On a day in baseball where you can get confused if
you don’t know players on a team (since everyone wears number 42 in
honor of Jackie Robinson) it was great to see the Twins power past
the Red Sox and take the series, not only with a win, but blanking the
Red Sox with 0 runs!

Did you know the last time they won three series at the start of a
season was 1987? (Thanks to Joe Christensen from the Star
Tribune, because I didn’t know this either!) 1987 was one of the 2
years (in my lifetime) that the Twins WON the World
Series?  Anyone else see our 7-3 stars as a good omen?  I sure hope
that’s what it is.

After Liriano was taken out, I was worried when I saw Jose Mijiares take
the mound.  His “cataracts” are really starting to bother me when he
goes out onto the mound to pitch.  The man is having “blurry” vision and
claims it’s because of cataracts.  Did you know that cataracts can be caused
by corticosteroids
(among other things)? Not sure what those are…click on it to
read about it.  My thoughts are this: Why doesn’t Mijares get surgery
NOW on his cataracts rather than wait until the end of the season to get
it done.  This kind of surgery is not a season-ending surgery. 
I’d rather have him take care of this obvious problem rather than
have it haunt us down the line when games are really important.

I’m really glad that Justin and Nicky Punto were finally able to pull
the sticks from their butts and get some hits yesterday!  I begged,
while listening to the game on the radio, for Justin to get a hit after
they intentionally walked Joe Mauer.  It’s nice to see that he made the
Red Sox pay for walking our MVP!  I was also incredibly impressed by
Jason Kubel’s diving catch to snag a possible hit from the Sox.  It
looked like his fridge (that he pulls behind him, or so it looks like
it) knocked him over just in time for him to grab the ball.  Did
you miss that catch?  You need to check it out!  HERE
Here are a couple pictures showing the fantastic catch as well!

Since they won this series as well, here are the 3 Stars of the Series!
3. Denard Span (he had 4
walks on Wednesday, a couple on Monday and still managed to get some
hits during the series.)
2. Michael Cuddyer (Cuddy
was the second person to hit a home run in Target Field, and his home
run was superb!  He also has had decent outings over the series.)
1. Jason Kubel (Not
only does this man make diving saves to catch a ball, but he bashes
balls out of the park (1 HR, 1st in TF) and also just gets on base.)

Tomorrow, Game 2 (technically 3 including the second of the two
exhibition games played at Target Field that I was at) for me at
Target Field!  I’ll be slumming it again in section 140, so no pictures
are promised of the players at least.  I’ll try to capture some other
fun sites at Target Field.  Who knows, I may go early enough to check
out batting practice for the Twins.  It’d be nice to see batting
practice in the new park (since I missed it at opener).  If
anyone else is going to the game, let me know!

Shameless plug of the day:  Know
anyone who would love a pair of earrings that are baseball/Twins
related?  Or a baseball bracelet to wear on game days?  Let me know…I
make jewelry!  Here’s a couple pictures of the ones I’ve done so far.

Other shameless
plug of the day: