Written after game one of the Twins-A's series; an attempt to argue that the Twins would have been better off with the Sox winning more games.

More importantly, it hurts baseball's feelings when you treat it like football.

Hey guys -- shamelessly promoting my presence on another website here.

Sure, if you're a Twins fan, you'd rather have seen the club blow past all opposition and wrap up the division title a month ago. But if you're a baseball fan, you've got to love these past two months.

Hey, guys -- I've been asked to uphold the honor of the Twins in a new AL Central group blog, and the first post is up.

I'll try to swing by for comments and criticism, and to chime in on the occasional game thread, but obviously I'm going to try to put a good effort in over on the other blog as well, so you might not see as much of me here. (And that's not necessarily going to be seen as bad news by everybody, I'm sure. *grin*)

Feel free to drop in, leave some comments, and tell me I'm full of crap, especially when I try to do things like defend Ron Gardenhire as a good manager...

LENIII is reporting that Matt Tolbert injured his thumb sliding into first in the final game of the Toronto series at the Dome. Also, there's concern that Joe Mauer may have strained his neck during early BP and may be scratched from the lineup.

When I wrote that this 40-games-in-41-days stretch would likely turn into a Bataan Death March, I certainly didn't expect the baseball gods to take me literally.