Tonight: Chicago -141, Minnesota +131. I'm pretty happy about my Twins pick last night. I'll total up the contest so far and post it tonight, I hope.
I've really been neglecting my site lately. Don't worry. I'll be back.
I watched the Twins game, most of it anyway, last night. How about a nice four run inning with two two-run singles? And Lohse -- battling away. Not his best effort, but good enough. And the bullpen does the job.
Come to think of it, the pitching staff has done the job all year. If only the Twins offense was league average. I think it was Frightwig who pointed out that if the Twins had scored a league average number of runs since the All-Star Break, they'd be leading the Wild Card.
Part of the reason why I've lost some enthusiasm lately for writing is because I have to write the same thing over and over. The offense has let this team down. Why? Because they decided to sign Jacque Jones and Luis Rivas instead of going out for some real infielders in the off season. With that money, they could have signed Joe Randa and maybe Omar Vizquel, although Vizquel got a ridiculous multi-year deal with the Giants.
In 2006, the Twins need Cuddyer, Morneau, Mauer, Ford, and probably Bartlett, although I'm still not convinced that Bartlett is ready. Never mind that, though. Play him every day and see. Now is the time to play the young guys and let them adjust to major league pitching.
I'd start talking about the Timberwolves, but I'm not ready to do that yet. I think that moving Kevin McHale to a full time hunting and fishing role is going to be my main topic. Other than that, I'll watch KG as he ascends the career leader lists in the five main categories: points, rebounds, assists, blocks and steals. Only one player in history has higher totals in each of the five categories -- Kareem Abdul Jabbar.
Was it McHeel who said this T-Pups team just needed a little "tweaking"? Well, at least three of the top six will be gone, and they are locked into two lousy players (Thud-son and Olowo-crappy) and are about to commit to a poor player in Eddie Griffin. Right now the Pups are further from the playoffs than the Twinks.
Yeah, Moss, the future for the T-Pups is pretty sad. Eddie Griffin???? Are you kidding me? The guy showed almost nothing last year. Actually, I guess he showed a lot. He showed that he won't play defense, he doesn't have a post up game and he won't pass up a three point shot ever.
They shoulda waived Thud under the amnesty clause instead of Hoiberg.
Fellas, have we given up on the Vikes' season already?
Nah, COD has it covered!
Moss loves to jab me on the T-Wolves. Because I am about as big of a fan of them as the Twins, I take their repeated incompetence pretty hard. Naturally, Moss has detected that weakness and exploited it.
Moss, they'd still have to pay Thud! Hoiberg and Thud have something in common though. Neither of them should be playing in the NBA at this point.