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!