Thanks, Batgirl. It means a lot to me. Now, could you tell your boy to stop calling my house after 9:00 PM?

- Joe

I thought for sure DJ Cuddlelumps had it locked in after his two-run dinger, but I was wrong. Neshek is human - who knew?

And LOL at the above.

I meant two run double, not dinger...stupid braincell/finger ratio.

Yeah I thought Cuddles was going to get this one... but I guess the tradition of stealing BODs from him continues this season.

Glad to see Nathan got his groove back. That was half a reference to one of BG's posts last year...

*goes off to search the site for that post*

Doubles are lovely when they happen, but they're only any good if you record the 27th out before the other team catches up. In this case, that 27th out was as elusive as a golden snitch, and I think it laudable to give BOD honors to our Seeker/Closer, especially because he's been smelling a lot of poop lately and not getting much sleep and hey, let's throw the guy a bone.

Whew! These past two games have been nerve-wracking. Glad to see we're getting the "a-win-is-a-win" wins this year. And 13 hits! Woot!

I was lucky enough to attend all three games and guessed two BODs correctly, only missing today's. Being in the park, it really felt like Cuddyer, but I support BG and her choices all the way. Pre-game, I went down to the pen to see El Presidente warm up---what a sight to behold (and a "smack" to hear as that heat hits Joe's glove). I had a very strong feeling he was going to sit the bitches down this afternoon, based on the warm up and the sing-song-y taunt of a Mariners fan strolling by who had the audacity to very loudly taunt Johan. Bad choice.
Just wanted to add this observation---last night, I sat near the players' warmup area and a small gaggle of TWINS fans congregated in the aisle near me---some were kids, and all were wearing TWINS gear, several had Morneau jerseys. At one point, Justin looked up and he trotted over and talked to them all for several minutes, signed baseballs and cards and thanked them. The highlight was when a young couple in TWINS gear showed him their Baby in *HIS* Twins gear, and Justin signed the Baby's back. Very sweet! I also noticed that Joe Mauer kept looking over, and it looked like he was kind of counting how many fans Justin had, and to see if there was any interest in him coming over too. Great SWEEP!!

SWEEP!!!
Missed the game, but very happy to see we won.

Kurtis - I was not suggesting that the "VEEP" was unworthy of the award - what I meant was that UNTIL the ninth-inning three-run shot, I thought it was Cuddy's award.

And yes, it was good to see (well, read on Yahoo!) Johan sittin' those bitches down.

Good times.

Scott- The twins site usually has Johan's strikeout reel in case you miss the game. Always nice to hear the other teams announcers marvel at his pitches.

Being the first team to 10 wins in the AL sure beats last year's start. Thanks Joe!

C'mon, the single biggest contributor to the Twins today was Julio Mateo, or to be more precise, Mike "f'in" Hargrove, who wanted to play with his favorite non-groundballing, non-strikeouting toy again, especially with the bases loaded and inviting holes in the outfield, what with Raul "lead-foot" Ibanez and Jose "rooted to the spot" Guillen at the corner OF positions.

So, if you were to stretch "the field" to include boneheaded moves by the brain-dead opposing manager for BoD, I guess I'd be OK with that.

Spent the day (and much of today's game) locked in a stiling meeting room, discussing the Grim Future of Newspapers.

Was reminded of an old saw: If newspapers kept shrinking, Dave Barry's brilliant column would one day be reduced to the word "Booger!" followed by a graphic icon that said "HA!"

In that spirit: (Picture of Cuddles). BOOM! (Smiley face graphic.)

Rallymonkey -- love the game's eye view comments.

I like people from Seattle -- but taunting El Presidente doesn't seem very smart.

Why did Gardy put Neshek out there against a left-heavy lineup? He's deadly against righties, but hittable for lefties.

"Batgirl blames the newborn baby, but she might be projecting."

Remember back in 2005 when Johan's wife had a baby girl and he lost his next three starts?

I don't think you're projecting. I think we need to call a moratorium on babies until the off-season.

Lovin the sweep. Nathan's fine, Santana's fine, Neshek's fine--our pitching is really playing way better than most people anticipated. I, for one, felt we have a better pitching staff this year than last (memories of Lohser, Baker, and Mike Smith are having a hard time going away).

But I just got into a long phone argument with one of my best friends who says our hitting scares him. While he likes the piranha style baseball, he feels it cannot win in the play-offs, and this was proved by last year's debacle. I feel, however, that experience is the better part of the equation than style of play. I mean, Torii, is about the only part of our regular offense that had see the playoffs before.

So it's kind of funny. I say we have BODs to go around on both sides of the ball as Nathan showed last night. I feel very confident that this team has turned into a tight-knit and very talented group of contenders. Without just being homers, do any of you feel that this offense's make-up is weak at it's very core and possibly doomed? I say NO!

dave paisley: Hargrove certainly made some mistakes last night - doesn't he realize that intentionally walking the M&Ms only makes the other Twins angry? - but it was up to the Twins to take advantage, just as it would have been up to them to scrape out a win if he had done everything right. If they didn't put together so many extra runs, Automatic Joe would just have had to record three scoreless outs instead of one to pick up the BOD.

Dash is growing so fast! I have to get his baseball shoes in the mail before he's too big for them. (Outlet mall shopping. The shoes were TOO cute to leave in the store. White Keds with baseball stitching. They're lovely!) Where does the time go?

Let's go Ponson, and please don't suck.

He Sucked.