JUICY NEWS ON JUSTIN MORNEAU

Ok, Justin Morneau has quickly become one of my favorite Twins baseball players. I often refer to him as my favorite Canuck (aka Canadian). Well, word on the street is that my lover boy Justin likes to tip a few back (aka get drunk).

Justin Morneau's nickname is Canadian Club and word is that early in the season he was partying way too much and Twins Manager Ron Gardenhire had to put his foot down. The story goes that he had a few late late late evenings during the Toronto series (I hope their aren't any baby Justin's running around in a few months)and Gardy had to have a little come to Jesus meeting with him. Hello?! Justin you are a Major League Baseball player and you are whooping it up like a little college boy.

Take a look at his numbers and the numbers don't lie. He only had one hit in 12 at bats in Toronto! Probably because he was so busy trying to nurse that hang over. I wonder if Justin forgot to guzzle a gallon of water before going to bed . . .If he needs help remembering that little trick, sign me up! He is yummy!

LET'S FACE IT - THE TWINS ARE HOT!!!

The boys of summer have finally got it together. The home games have been super duper - we swept the Cubs and the Dodgers. That's a Double Sweep! Is there a fancy baseball term for that? Kind of like Double Play, but way way better (-: With the Brewers in town next, the border battle games should be top notch. Now, if we could just get the Tigers and the White Sox to lose a few, the Minnesota Twins could still be in the pennant race.

It is definitely true that momentum is often a stronger force than raw talent. One of our beloved Minnesota Twins players was quoted on the news saying that "Winning is Contagious...and so was losing." Clearly, the Minnesota Twins are on the winning side of the momentum equation. Let's just hope and pray that they can stay that way. You've gotta have Faith. . .d'Faith...d'Faith - oh, you gotta have Faith - that was my best George Michael karaoke impression of the summer! Go Twins!

AARGH!!!!! The Twins SWEPT the Pirates!!!

I can hardly believe that I get to say that! Granted the Pittsburg Pirates are a worse team this year than the Twins (some days that is hard to believe), but I am just so proud that my Twinkies could win a series ON THE ROAD!!! Johan Santana pitched another stellar game on Sunday and the Twins swung those bats like they are supposed to do to get the big "W" and go .500 for the season. We are still 11 games behind those stinky Detroit Tigers, but there is definitely a glimmer of hope on the horizon.

Next up? The crazy Houston Astros . .. Radke will open the series. Now, Brad I know the Astros won the National League in 2005, but really don't get sweaty palms about it and pitch a solid game! Radke has got to keep it together if the Twins have any hope of gaining in the Central. His last few starts have been solid so I gotta keep the faith, but maybe he needs some Botox in those hands to keep them dry so he can manage his fastball. I guess we will have to wait and see - the suspense is killing me. . .

VOTE MAUER: There has been an overwhelming grassroots effort to get Joe Mauer voted into the All-Star game - this seems like such a no-brainer - it just amazes me that there is even a question as to whether he should or should not be there. VOTE MAUER!

FREE JASON BARTLETT

I have been seeing these Free Jason Bartlett shirts around town . . .now that the Twins have called him up - is he Free? Best of Luck to Jason - I know he can rock the Dome! What do the rest of the Twins fans think????

Wow! I am starting a blog. I read several other blogs and I have posted a few comments, signed a few guestbooks and even sent a few emails, but it just feels more important and more purposeful to have your OWN blog. I don't know why I waited so long to start one - everyone is doing it - well, not EVERYONE, but a lot of people.

I am officially starting my own blog about the Major League Minnesota Twins baseball team. It's summer and when I think summer I think baseball - Minnesota Twins baseball! Besides, they say, "Diamonds are a girls best friend" if you are married to my husband - that saying definitely means BASEBALL DIAMONDS.

I was born and raised in the great state of Minnesota so being a Twins baseball fan comes with the territory. I have to admit I am not the kind of fan that knows all the stats or even knows what all those darn abbreviations mean and I just can't seem to keep track of who is on what farm team when, but I watch a lot of games. I avidly critique plays and players from everything to batting order to who has put on a few pounds or who has clearly lost their marbles to should we fans build a new ballpark and what will happen to the old one. Maybe I have more questions than answers . . .but it's my Twins blog so that's OK.

I love the Minnesota Twins and I love the idea of just blurting out whatever I think on this little itty bitty page that I hope someday will get a higher google ranking than shall I be bold and say a 4 ? Since there are 4 sides to the diamond and all - ya know, 3 bases plus home plate.
Hmmmmmm..................