Oh, This Bodes Well...

A scrub squad of Twins were three hit by the Concordia College Golden Bears yesterda, which is almost as embarrassing as being three hit by the Royals.

Twins have hands full with Concordia, again:

The Twins owed their victory to two unearned runs, both coming on missed fly balls by Concordia's fielders.

The Twins finished with three hits. That's no misprint. Concordia had two.

"Our goal was not to get anybody killed," Gardenhire said. "Those were our first swings [in a spring contest]."

Morneau's first at-bat came with two aboard in the first inning, and Jacob Schmidt, a freshman from Oakdale, looked as if he was in trouble.

But in a sight all-too familiar for Twins fans, Schmidt got Morneau to lunge at a changeup and ground into an inning-ending double play.

The Concordia bench, and about 250 fans, erupted.

"Everything changed after that," Schmidt said "We knew we could do it."

Posted by Batgirl at March 2, 2006 03:18 PM
Comments

I just think "Wheeling Jesuit" would make an awesome band name.

Posted by: BAT bandwagoner at March 2, 2006 03:52 PM

uh-oh...

Posted by: Stacy at March 2, 2006 04:04 PM

It may not be that bad. I think they lost to Concordia last year, so this has to be an improvement, right? RIGHT?!?!

Posted by: smaki at March 2, 2006 04:27 PM

Well, all of our regulars weren't playing..nothing to get panicy about.

Posted by: Twinsboy at March 2, 2006 04:35 PM

Regulars or not, these are "professionals" getting three hit by guys who were playing high school ball last year. And not the good high school players, mind you. They were drafted, and are also now "professionals".

Now I'm not saying we should cancel the season because of this exhibition. But come on! Three hits?!?!?

Posted by: Speedy at March 2, 2006 04:41 PM

Yeah, smaki... but last year each team had their OWN pitchers throw to their OWN batters. It wasn't a real game last year.

Posted by: aussie at March 2, 2006 04:43 PM

I realize that it was only one at-bat but WAKE UP MORNEAU. I watched Resto flail almost uncontrollably in a game at Dunedin last Spring, wiffing four times. Where is he now?

Posted by: Duquephart at March 2, 2006 04:50 PM

Geez. Relax.

Three bombs so far in the game tonight against the Boston Botox. ;)

Posted by: Freez at March 2, 2006 08:41 PM