Kohl Stewart and Jeff George

Mile Pelfrey was actually pretty good last night. He gave up three runs in a little over 6 innings and he made it through the sixth for the first time all year. But the bullpen gave up as many runs LAST NIGHT as they've given up in the last couple of weeks. And the offense wasted a couple of early chances...

...but let's talk about something else.

Kohl Stewart, one of the best athletes that the state of Texas has ever produced, (much like Joe Mauer, he was recruited by a huge college to be their next quarterback) has been drafted fourth by the Twins in the draft. It looks like he's going to accept the big dollar contract and pitch for the Twins instead.

Obviously baseball draft picks from high school have to season a while in the minors before they are ready for the big-time, but it's nice to know that the Twins picked someone extremely talented for their system.

This isn't football, we won't know if he's a good draft choice or not for several years.

Speaking of football, Super Steve mentioned to the Casually Observing Wife yesterday that Jeff George is going to be a "guest" QB coach for the Vikings for a while as well. Frasier just wants Ponder and Castle to pick his brain some to see what kind of advice he can offer them.

George is a good choice. He "bombed" when he first came out of college, but later in his career, he learned HOW to play the game and was quite successful toward the end. Of course he had a rocket for an arm, something that Ponder and Castle can only DREAM about, so the similarities MIGHT end there. If George were in shape right now, I'd still take him over both of our current QBs.

So how's Joe Webb doing at receiver? Reports are that he's really bad, at this point, at running crisp routes, but that's expected at this stage of the training. The good news? He has the best and softest receiver hands for a Viking since Cris Carter. He also knows the plays so well, that he can tell other receivers WHERE they should be standing when they line up wrong. It's like having a receiver coach playing the game. The Vikes also are planning on using Webb as a punt returner. I was hoping for kick-offs (he used to) but that may come in time. The Vikings want Webb involved in the offense this year. Percy is going to be tough to replace, but they are thinking of Webb in those terms. Getting excited. Training camp starts July 25th.