Anther good sports weekend

The Vikes won, Chicago was swept and The Twins took 3 out of 4 to remain 1 game back from Detroit. All in all, a pretty good sports weekend.

The only loss came from a poor Santana start, but the Twins came back in that one, only to lose a close one.

Baker and Silva pitched very well over the weekend. Both had quality starts.

The Twins start a series with Boston tomorrow. The real news is that Detroit plays Chicago tonight.

It’s tough to know who to root for. If Chicago loses the Twins have a better chance of making the playoffs. If Detroit loses the Twins have a better chance of winning the division and getting some home field advantage in the playoffs.

It’s a win-win situation.

Dick was talking about Punto possibly winning a Gold Glove. Usually I think of that as hyperbole but he really made some amazing plays over the weekend. And nothing gets down the line on him. He won’t win it but I think he is the only Twin deserving of a Gold Glove.


On to another topic.

How bad of an announcer is Bill Maas? I am going to start keeping better track of the stupid things the announcers say. I hate it when I know the rules better than the “expert” or I can see the obvious that they don’t understand.

Bill kept saying that Gamble had to have thrown that lateral on his own. No. For one thing I don’t believe any player would just throw the ball away. For another thing the Panthers had a player running back towards the where Gamble was trying to throw it. Punt teams don’t normally do that. Obviously, it was a planned play.

He also thought it was an illegal touch to touch the ball while a player’s feet were in the endzone. What?!?!