The Twins Opener – Recap & Liveblog

Well, the season has begun! Sadly, we took the loss against the Mariners, but reading this moment by moment commentary will console you because I am so delightfully witty. We pick things up in the 3rd, with the Twins down 1 to 0 to Seattle.

8:05 – Good gravy in the morning. Adrain Beltre has a potent arm. He has thrown out the youthful Casilla on a difficult play far to his left.

8:08 – He (Beltre), also appears to have very hard knees. The youthful Punto strayed off third and the Mariners catcher threw behind him. Punto attempted to flee back to the plate and was harpooned by Beltre’s knee. Beltre appeared genuinely concerned for the small man. Everyone is OK.

Winston Churchill & Joe Crede – A MN Twins ‘09 Preview

Winston Churchill once said of the valiant defense of Great Britain by the outnumbered Royal Air Force – “Never before have so many owed so much to so few.” It’s very like this weekend for the Minnesota Twins…. And by “it’s very like” , I mean “not really, but I don’t believe in passing up the opportunity to draw moderately successful parallels involving Winston Churchill”.

All winter, Twins fans have been blitzkrieged by the melancholy voices of print commentators and hosers on The Fan radio saying it was another typical Twins off season. We knew we needed a third baseman and at least another difference making reliever, but yet our miserliness would leave us without either. We would stand pat because that is what we do, by harry. Well take this, you lugubrious denizens of pessimism – we signed Joe Crede!

The Messiah Cometh – This Week Volume 8

Barack Obama is the messiah! So says a new ad by John McCain… I weep with joy and mirth and speak of these things and other things regarded to Barack and oil.
Francisco Liriano is back with the Twins and more tears of glee stain my soul… I speak of this.
Perhaps most impressively, we’re joined by [...]