Sitting here watching the Twins right now. I like the fact that Cuddyer has decided to knock the ball around a little bit more at this point.
A split with the New York Yankees would be great right now.
On a side note, when I was trying to type Yankees, I accidentally typed Tankees twice in a row, and then once again later. Does that mean something? I mean, c’mon. The Rays have gotta finish the end of the season higher in the standings than the Yankees this year. Right?
Check this one out. No doubt about it, Gomez and Young have the most at-bats for the Twins this year at this point.
I think this pretty much shows the following:
This shows a definite dedication to these players as part of the Twins future. You can’t look at each players stats along with the number of games that the Twins management has been putting them out there and think that that Twins think of anything but the future of the Twins outfield with Carlos Gomez and Delmon Young.
I just hope now that both of these guys pan out.
Yeah.
They both have potential, and have shown a bit of it here and there (Gomez more than Young). So now let’s see how these guys look as the year grinds on.
Who woulda thunk it. The Twins are in first place, yet again. It’s only May 11th, but to see the Twins in first place in the Central Division after 37 games is pretty refreshing.
The Twins pitching is what should mostly be credited, as they have allowed the Twins to win with a somewhat mediocre offense to this point.
I was holding out no hopes for the Twins this year. I always look at the Twins as a team that has potential to win the division. But they always have player turnover and from year to year it is hard to get a read on how good they actually might be. I mean, how many times have they won the division since 2000? That number speaks for itself.
I’m going to keep routing them on as if they were a winning team. I hope that the Twins can keep this up.
Dang.
What a way to end a great nap.
I woke up at about 9pm, flip the TV over to the Twins game that I had been missing, and the Twins have just broken up a no-hitter that had carried itself into the 9th inning. The big news on ESPN appears to be the current news of Gavin Floyd’s almost no-hitter against the Twins.
To me, this is really not a surprise. I get to see the Twins get shut down by mediocre pitchers all the time. It’s just something that happens. I don’t get it.
The Tigers have decided to not be patient with Jacque Jones and have let him go. His batting average was sitting at .165 for 24 games.
The Tigers brought in Jones last November from the Cubs in exchange for utilityman Omar Infante, who was later dealt to Atlanta. The goal for the Tigers was to add a left-handed bat who could help balance out a predominantly right-handed hitting lineup. However, Jones got off to a slow start, similar to last season in Chicago.
And so, it did not work out.
The reason I am actually paying attention to this is because I can pretty vividly see Jacque Jones flailing away at high fastballs in a Twins uniform. It was somewhat of a surprise to see him playing for the Tigers against the Twins. I guess I kinda forgot about him when he was in the National League with the Cubs.
I wonder where he’ll end up.
Jones — in his 10th season — is a .278 hitter with 165 homers and 628 RBIs.
He played for the Minnesota Twins from 1999-05 and hit .300 in the 2002 and ’03 with 43 homers over those two seasons.
Yeah.
They are in first place in the Central Division? Great stuff. One can only hope that this young Twins baseball team can hang on. If the Twins can keep up the solid play and general enthusiasm and excitement in their dugout, they should be able to scrape together a pretty nice season.
I’m not saying they’ll win 95 games, but I wouldn’t be surprised if the Twins end up with a strong 2nd or 3rd place in the division. I don’t think they’ll be in the cellar at the end of the season.
Carlos Gomez getting hit in the head
I cringed when it happened, when Gomez got nailed by the throw to second by Ivan Rodriguez during May 2nd’s game. Sounds like he’s used to getting hit in the head.
“I got hit in the head five times in my career, so it’s no big deal,” Gomez said. “I’ll see how I feel tomorrow. I did hit my head, so it’s hard to tell if we play tomorrow or not.”
He was playing again already today.
