy who walked two in a row and Gomez was up in the count 2-0. What does go go do?Oh yeah, hack at the next three pitches and pop out. Awesome. Cuddy's only 0-3 and left 5 on base tonight alone. Ya would think that a guy who is told right field is his and that's that would just relax and hit? Nope. Pressing as bad as Derr. Side not, got Curly to say Derrrrrrr today. Awesome.

I feel like the worst fan in the world...

So the Twins were en route to another route of a loss in the 6th inning. Blackburn had pitched well enough, but of course the bullpen was doing there best to make the Angels look like the '98 Yankees. Blackie had given up just three through 6 1/3 and Crainwreck immediately came in to give up 5 (1 Blackburn was responsible for) in 1/3 of an inning. Awesome. At that point, the Vicoden kicked in and I was out. Little do I know that Kuebel comes in and hits a salami in the bottom of the 8th to complete the cycle. God I feel like an ass missing the end of this game. But like we talked about yesterday, we'll all get another chance tonight. I love baseball. Mom, have a safe trip home today, we'll get the pictures of the girls up there for you and the girls in person this summer. Love you and travel safely.

So an epiphany hits me during a nap...

So today I got a nap in and during which I had a revelation of sorts-well of sports. Baseball is so great in the thought that each day is a new day. Sure statistics and standards are cumulative, but yesterday was yesterday and the last game is over. Now, I come to the plate 0-0 and my team is tied 0-0 starting the top of the first. We get another shot, we are reborn each day and given a clean slate to be contenders again We get another opportunity to have people say, "Wow, these guys could beat anyone on any given night." This is one of the greatest things I love about baseball. I disagree that it's boring and argue with the people that can't stand to watch each pitch, each night. Do you not understand that the play of the game or turning point of the season could happen on any play/pitch? Ask any team that lost their star to injury in a single instance. And as I turn the channel to the Twins game, here they are, starting a new game in a new series, tied 0-0.

Matt Guierrer burn in hell

I cannot stand watching this homo pitch anymore. So Frankie gives a half decent effort, 6 innings 2 runs and of course we turn to the BP machine. Breslow was ready to go, but again, Gardy goes with this butt buddy and it was inevitable.

Update: Breslow gives up a grand slam to one of the worst baseball players of all time to win a World Series ring: Kevin Millar and the Twins go on to lose 9-2. I predicted it this morning--either a 2-1 Twins win or 11-1 loss...close enough. Christ on a bike, the Twins are horrible at home right now and need to right the ship this weekend versus the Angels of Los Angelas of Anaheim or wherever the fuck they are from.

Well hopefully this weekend we can finally get some boats and hoes.

Good Bye John Madden

Thank God. Over due. About damn time. What else do you want me to say? I could never stand the guy, honestly. I know that Doc can attest, but I don't recall how many times we would mute the TV and turn on the radio so that we just didn't have to hear him and his ridiculous analogies. One of the most decorated and annoying personalities in all of sports, I'm sure that he'll be missed by many and mentioned multiple times per Sunday night games throughout the year, but he will not be missed by this guy.

Yeah, Happy Birthday Feever

So great showing by Baker yesterday, wow. I was pissed at my wife for watching other crap with her girlfriend while the game was on. But as we flipped back and forth and I watched the on-line game cast, with each home run it grew more and more obvious that the game sucked and I would continue down to the bottom of my Bud Light.

Baker gave up 4 home runs and I think that only 1 was a solo shot. Not a good night, I'll leave it at that and move on to tonight--which should be a beauty. Liriano and Holliday. 'nuff said. I'll be back tonight with an update.

Sorry about the lapse...

So after a week, here are some Twins thoughts over the first 9 games.

Joe Mauer--Please come back soon as possible. Jose Morales is young, scared as Skippy at a strip joint and was able to call pitches for all of about 12 innings and then Rick Anderson took over. Redmon is great and all, granted I don't have as big of a man crush as Doc does, but he does turn 127 in June. Please, Joe, come back soon.

Joe Crede--Does anyone else get the feeling that he is like Jack Parkman in Major League 2? Yet to hear Bert make the comment of how a change in uniform makes you change your attitude about someone (the guy's still a prick). I don't know, just can't enjoy the guy, hopefully he'll punch AJ Homo in their next series. That might get him into the hearts of Minnesotans.

Delmon Young--You're the odd man out here buddy, start making better decisions at the plate or you're on the fast track to the Nationals. Seriously, he might be better off by going up to the plate without a bat--this will prevent him from swinging at 3 straight balls. Didn't this guy hit like .700 in the first part of spring training? What the fuck?

The Derr--I don't know if he's taken a pitch yet. He had a swing and a miss on Monday night that hurt me. To say that he's not trying to fill the void of Mauer, would be to more than try and fool one's self.

Gardy--Stop fucking around. Luis Ayala is terrible. Realize it and accept it. Nathan can pitch outside of the bottom of the 9th, listen to Doc and Bert, they are smarter than they look.

Happy 30th Birthday Feever!