6/1/08

6/1/08

Now officially two months into the season it is safe to say the Twins are a contender for the AL Central crown. The Twins have the exact same record (28-27) that they did last year at this time. They currently stand in second place; 2 games behind the White Sox.

Back on May 2nd I predicted the Twins would have a .500 month of May. Well I was pretty damn close as they finished the month of May 15-13. Joe Mauer and Michael Cuddyer recently vowed to not shave their beards until they hit a home run. Well, Cuddyer got his last night but Mauer might as well lock away his razors for the rest of the year. It is hard to believe but our 6-5, 230 lb catcher has zero home runs. Just for comparison, the Major League leader in HR's is Chase Utley (6-1, 200 lbs) with 19.

I'm looking forward to the month of June as the Twins play a majority of their games against the National League. Even if they begin to slide in the standings at least I'll get a chance to see the Twins play a National League style of ball, which it seems their team is more suited for.

12:03 pm....Just received a call from my boss offering me 2 tickets to the Twins-Yankees game today. I passed up the tickets being that it will be 80 and sunny today. I don't pass up tickets very often so this may not be a promising sign of my loyalty to the team this year.

28-27