70 years ago today, Lou Gehrig stepped up to the microphone set up in the House that Ruth Built....

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Good Morning and Happy Birthday America!  The Twins organization had another winning week at 23-18 with only Beloit playing less than .500 ball.

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I swear I'm not a twitter junkie (OK, maybe I am...), but this is from Kelly Thesier's twitter page (I think she tends to post news there before she writes the full articles):  

kellythesier#Twins to recall LHP Brian Duensing from AAA Rochester. To make room, they've outrighted LHP Sean Hean to Roch.

Thoughts? I think this has to make our bullpen better in the short term, but a veteran solution via trade would suuuure be nice right now. 

Justin Morneau is having a better season than his MVP season of 2006.  In my opinion, Morneau is better than Kevin Youkilis and just about as good as Tex.

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Excluding a couple of bad early starts on the road, Blackburn has looked really good this year. The question is, how valuable is this guy really going to be?

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I will no doubt flip out and maybe give up on baseball forever if this is true.

I don't have ESPN Insider, but Buster Olney just released a headline that read "J. Mauer in pinstripes".  If that has any semblance of truth to it, I will quit watching baseball altogether.  I will make it my life mission to kick the shit out of any Yankees fan I ever come across.  I will absolutely lose it, and most likely end up in prison for the rest of my life if Joe Mauer EVER ends up playing in New York.

Also, it's nice to be a new member of Twinkie Town.  Been a lifelong fan and Minnesotan.  I'm also on Norseman.  Hey folks!!

Current away record is 14-22.

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Good Morning from St. Louis.  Because we are at the weekend series with the Cardinals, this report will be brief and different than normal.


Led by the two short-season rookie league teams who remain undefeated, the organization went 20-14 this week. 

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Twins are at St. Louis tonight for a three-game weekend set.

The Cardinals are in first in the NL Central, which is as weak as the AL Central.

The Twins are 5 games out of first place.

It will be fun to see two of the greatest hitters facing one another in this contest.

Glen Perkins faces off against Adam Wainwright.

So far, Perkins has done fine since coming off the DL.

Let's hope he keeps pitching well.

After last night's 0-5, Joe is now 3 for his last 21 at-bats.  Just a rough patch that he'll work through or something more?  Perhaps Joe is the newest athlete to fall victim to the curse.  I don't know if any of you saw the article published in SI a few years back that they devoted to the history of the curse - it was actually pretty creepy.  You can see the cover to the issue here:
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/features/cover/coverlarge012102.html

For those with a little more time... I strongly recommend you read the full article here:  http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2003/magazine/08/27/jinx/

At the end of the day, Joe will probably be fine.  I'm sure he'll make me look like an idiot tonight with a 3-3 and pair of walks kind of night, but its still fun to think about.