Twins declaw motor city kitties...

That's such a lame post title. I'm almost ashamed of myself.

Twins starter Livan Hernandez, aka Kobayashi, struggled early, but managed to "eat" up 7 innings and propel the Twins to .500. He limited the punchless Tigers to 1 run through those 7, only giving up the obligatory bomb to Magglio in the 1st. The Twins offense, which normally hold itself to around 4 runs, took off for one short of a dozen. The only downturn coming on Carlos Gomez's AL leading 13th steal when he got nailed in the melon with a throw from Pudge. The kid's exciting even when he's laying on the ground in pain. He may screw up a lot, but God I love watching him do it.

CSMA - not sure there is one. Pitching...check. Hitting....check. Base running....oh wait. Yeah, that's right. Kubel pulled a real boner trying to advance on that hot shot. I'll give it to him because he's gotta know that the infield is in and that it's a liner.

MADS - Morneau. Going the other way right now and not trying to pull everything = trouble for opposing pitchers. Close second is Kobayashi. The eefis was working and he rebounded nicely from the 3 straight turds prior to this. Third would be Rincon. I usually throw up a little bit in my mouth when Rincon comes in. But tonight he was lights out in the ninth, and the slider was absolute filth.

In other news...the Yankees are morally devoid horseshit.