After a day off, the Twins go right back at it tonight as they head to Detroit to play the Tiger for a three-game series at the Dome. Here's hoping the Twins players did some soul-searching out there yesterday afternoon and here's hoping that they made the most of a mental day off to clear their mind. It's time for them to start playing baseball and start playing with a sense of urgency. Playing the Tigers is a great place to start. Tigers are a .500 team and they play the Twins tough.
It's time for the starters to start pitching better and it's time for the hitters to start playing especially Justin Morneau and Joe Mauer, who was supposed to be the power hitters, but it hasn't worked out. If anything, I have been dissapointed in the M & M boys who were compared as the Twins version of Mantle and Maris by the Twin Cities media in spring training. It's time for those two to really step up now along with the starters who are not named Johan Santana. Tonight is a great place to start.
Twins should not be worried about how far they are behind the White Sox in the standings and they should not be worried about the Wild Card standings. Twins just need to worry about themselves and play Twins baseball like they have done overall with the exception of last week.
It's time to play with an sense of urgency. Yeah it's June, but you know what, Twins could be 12 games out and they may be hard-pressed to catch up with the White Sox.
Kyle is on the hill. It would be nice of him to get back on track. His last two outings has not been good and I am already convinced we are back to seeing the Kyle Lohse that we have grown to hate.
Oh and it would be nice to beat the Tigers. I hate Dimitri Young after what he said about the Twins in April and about how it's between his team and the Indians for the AL Central.
Bonderman vs. Lohse