Tuesday Twins: Fixing Aaron Hicks, Kennys Vargas feel-good stories, and other notes

Hi guys! Early lunch today? Then you can enjoy these links at the same time:

• The Twins' exhibition game against the Phillies yesterday was said to be the first time two managers already inducted into the HOF as players faced each other. The competition was absolutely HEATED, as Paul and Ryne Sandburg made eye contact one time during the game.

• Eduardo Escobar saw some playing time in center field on Monday as well.

• Can We Fix Aaron Hicks UPDATE: Dave Winfield has thrown his hat in the ring, sitting down to talk with Aaron Hicks in the Twins clubhouse recently.

• Tom Kelly talked to KSTP about his recovery from a minor stroke he suffered in late September and his role at Twins Spring Training camp.

• Minor League Ball has a career retrospective on Ervin Santana.

• Here's a good-feel piece on Kennys Vargas.

• Here's another good-feel piece on Kennys Vargas ("He's a smart kid," according to Joe Mauer).

• Apparently people are feeling good about Kennys Vargas (including Torii Hunter, who apparently told Vargas: "Don't worry about strikeouts. Swing the bat.")

• Bleed Cubbie Blue has a Twins season preview and some nice discussion about coming to visit Target Field this summer.

• Kevin Garnett will throw out the first pitch at the Twins Home Opener.

• MLB is pretty aggressive with getting domain names, and recently acquired the domain ".Baseball". Only the Twins and two other teams don't have "[Team].com" redirect to their site. Can you guess the other two?