Runs!
I want to start off by thanking Topper from Curve For A Strike for the “Twins Bloggers: Get to Know ‘Em” piece he did for this blog. I’ve actually found a bunch of Twins blogs that I hadn’t heard of before by following Topper’s site. Many of those blogs are now in my daily RSS feed.
Since I’m now a working stiff, I was lame and fell asleep at 9:30 last night. Needless to say, it was a pleasant surprise this morning when I checked the score from last night and saw that the Twins CRUSHED the Angels. I could get used to a line-up that leads the league in home runs! The thing that gets me excited is that all but three of the home runs have come from somebody NOT named Mauer, Kubel, Morneau, or Cuddyer. If you think about it, the Twins could easily be 2-2 or 1-3 if the bottom of the order resembled years past. But it doesn’t!
Imagine if J.J. Hardy gets back to hitting 20+ home runs and Delmon lives up to his power potential? I mean, even if the bottom of the order can’t keep this up all season, Hudson, Kubel and Span cant be this bad for too much longer. And if the bottom of the order can stay hot when the big bats come alive? I think we’ll be seeing more 10 run games against play-off caliber teams. They might even win a game against the Yankees!!
Twins News one year ago today: Twins’ Gomez in growth process at plate
Does anyone miss Go-Go as much as I do? He wasn’t a great hitter (and his departure is probably why the bottom of the order is good this year) but he brought a ton of excitement and personality to the team. I’m hoping he has a breakout year with the Brewers.