Go-Go Goes Gonzo...

Carlos Gomez became the first twin in 22 years to hit for the cycle last night, and he did it in reverse order. He hit a line-drive dinger on the third pitch of the game. He smashed a gap triple on his third at-bat. He hit a bloop double next. And he fittingly hit an infield single to cap it off. In his rookie season, Gomez managed to do something that no Twins has done since Kirby Puckett in 1986.

Besides the cycle, the best part of the game was Mark Buerle getting his hinder handed to him by the Twins lineup. Damn near everyone had a hit. Hell, Punto had the game of his life, nabbing 5 RBI's on two separate doubles. Kobayashi continued his otherworldly pitching, giving up only the obligatory home run late in the game. And Burt saw what he had done...and it was good.

Rubber match today during work. Slowey returns from his rehab assignment in the minors to take on John Danks, who's right up there with Ross Gload as having an unattractive name. And may I ask what the hell Blobby Jenks thinks he's doing, scaring all of the children and animals and old people with that "father time" catastrophe hanging off his chin? Ish. Those Twins Girls never waste an opportunity to hammer on Nick Swisher's continually changing, and never improving, facial hair extravaganza. But right now, Blobby looks ridiculous. I can only assume that he didn't INTEND to look like a crackhead beat poet.

MADS - Mr. Gomez. This guy has so much energy, he could single-handedly light up the southwestern half of North Dakota. Close second is Scotty Ulger for the decent job he's done while Gardy's been away at the funeral of his brother.

CSMA - Scott Baker's crotch bone area. The kid was pitching well and you flare up again, sending him to the DL? Not cool Mr. crotch bone area...not cool at all.