Ahh, what a nice weekend.
The Twins are red-hot, and two straight over the pathetic Cubs is icing on the cake. The Twins are going for the sweep right now, but even if they lose today, they've won the series. Who would have thought the AL Central, with the Tigers, Twins and White Sox, would be baseball's best division?
Plus, the Twins learned they are finally getting a new ballpark....long overdue.
Meanwhile, the first overall pick and three of the top eight picks in the NHL draft were native Minnesotans. Think about that, a draft of the entire world, and the State Of Hockey (as we like to call it) had three of the first eight picks. Amazing. That first overall pick, by the Blues, was defenseman Erik Johnson, who has many options right now: He could go to the University of Minnesota and play this year while remaining property of the Blues, he could sign and make the big club in St. Louis, or he could sign and spend next year as a Peoria Rivermen before making the jump to the Blues.
Also, the Minnesota Wild of the NHL improved themselves greatly by trading a draft pick for Pavol Demitra, the former Blue, who played last year in L.A. He will add more punch to a team that plays great defense, but doesn't have much scoring firepower.
So it's a good day. Oh yea! As I write this, the Twins take a 2-0 lead on Team Pathetic. Nice.
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Make it a clean sweep of Team Pathetic. I've seen - and actually coached - junior high teams with a better grasp of fundamentals than the Cubs have. I've seen better outfield arms in beer league softball. The play with Walker and Nevin today? Neither of those guys has ever exhibited the ability to play big-league defense, so why would the Cubs and Dusty Baker think it wouldn't hurt to put them side-by-side on the infield? Amazing. Simply amazing.
The Twins could have called up the entire Rochester AAA team and swept this series.
What do you think about the Bruins draft choice, Kessel?
I'm sure you noticed my Portland Pirates had a good AHL run?
Kessel did a pretty good job at Minnesota under intense pressure last year. He came into the U with so much hype I'm surprised he just didn't melt, but he played very well, particularly at the end of the year.
He's going to be a great pro, I think the Bruins fans are going to love him.
I saw that run by Portland from afar, Peoria never did play against them this past season.
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