A-C-E! As Easy As 1-2-3, A-C-E. And I Mean Scott Baker.

Royals 5, Twins 1
Tigers 11, Twins 9
Tigers 6, Twins 5
Twins 6, Rays 5
Rays 7, Twins 3
Indians 4, Twins 0
Twins 3, Twins 0
Twins 2, Indians 1

As may be seen from the expansive list of scores, I'm an extremely lazy blogger but it's not as though people actually pay attention to me anyways. I am arguably seen most frequently over at Pulling a Blyleven so if you really want to follow my insanity around, go over there and look at the comment boxes.

I apologize for not being around during the Rays series (although I really do not see 2 games as a series, but, you know) but I was too busy bawling. Oh wait, that was only the first day. And if you're tempted to make "hahahahahaa you mean you actually like that Jason Bartlett guy, you know, the one that commits errors as frequently as rabbits repopulate?" jabs at me I just figure you should know that Adam Everett isn't doing too much for you, rabid Twins fan who I will only assume is bitter, so.. shut your freaking face.

We all know that Detroit has had a very suckish start this season, now being 6-13.. but Cleveland's right with them at 7-12. The Twins are at 9-10, and the Royals (whom my band director in school has recently expressed major interest in.. he's got down their manager's name and that's it so far) are 9-9. The White Sox lead the division with a record of 11-7, leaving us back only 2.5 games. It is early and everything can and probably will change, but it's still slightly hopeful for fans of the top 3 teams. Myself included in that category.

Today's game basically proved my thoughts that Scott Baker really is the Twins ace. As good of a pitcher as Livan is, he doesn't have super stuff like Scott... in fact, all the games he pitched I can't remember well. At all. Oh well.

I just lost my train of thought, sadly. Not like I was on the road to a point, but still. There was something there. Oh, maybe it was along the lines "congratulations to Nick Blackburn for actually getting a win this time around, along with major kudos to Brendan Harris, and Justin Morneau." However, the only thing I am really concerned about at the moment is.. Carlos Gomez. Seriously... he probably could have bruised a rib with that flying bounce on the ground to make such an amazing catch. I'd also like to make a point that I am extremely happy that he was not a competitor in my local Track and Field days as a child. My ass would definitely have been whooped. I already have enough last place ribbons, thanks.

Oh! Grieving. My Speciality.

Angels 1, Twins 0
Angels 5, Twins 4
Twins 4, Royals 3
Twins 6, Royals 4

My apologies for not posting for four days. My excuse is what I believe to be a good one: I am briefing a period of mourning and it's the worst feeling in the world. I have been checking all the daily reads, though. Don't think I'm not being faithful to you all, bloggers.

As everybody who follows Twins baseball should know, yesterday night Michael Cuddyer was sliding into third base (head first, mind you) on Justin Morneau's RBI double and just so happened to collide with Alex Gordon, who spiked his hand by accident. He dislocated his right index finger and suffered a laceration on his knuckle. I'm guessing it was mighty appetizing to look at but there really no pictures aside from this, so have fun dreaming up the nice gash, which Michael said was "deep enough to see the tendon - but it wasn't severed." He's on the DL, obviously, which probably makes most Twins fans want to cry silently into their stuffed version of T.C. Bear. Denard Span was called up from the Red Wings to take up his outfield spot.

In other news, Justin Morneau hit his first homerun of the season today. He also had another double, which further gives those who were growing tired of the 0-for-13 streak a reason to watch the games again. Hopefully he's finding his swing now - we as fans deserve some good news to cover for the past couple of days that held a couple of blunders, lack-of-offense, losses, and bad news. On another high note, we have officially won a series - over a team that was 3-0 coming to the Dome. What up?! Like everyone else, I am hoping for a sweep tomorrow. Hoping, people.

Slow day, considering the game wasn't televised and my sister overtook the TV at 7 (note that she's 10 years old. My mother favors the baby, obviously) so I was unable to watch Squeeze Play. Oh, and I also watched Thursday's and "saw" Kevin get hurt. (There, I said it. I said he was hurt. I don't like to hear that. No, stop talking! STOP IT RIGHT NOW!) I wanted to cry.

Oh, and though stats "don't matter" (<-- I mentioned on Thursday, to a classmate, that Justin Morneau was hitless on the season and Jason Bartlett had already gotten a hit or two, prompting myself to say that statistically, Jason was better than Justin thus far. Of course I was given a verbal beatdown and was asked why I called Jason.. "Jason". I responded by saying, "Well, that is his name. Amazing, isn't it? He has a name!") Adam Everett leads the team with 2 errors. Hey, if you can't hit, you might wanna live up to your 'stellar defense', right? Yeah, well, how about you start livin', Adam? Jason has 0. GOOSE EGG, ZILCH, NADAH, ZIPPO.
Also, as noted by a poster on one of La Velle's blogs, Francisco Liriano's newborn was named Kevin. "After Kevin Slowey?" the poster noted. "Will we be seeing a Francisco Slowey in the near future?" I don't even know. It made me laugh, for one thing.

I am now leaving you, reader(s?), with two things:
1. Tampa is now 3-1 and leads the AL East. Which means nothing, really, being only five days into the season, but it is a happy thought for Matty Garrrrza and Jason.
2. Is it bad when I get all giggly when I see ERAs of 10.00+? Sorry, Jesse Crain, I guess that means you.