Sunday

Romero tanked the Twins. I didn't even know we had him any more.

BUT the Twins officially have the all-time home run record for a team in a season, 307. The Yankees had to settle for 306.

As to the Vikings, all I can think is that we wasted over $80 million on a quarterback who is one of the worst players I have ever seen. I gave him the benefit of a doubt last year. I am no longer doing that. Meanwhile, Teddy Bridgewater is leading the Saints over the undefeated Cowboys in primetime last night. And Case Keenum is being wasted on that train wreck of a franchise in D.C.

Management blew it. And the fans will be suffering for years.

I'm taking a break until Friday when the Twins play again.

Unless something big happens.

Twins!!

The bullpen rotation worked!

I always knew this was a good idea!

One home run behind the Yankees with one game to go!

sigh? It's been determined that the Yankees are our opponents in the first round of the play-offs. They have beat us in 92 straight play-off games...

...or something like that.

Go Twins!!!

And go Vikings!!!

Twins!!

100 wins! Only the second time in history the Twins have got that many.

sigh? The Yankees hit SIX home runs last night. They are up 305-303. (We hit two.)

Go Twins!!!

Twins!!

1st team to ever hit 300 homers in a season! Schoop got the bomba. The turtle got another later.

The Yankees were shut out last night! They are still at 299.

Smeltzer! Got the win.

Subs! Most of the regular starters had the day off.

Go Twins!!!

Magic Number is ZERO!!!

Magic Number is TWO!!

A 4 game lead in the division with 5 games to play.

Cleveland is fighting for their playoff life. The Rays and Athletics each have one more win than Cleveland for the Wild Card spots. It's not just the Twins they're chasing. All losses are critical for them.

Go Twins!!!

Baseball

6 games left in the season for both the Twins and Cleveland.

It should be interesting...

Vikings!!

Sunday sports viewing was much more pleasant this week.

Defense! Until that meaningless TD at the end, they were brilliant.

Cook! Three straight 100 yard games to start the season. 375 total.

Rushing attack! They lead the league.

Cousins! He hands the ball off well.

Go Vikings!!!

Magic Number is THREE!!

Cruz! Career number 400.

Sano! Two more.

sigh? If Perez was in professional boxing, he would be in the roll of a used punching bag. IF we make the playoffs, I don't think he will be on the roster.

sigh? Cleveland won.

Go Twins!!!

Magic Number is FOUR!!

No thanks to us.

Magic Number is Five!!

Go Twins!!

Magic Number is Six!!

4 game lead!

4 more home runs!

TWO by Cruz!

Go Twins!!!

Magic Number Still Seven

We can all figure out what happened last night from that headline.

sigh

Twins!!

7 game magic number!

5 players with at least 30 home runs! NO team has ever done that before.

Still two homers ahead of the Yankees!

Pitching? Awful last night. Perez looked even worse than usual, squandering a five run lead.

sigh? Cleveland won, too.

Go Twins!!!

Twins!!

Berrios! Pitched into the eighth.

Hitting? Just enough.

5 game lead with 2 weeks to go!

Go Twins!!!

Difficult Sunday Viewing

Minnesota teams stunk up the joint yesterday. And I mean that sincerely.

Twins!!

Sweep double-header! 5 1/2 game lead with 12 games left.

Sano's grandslam! In the eighth to give the Twins a 4-run lead in the second game.

Closers pitch a shutout in the first game!

Go Twins!!!

Twins!!

Berrios!  FINALLY, he looked like his old self.

Bullpen. No runs either.

Garver. His 30th of the season.

Sigh? Cleveland won, too.

heavy sigh? Buxton is done for the season. Torn labrum. Surgery needed.

More sighs? The Yankees hit a boatload of homers last night. They are now TIED with the Twins. 276 each.

Other baseball news? The Dodgers won their division last night. That's seven straight times.

The Brewers lost MVP, Yelich, to a fractured knee cap.

Go Twins!!!

Sports Stuff

The Yankees, with three homers yesterday, are now just SEVEN behind the Twins for the all-time mark.

Within 10 days, most think the now healthy Yankees will pass the Twins whose pace is slowing. It was nice while it lasted.

The NBA has decided to ban the "ninja headbands" for this coming season. A few players started wearing them last year and the NBA decided to wait until the off-season to do something about it. I'm glad. They looked more like a cheap "Karate Kid" rag than a ninja. Sometimes style is important.

New England and New Orleans really looked good in their NFL season debuts. The Vikes will have their work cut out for them this year.

Oh, and Cleveland won again. The Twins have their work cut out for them, too.

Vikings!!

It's a good thing that they were physically dominant, because they made all the same mental mistakes they made last year. (I mean, how many times can you be drawn offsides like that, really?)

They pitched a shutout through three quarters and then started playing cautiously (prevent defense and no passing) for the final quarter.

They won based on their spectacular defensive plays and running the ball in those first three quarters.

The fourth quarter looked like preseason.

Go Vikings!

Twins!!

Garver! TWO homers.

Heavy, heavy sigh? Pineda, lost for the year, for trying to lose weight. Our chances of doing anything great this year without him?

slim to none

sigh

Twins!!

Great pitching!

Timely hitting!

A great throw to end the game!

Cleveland lost!

Fantastic road trip!

Go Twins!!!

The Packers beat the Bears last night to start the season. All seems normal now.

Go Vikings!!!

Twins!!

Nine out of their last ten!

Sano!

Cruz!

Cleveland lost! 6 1/2 game lead.

Makeshift pitching? I can't exactly call it great, but it got the job done.

Go Twins!!!

Twins!!

Adrianza! Home run.

Odorizzi! 5 innings. Three runs. Seven strikeouts.

Kepler! 2-Run bases loaded single in eighth.

Bullpen! No runs.

6-1 so far on road trip! 5 1/2 game lead.

sigh? Cleveland won.

sigh? Last three games of road trip are in Boston.

Twins!!

Cleveland lost again. Twins have a 5 1/2 game lead.

8 runs! Though no homers.

Pineda! Just 2 earned runs in six innings,

sigh? The next 4 series.

Shoutout to Verlander for Houston! That's career no-hitter number three.

sigh

I can't be too upset. The Twins did have 6 really good starts in a row. That third inning? Boy, howdy.

I think this is a preview of things to come. They hit SIX home runs and still managed to lose.

They eclipsed the all-time home run mark in the process and still lost.

The playoffs are going to look a lot like this.

The good news? Cleveland lost. Go Rays.

And Go Twins!!!