Twins Lose Big

Not a real great night inside the metrodome. (Especially if you were the drunk idiot that was escorted out by Twins Security.) Boof got off to a terrible start; I'm not sure if everyone was saying, "BOOOOOOF" or "BOOOOO". To be honest though, it looked a lot worse than it really was... I hope. He got some bad luck, a throwing error by Everett, a ball sneaking under Lamb's glove. 6 IPs, 3 ER, 4 SO, 0 BB. I've seen worse. Although my gut feeling is that if Blackburn throws well for the next couple of weeks, Liriano might be replacing Bonser. With options left, he may end up in Rochester. Enough about Boof.

After tonight's game, I'll be hard pressed to find three stars, but here it goes...
Delmon Young - 3 for 4, (only) R, 2B. If the offense can't get it together, Young may be shuffled up to the 3rd position in the order. He's exciting. He stretched what looked like a routine single into a double. (A head-first slide double... careful.) It was a relatively boring night offensively, except for Delmon.

Brendan Harris - 0 for 2, BB. Not a gret line, but he made a nice play defensively. He also had an error, but that was after the game was out of hand. In my opinion, he's solidified his hold on the 2B job.

Adam Everett - 1 for 2, (only) RBI. Although he's supposed to be a rock defensively, he made a throwing error on a routine groundball. On the flip side, he's swinging a noodle, yet managed to knock in a run. Right now, he's a step above Punto.

On the not-so-good side, the bullpen (Crain, Reyes, Bass, Rincon) was brutal. 3 IP, 5 H, 4 ER, 1 SO, 3 BB. The batting vets (Mauer, Cuddyer, Morneau) were equally sucky: 2 for 12 with Mauer grounding into a, you guessed it, 6-4-3 double play. And, finally, not to be outdone, Kubel and Lamb left 9 guys on base.

We can only hope for a better night tomorrow night. It can't get much worse.