With the Chicago White Sox in the rear view mirror, the Minnesota Twins will set their sights on beating the New York Yankees at the Metrodome in Minneapolis. The Twins managed to split a short two game series with the White Sox last weekend. I saw the Sunday game and the Twins looked great. Pitcher Johan Santana was totally on his game and the bats swung just enough times to get the Twins another victory. My boy Justin looked great as ever and the defense pulled in some tough hits to make them look like easy outs.
Let’s hope I can use the same “another victory” term in the next few days as the Twins face the Yankees. The Twins are 17-30 against the Yankees over the past six seasons, but the Yankees will be missing one of their stars for the entire three-game series. Left fielder Hideki Matsui will be sitting the series out after he was placed on the 15-day disabled list Sunday with a strained left hamstring. Twins manager Ron Gardenhire said that you never want to see a player get hurt, but he admitted that missing out on Matsui for the series wasn't exactly bad news for him.
Still, Gardenhire said that the task of trying to beat the famed club won't be made any easier in Matsui's absence. With a lineup that includes plenty of power in Alex Rodriguez and Jason Giambi as well as consistent hitting in Derek Jeter and Robinson Cano, the Yankees have their fair share of talent to throw the Twins way. Let’s go Twins and let’s try to shut out those Yankees and prove that the Minnesota Twins ballclub can stack up against quality competition.
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