Twins v. White Sox II tonight...

...and after last night's thrashing, there may be some questions as to how THIS particular White Sox team has managed to keep the race tight. I'm going to go with my own theory here:  It's a liberal left conspiracy.  There isn't any other way to explain it.  The god-hating, morally-devoid members of the Obama administration and their White Sox adoration have done something nefarious to upgrade the White Sox pitching staff and to keep their no-hitting, no-defense squad of degenerates in the race.  In the same vein, it's undoubted that these same dirty tricks have led to a rash of early-inning exits by starting pitchers, bad mustaches/goatees and Blue Jay's second baseman come saboteur John McDonald's flying knee smash to Justin Morneau's head.  It's cold-war shit here people, with espionage, bow-tie cameras and antidotes...and the Twins are Russia.

But despite the efforts of the imperialists; last night's game was like one of those crazy Red Army parades with all the straight-legged, marching robot soldiers, giant missile trucks and tanks.  It was an exhibition of might, intended to frighten the opponent.  The Twins teed off on Chicago starter Freddy Garcia, chasing him out of the game before the conclusion of the third inning, and tallied 12 runs total.  Ozzie Guillen didn't care that we were coming to town.  The Twins made sure to remind Ozzie that he SHOULD care. 

Tonight may prove to be a different story, however.  The Twins send Glenn Perkins to the mound to face the steady force that is John Danks.  And while Scott Baker was anything but sparkling in last night's game, Glenn Perkins will be making his first Major League start in over a year. Further, his MINOR league starts this season have been less-than-stellar as well.  Danks has been pretty good this season and Twins batters may struggle to score runs.  And further still, other than the fact that his LATEST starts have been better and that he may feel he has something to prove tonight, there is little to make Twins fans confident that Perkins will pitch with any success.  Hopefully the squad didn't use up all of it's bullets in last night's smash-fest...because they may need some for tonight's game.

Update:

Well, let's just say that Glenn Perkins was anything but sharp, John Danks was more than adequate, the Twins defense was less than stellar and the outcome was short of desirable.