Minnesota Sports

The Gophers had one of their greatest games of all-time yesterday. The PIG is theirs once more!!!

The T-Wolves suffered without Ricky. Knowing he's going to miss half the season with his badly injured ankle takes all my interest in the team away. Again.

sigh

Vikings have a bye week.

sigh

I tried watching the Wild last night, but they got behind early, too, and lost.

sigh

Looking forward to the rest of the Gopher football season, though.

Wolves Lose Rubio

They lost the game in OT last night, but that was because they lost Rubio in the first half. It LOOKED like a bad ankle sprain, but more tests will be done to make sure.

With the Wolves its always something.

Oh, and the Cavs won. Rotten NBA night.

One Down, Six More To Go

Bruno will be back as hitting coach for the Twins next season. As much as I thought he would be bad for the Twins originally, he proved himself last season. The Twins led ALL of baseball in runs scored in April and May last season, and they repeated that feat in August and September. Their problem never was SCORING runs.

Now Molitor has to pick 6 other coaches. I guess that's what managers do in the off season.

T-Wolves Win Thriller On the Road

And the Cavs lost again.

Wolves: 2-2
Cavs: 1-3

I'm starting to enjoy this season.

World Champion Arm Wrestler

This is not a joke. He's from Germany.

Cleveland Cavaliers Drop To 1-2

I smile.

There IS something worth watching this year.

Hall of Fame

If you don't make the baseball hall of fame the first go-round, there is something nice that baseball does for retired older players. They give them a second chance in the form of the Veterans Committee.

This year THREE former Twins were nominated: Jim Kaat, Tony Oliva, and Luis Tiant ( though Tiant's greatest claim to fame in Minnesota was a short stint before making way for then rookie Bert Blyleven, but he was a fun pitcher to watch.)

Kitty Kaat was THE man for me growing up. I still imitate his loping delivery when I try to impress people with my pitching "prowess."

If Tony O hadn't went down with a knee injury, he would have been one of the greatest of all-time, bar none. He hit for power and average and had one of the greatest arms ever. He was as good as his contemporary Roberto Clemente, but back then knee surgery was in its infancy, and instead of getting quick micro-surgery on a cartilage tear like today, they removed ALL of the cartilage in his knee. He lost his speed, and within a few seasons could barely walk. His loss was the greatest the Twins ever received.

Kaat and Oliva belong in The Hall. Far worse players are already enshrined. Rod Carew is on the veterans committee so the chances of at least ONE making it is good.

I hate that everything is determined by politics, though. They deserve to be there. I hope both make it.