Several times this summer I've felt like Vesuvius-ing all over our Minnesota
Twins as they've staggered and stumbled along. But since the All-Star break,
they seem to have, at least temporarily, righted the ship, so I'll be gentle. But alas,...a few thoughts:
What is wrong with CF Denard Span? His avg. and OBP are crappy and it's time to wake up. Within the last month or so, C Joe Mauer has raised his average about 40 pts to around .335-ish. Atta-boy....and about time!
I'm getting a little worried with this continued Justin Morneau concussion thing. He's been out about 6 weeks with no sign of returning any time soon. Beginning to remind me of what happened to former Twins 3 Corey Koskie, who had to retire due to continued problems post-concussion. Scary. With him out of the lineup and Mauer having a bad first half, could you imagine where this team might be if it wasn't for (and I can't believe I'm saying this) LF Delmon Young? Scarier.
All-in-all this is a good ball club, and there's no reason we shouldn't win this division by 10 games. The big thing will be to try and win the division with a better record than Texas, or whoever else comes out of the West. That way the Twins won't have to get pounded by the Yankees (again) in the Divisional Playoffs.
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