The Twins start a six-game homestand tonight, facing Texas three times and then the mighty Kansas City Royals. The Twins schedule gets decidedly easier after the Ranger series. I said at the beginning of the month that if the Twins could play .500 ball in August that they would win their division. As of today, [...]

Other than another masterful performance by Johan Santana on Saturday, the Twins got outplayed this weekend by a very good and hot Anaheim team. Sunday's loss was a bit tough to take, as they could not cash in on a good pitching performance by Carlos Silva. Meanwhile, the Chisox and Indians beat up on each [...]

Game Recap. The Twins won last night 8-5 over the Texas Rangers winning two games in a four game series for the first time this year. This game was won early, with the Twins getting four runs in the first and two more in the second.
Kyle Lohse was the winning pitcher, despite allowing five runs [...]

Today, ESPN has been touting Adrian Beltre for MVP of the National League. Beltre hit his 40th home run last night, tops in the NL. The Dodgers are in first place in the NL West and seem likely to be headed to the playoffs. Sounds good! Adrian Beltre for MVP!
Forty home runs on a playoff [...]

No doubt that last night's 5-4 loss yielded some lemons. Joe Nathan, previously untouchable, now has allowed six earnies in his last 2 1/3 innings pitched. He's blown his last two save opportunities, both of them coming after the Twins had just taken the lead. These two losses were tough for the Twins - and [...]

The Twins won last night 7-4 against Texas, the first game of a four game series. This is the fifth time this year that the Twins have played a four game series. In the previous four, they have lost 3 of 4 each time. If they hold form, the Twins will lose [...]

I have decided that this site should just be about sports. I'd like to generate a readership and I think that mixing sports and politics will not be the best way to do this. Therefore, I'm gonna take my political commentary elsewhere. That "elsewhere" is my new politics website, Founded on Dissent. [...]

I was on vacation during the last week and unable to access the internet. What a week the Twins have had!
First, they take two of three from the Yanks (and damn, it should have been a sweep). I was at the game on Wednesday night. It was great to see Johan Santana shut down the [...]

Excuse me while I laugh out loud for a while.

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From Sid Hartman's column today:
Twins manager Ron Gardenhire on why he is not playing second baseman Luis Rivas on a regular basis: "The thing that is a little disappointing is that the guys go down and do their early work every day [in the batting cage] and Luis has been up in the clubhouse playing [...]

How about Ron Reagan? Here's his take on W. in the September 2004 issue of Esquire Magazine.
Obviously, the young Reagan is well off of the Republican reservation. But, just read what he says and see if you don't agree.

I just found out today that Anthony Peeler signed with the Washington Wizards. I guess he won't be taking any more cheap shots at Kevin Garnett in the playoffs again, or for that matter playing in the playoffs. Hey Anthony, you really shook up KG with your thuggery in game six of the Western Conference [...]

According to the Associated Press, the Vatican has offered to mediate the situation in Najaf. I wonder if the United States, oops, I mean Iraq, will accept this offer.
The Catholic Church stands for a lot of things. It speaks out against Abortion. It speaks out against violence. It speaks out against [...]

Staring at a sweep at the hands of their closest rivals, the Twins turned to their 41 year old fifth starter on Sunday, Terry Mulholland. Mulholland is 3-6 with a 4.73 ERA. He couldn't break a plane of glass with his fastball. And he just might be the most important pitcher on [...]

On two consecutive nights, the Indians have pounded the Twins and have done so by scoring at least four runs in the first inning. They have beaten the Twins by a combined score of 15-3. That Cleveland has scored 15 runs is not all that surprising -- they are leading the majors in runs scored. [...]

The Twins lost 4-3 last night to the Seattle Mariners. With another Cleveland win, the Twins' lead has now been halved and is just 3 games over the Indians. After today's matinee in Seattle, the Twins play 3 games at Cleveland (no Radke or Santana), three at home against the Yankees (who have [...]

Saw the movie Mystic River on DVD last weekend. The fiancee fell asleep and missed most of it. It was long, over 2 hours, and I found it to be very good, even if a little disappointing.
To be sure, the acting in the movie was tremendous, especially Tim Robbins. He won an Academy Award for [...]

I originally intended, a long time ago, (Feb. 2003) to start a blog about baseball. I have always loved baseball, and I liked what I saw from various baseball blogs, especially Aaron Gleeman's. I thought I would try my hand at a baseball blog. Unfortunately, I was also in law school and [...]

I came across this story today about John Kerry originally published in the Las Vegas Sun.
Former U.S. Sen. Chic Hecht of Nevada is a staunch Republican, but he thanks his lucky stars for Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts.
On July 12, 1988, Hecht was attending a weekly Republican luncheon when a piece of [...]

The Twins have lost three in a row and have quelled my optimism that the offense was starting to come around. They have scored just 17 runs in their last five games (and one of those was an 18-inning affair). Last night they managed just four hits in a 4-3 loss to the lowly Seattle [...]

During the 2003-04 season, it seemed to be a foregone conclusion that Troy Hudson would no longer be with the Minnesota Timberwolves when they laced up their shoes for the '04-05 season. With Sam Cassell showing All-NBA form, Hudson appeared to be an expensive backup for the T-Wolves, and with luxury tax issues on the [...]

My nephew knows what's really important!

You have to wonder what Bush has promised McCain. Perhaps Bush promised him the Secretary of Defense job. I like John McCain... I would have voted for him in 2000. To see him out in Florida campaigning for Bush, well, make it three things that have put me in a dour mood [...]

I can't help it. I am feeling completely humorless these days when I think about "the big picture." I am completely aghast when I think of four more years of President George W. Bush. I realize that I personally will be okay, but I do not like the direction that Bush is [...]

Thank God it's Friday. I am looking forward to a relaxing time up in West Central Minnesota. My Uncle is having a family get together this weekend and my fiancee and I are going. My mother will be there (Dad is off riding his Harley this week) and I am sure that the Twins talk [...]

Twins Talk
I went to the Twins game last night with my Dad and the Twins won 10-0 behind Carlos Silva's 11-hit complete game shutout. Dad called it a "gem." Hee-hee. My Dad is pretty funny.
Silva was in trouble all night. However, he kept inducing double plays, and the Angels never really hit a ball hard. [...]

The recent raised terror alerts in New York and Washington were the result of information that was mostly gathered before 9/11/01. It is interesting to me that the Department of Homeland Security would wait until just after the Democratic National Convention to raise the terror alert when the information was almost three years old. [...]

I took my then girlfriend (she's now my fiancee) to the GrandView theater on her birthday this year to see the movie Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. Her birthday was during the last month of my law school (and during the week), so I hadn't really thought a lot about what to do that [...]

In the last week the Twins have taken control of the American League Central, running out to a five game lead over their nearest rival, the Chicago White Sox. Despite a brutal schedule in August, I feel confident that the Twins will be able to win their third consecutive divisional title. I feel this way [...]

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