Yay for Cuddy!!!
Yes 162-0 here we come ;-)
Ortiz did well, so that bodes well.

Excellent choice. Nice reward for getting hurt (even if it was self-inflicted.)

Twins baseball is great fun.

"Cuddyer delivered his first two RBIs of the season before he left Wednesday's game following the fourth inning with a laceration on his right chin." He has 2? ;-)
In all seriousness though,
"Cuddyer fouled a ball off home plate in his at-bat that inning which came up and struck his chin. He received multiple stitches to seal up the cut during the game".
Ouch, way to bleed for the BOD.

http://minnesota.twins.mlb.com/news/gameday_recap.jsp?ymd=20070404&content_id=1879797&vkey=recap&fext=.jsp&c_id=min

I have to say Ortiz looked pretty good. Though I'm going to be hesitant to say he's the answer. If the rotation rotates like it's supposed to he'll be out there for game 2 of the Yankees series. That'll be an interesting test of just how real this is.

Congrats all around on the team for this. Glad to see that it's been different guys contributing offensively each night (even White got in on the action) ;)

Yeah, Ortiz was...there. Not stellar, not horrible, just..... there.

Fun game to be at. Couple nice catches from the Tiniest of Superheroes and his Fellow Pirahnta Tyner, some sucky O defense, Kubel actually *running,* etc. Good stuff.

That's my man.

It was a nasty foul ball. I'm glad it didn't do more damage, and was pretty impressed when he hung in there to get his third hit before leaving the game.

Ortiz seemed to pitch pretty well, though I was in 115 so it was a bit hard to tell. Still if he can pitch like this for the rest of the year he should make a solid #4 once Garza returns and grabs the three spot.

And the girl throwing balls from the upper deck got one in the truck, first time I've seen that.

Cuddyer's first two singles were pretty fluky, but that third single came off of some good contact. I was happy to see that, considering he wasn't having the best start to the season.

Sitting in front of my MacBook with the GameDay Audio on for the first three games has been somewhat painful while my family in MN happily watches them on TV. But the past three wins have been awesome. Not to mention after every game, my dad call and yells "162 AND 0, HERE WE COME!"

I have to say I was pretty impressed with Ortiz. He might have to get honorable B.O.D. mention...

First sweep. Now, to welcome the Bitch Sox to Opening Pain!

Piranhta "in a dome" Chu.

3 good quality starts from our first 3 starters and terrific bullpen pitching. The boys seem to be hitting the ball so I'd say we're off to to a good start. That Ortize guy sure seems to be a fireball when the defense does it's job. Shaking his fist and all that stuff. We might have a winner.
Broker

Cuddy's such a stud.

Got to hand it to this team: the Nathans are expecting, so Joe gets two save ops to start the year and when the big day comes, they win by 5. That's being there for your teammates!

Naturally, my boyfriend decides to hit on the night I can't follow the game--and then gets hurt when I'm not there to comfort him!

=)
My goodness Michael - talk about taking one for the team!
Wonder Mom thinks you should be more careful =)

Much Love
Wonder Woman

THat would be two{2} quality starts, as 4 runs in 6 innings is not a quality start.

Dear Mr. Al,

Silly. Every Johan Santana start is a quality start.

Love,
Batgirl

"Now, to welcome the Bitch Sox to Opening Pain!"

Nice one, Piranhtachew...:D

Congrats, Cuddles McDimply on your first BOD of the season...you deserved it.

M.B. Cuddyer, B.O.D.

Those are some awesome credentials. I predict a good year for Cuddy. I think marriage is going to agree with him. But after last night's foul ball injury, I may have to start calling him the Crimson Chin.

YAY GO CUDDY!

I hope that injury heals fast.

I think Lisa Nathan should get the girlfriend of the day:-)

I second that Anna M.

This is a quote from the article in today's Strib...

"Nathan said he was holding the baby, having pictures taken, when Lisa saw third baseman Nick Punto make a spectacular diving play to rob a hit from Miguel Tejada in the sixth inning. That's when Lisa told Joe he had better get to the game.

On the drive to the Metrodome, Nathan said he told his agent: "I'm glad it's not a save situation because I'm kind of floating right now. I'd probably be throwing 100 [miles per hour] but I wouldn't know where it's going."

The fact that she told him to go to the Dome...well, she is a very special woman. I am proud that she is willing to share her husband with so many of us out here in Twins Territory.