The Twins blew another fantastic outing by Carlos Silva tonight, losing 3-2 in 10 innings. Silva's line tonight? 8IP, 6H, 1R, 0ER, 0BB, 2K, 87 pitches, no decision. J.C. Romero was on the mound and gave up the hit that ended the game, but I'll draw the horns on Lew Ford. It was Ford that dropped a fly ball in the 7th for a two base error that lead to the first Cleveland run. On that last play, any semblance of a good throw would have nailed Raphael Belliard at the plate. Instead, he made a weak throw up the first base line that allowed the winning run to score easily. Throw in an 0-5 effort at the plate and you have a goat.

Of course, if the Twins would have hit at all, Ford would have not been the goat. Current SBG whipping boy Torii Hunter did his part, with an HR and a double, scoring both runs. Jacque Jones drove Hunter in, but he got caught stealing third, snuffing out a chance for another run. Beyond that, it wasn't pretty, and a game to forget.

Contest: It takes a lot of time for me to update the results above, and I don't have it right now. Here are the top five positions after tonight.

The world famous author of this page continues to sink in the standings. After tonight, I'm 19th with just 12.5 points. Lots of time left. However, I don't think I'll get any points on Luis Rivas games played. I predicted 80. That was stupid.

Shout Outs!
A Shout Out! to Shane over at the Greet Machine. Thanks for your discussion of Led Zeppelin and Robert Johnson. It is the humble opinion of this world famous writer that you can't talk sports all the time. Anyone who can talk about Robert Johnson is A-Ok in my book. Of course, I'm not sure you have realized yet that Let it Bleed is the be-all and end-all. I do have four words for you, Live at the Greek. If you don't know what I'm talking about, you are missing out.

A Shout Out! to Cheer or Die. I can respect that you aren't the biggest Led Zep fan of all time. My quibble with them is that they stole a lot of songs from the old blues masters without giving proper credit. Not cool.

A Shout Out! to B.J. Hess and his blog. I like your thinking on a lot of topics. I'm going to work you into my regular reading schedule. And thanks for engaging me in conversation about the stadium issue. Nice work at your site.

A Shout Out! to Frightwig. The Hawai'i pictures will be coming eventually, as will tales of the cats. Lots to talk about there. And no, I did not smash cake into my bride's face. We are both too old for that kind of stuff. I prefer the glass of champagne.

At this point I should mention something about FW's page that has caused me to think. Apparently, there are quite a few people interested in these Twins medallions. Personally, I wouldn't spend two cents for them. But, that's just me. Everyone places their own value on things and I'll buy things that would make other people shake their heads in disbelief. But I do want to point out this. If one collects all 24 medallions at $3 a pop (plus $.75 for the paper on the average), it would cost a person $90 for the whole collection. Now, I suppose you could sell them (but I'm not sure how many people actually will sell them). A lot of people seem willing to drop the $90 without thinking twice for 24 pieces of tin or whatever metal they are. Essentially, they are worthless, or at least they will rapidly decline in value. Yet, apparently supplies are scarce, which has caused some hard feelings.

On the other hand, the Twins want a new ballpark. They are asking for a sales tax of $0.03 on every $20 spent in Hennepin county that is taxable. To contribute $90 to a stadium, one would have to spend $60,000 in Hennepin County on products that are subject to the sales tax. Because housing, food, and clothing are not subject to a sales tax (and I'm not sure if it would be applicable to fuel), spending $90 on a stadium will take several years for the average person. Obviously a tax is a tax and discretionary spending is discretionary spending. I'm just saying.

A Shout Out! to Seth. Thanks for the plug and I'll have to catch up with you one of these days.

That's it for tonight. Go on over and check out Twins Chatter. It seems that that boys are up to something.

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