Oh, my sweet darlings. Finally. Finally. Spring is here. Pitchers and catchers report (Are there four more glorious words in the language) Sunday, and the dark times will be past. Batgirl can barely contain herself. And the local media are actually running Twins stories! Yes, it's true. Like this preview, from the Strib
Gardenhire's take on Mays' pitching program, deemed to be a bit too accelerated by Twins coaches: "I know he's champing at the bit. I told him if he goes down there before we start this thing, and he gets hit with a ball throwing batting practice to hitters, that [pitching coach Rick Anderson] and I will take him into this office, put him over this desk and beat the snot out of him."
Or also check out the Strib for this Q&A with Gardy himself, who discourses on the state of various Joes, the great sucking sound in his infield, and the emotional tyranny of numbering your starters. Or handy guides to the Spring Training schedule (first game, March 3 against your World Series champion Boston Red Sox), the starting ro', offseason moves, and something rather obscurely called "Spring Questions," which are not actually questions to be asked of Spring, but rather, questions to be answered in Spring Training.
Or you can check on the PiPress for...well, nothing yet. Maybe they'll post something tomorrow. That'd be nice.
{EDIT} Chastened by Batgirl, the PiPress is up with a story....Mauer Watch Begins Anew.
Posted by Batgirl at February 17, 2005 10:38 PMDearest Batgirl -
Your Boyfriend Joe - is on the front page of the Pioneer Press - I saw it on my walk into work this am;-) I assume an article accompanies the picture - from what I saw - his knee looks good to me ;-)
Have a fabulous Friday!!
Much Love -
Wonder Woman
Just for the pitchers and catchers -- spring training limericks! Now, I wonder what rhymes with - brrr - Lohse.
The Twins' dashing lefthanded ace
Won twenty games at a prodigious pace.
With the pitches he flung,
He took home a Cy Young
And put it in his trophy case.
Said the grizzled old veteran Bradke,
"For young Mauer I sure am most glad -- he
Both throws out the bitches
And smacks hell out of pitches...
He's much better than Blanco the bad be."
JOE IS ON THE COVER OF THE PIPRESS?!
*tries to stop drooling long enough to go into a store and buy it*
I can't wait much longer for the season to start.
Joe smiling with a day's beard growth very much so DROOL material.
Posted by: mas at February 18, 2005 09:49 AMThey started against the Red Sox last year in Spring Training. I think they lost that first one though.
Posted by: Mimiru at February 18, 2005 10:35 AMFunny, that "PiPress" link sends me to the Strib.
Posted by: Eric at February 18, 2005 11:19 AMDear Bat-girl, with the spring ritual of watching of Bull Durham, I look forward to a more steady diet of your brillaint Twins' coverage. Life is beautiful again...even in the toilet dome.
Posted by: JoeOh at February 18, 2005 12:11 PMPitchers and Catcher Report.
that makes me happy.
Clix-Fest on the same day.
that makes me happy, too.
(at Joe Senser's Roseville - 3pm Sunday for anyone interested)
The idea of the Metropolitan Sports Facilities Commission getitng a big endorsement deal from Eljer or American Standard or Sloan to market the Toilet Dome.
That makes me frickin' laugh out loud.
Sunday oh, sweet Sunday.
When I saw the Twins made the front page of Strib.com I was so excited I fell out of my chair (really, I fell out of my chair, it hurt a little)
I can almost close my eyes and smell the stale beer and peanuts, feel the crick in my back flare up, but most of all, feel my heart skip a beat at the thought of the words "And now here are your Minnesota Twins. . ."
Posted by: HooliganKat at February 18, 2005 01:14 PMHrm, some see the cup half full,
Other see it half empty.
Me? I see consipracies...
"Steubs has worked closely with Boyd and, subsequently, the Cleveland Clinic's Dr. John Bergfeld on Mauer's treatment and rehabilitation."
One should never seek treatment and rehab from a division rival... I will bet that Cleve-Land was still in the race when Mauer went down... ;)
Tribescribe, what are you hiding!!! :)
Giddy with anticipation,
YankeeFan
Cover? COVER? -rushes out to buy copy-
Oh, how I love Twin Cities newspapers, waking up to a Twins-dedicated Strib Sports section was great. Is it April yet? If not, mid-February will most defnitely do.
Posted by: Sam at February 18, 2005 03:50 PM"Twins Win World Series"
Might be better than "pitchers and catchers report." But I share your excitement. I am gonna pack some ice on my knee and think happy thoughts about Mauer
Posted by: soccerfan at February 19, 2005 01:24 PM