What time is it? It's Valentimes!

Er, I mean it's time to blog through another season of Twins Baseball.

Well, we got the season started off on the right foot. Seven innings from the starter, followed by the NnN boys with two scoreless innings. Three stolen bases setting up two of the three runs scored.

Unfortunately, we also saw a few of last years schenanigans. Only two extra base hits, both doubles, out of ten hits total. Lots of outs with RISP. Nine men left on base.

But we got the win against an Angel's team that added weapons to the 4th best offense in the AL last year - including their new superstar center fielder (who went 0-fer-4).

So, today we have two MotH, and it's both their first time winning the least coveted award in baseball. Because it's their first regular season game as Twins.

For seven innings pitched (6 of them pitched well), 2 earned runs. and being the calm, collected veteran on opening day Gardy wanted you to be, I present te MotH to Livan "On the Edge" Hernandez*:



*Pulling a Blylevin already coined Livan on a Prayer, so Ihad to go with the second-most-obvious song, sung by Aerosmith.

The second MotH goes to new center fielder Carlos Gomez. In the lead-off role, Gomez got two hits, stole a base, and scored the first and the third (and winning) run.

No photoshoppiness here; just a high-five for getting the first of what I hope are many wins this season:

Hello again, Mr. J-Bart from J-Town...

...you seem to have a knack for driving in the winning run the last couple of days. To the tune of your second straight MotH:



Of course, while you're the MotH, Mr. Baker is the DotD, with many congradulations:



At least now people can stop asking Mrs. Baker if she has a bun in the oven.

Oh, and welcome back:



A great four games. And lest we forget:


Take that, song birds incorrectly named after a completely unrelated Old World Bird!

MotH, August 25, 2007

Holy hell, boys. Great game. Ye Olde Pirate Matt GaRRRza got hi'self in some jams, but managed to escape with minimal damage, and his jolly crew carried the load for the six thru ninth innings.



However, he's not the MotH. Four walks is NOT a MotHworthy performance.

Kudos to Torii for the three-run dinger.



However, even a three-run shot wasn't enough to get the MotH.

Driving in two runs (the second one being the one to win the game, even if no more runs were plated) and making a twisty-turvy-lopsided catch-and-glove-toss-to-LNP for an out (and quite possibly saving a run) all while going four-fer-four is. So, J-Bart from Jasonville, welcome to the MotH.

Well, that was nice.

Usually twins pitchers lose games they deserve to win, not the other way around.

Better be saying thank you to alot of guys, Santana. But no one more that this guy:



Yes, Jason Kubel, former Prime Minister of Lower Saxony*, is the MotH.

*I know it's a stretch, but damnit, I couldn't think of anything. If any of you readers want to suggest something, let me know. Perhaps a contest of some sort. Name that Kubel!

Besides, why should a guy shy away from a history lesson just because it has nothing to do with baseball, Minnesota, or modern times?

Sometimes it's the little things.

And by little things, I mean little people.



Why him, you ask, despite Boof's great performance? Well, he had more that one hit (one of them a double), including the first of the eight-innig rally. He scored two of the runs, which were good enough for at least a tie.

Hell, who am I kidding - as much as his offense has sucked this year, the two hits were enough to seal the deal for me.

But I can't forget this guy-



-For going deep in the game and only giving up one run.

Kudos to Carlos Silvaback for the seven inning two run performance, but it's nice to see that Cuddy's a nature conservationist as well as DJ and magician.

That, and grand slams are an almost automatic MotH.

Normally...

...when a guy hits a home run that is the winning run, he'd be the MotH.

Normally.

But when your starting pitcher scatters two hits in eight innings amongst 17 - sevenF'Nteen - strikeouts, well, you can't say anything but "Holy poop on a stick, are you ever the MotH."



Yes, that is a photo-mashup of Danny Trejo, star of the upcoming sure to be cult classic "Machete," directed by Robert Rodriguez. A bad-ass pitcher and a bad-ass movie. Pure awesome.