Thanx but no thanx

Today was a great day. The Twins snapped their six game losing streak and it was against the White Sox. Double Whammy.

This, however, was no ordinary win for the Twinks. This was a 20-1 beat down that featured a grand slam by Joey Baseball, a Matt Tolbert home run (congrats, first career bomb) and a starting pitcher dominating a White Sox offense that has hit four home runs in the previous two games vs the Twins. Can it get much better? Maybe...

The Twins also tied the White Sox record for most lopsided loss with the 19 run margin. Take that Ozzy. Did I mention that the White Sox traded for Jake Peavy today? Oh wait it didn't happen because Peavy wouldn't be caught dead playing for a shitty team like the White Sox. He probably took one look at the box score and was like, "ummm nah I think I'll pass..." Haha, losers.

So what does this mean? Did the Twins have a meeting called by the skipper himself (as Cheeto thinks) or was this a game where everything went right as opposed to everything imaginable going wrong during this current road trip? (I don't even have to mention everything. It would take too long)

I hope it is a combination of both. Gardy usually knows when to push his players and maybe this was his time to step up and challenge some guys. Joey was hitting in the two hole today and perhaps that is what it will take. Idealy we (yes, I said we) would like Joey to hit third because of his sweet stroke but he is a natural two hitter, he is just too big to fit the conventional build of a two hitter. Moving Joey to the two hole does weaken the lineup but you have to do what you have to do.

I really hope that this is the spark that this team needs. They scored 20 vs the Sox two years ago in the middle of the summer but that was also the year that they missed the playoffs. They need to get back to winning series like they were doing before they went on the road. Being at home will be good for them and the Brew Crew are in town so let's show them how baseball is really played...Go Twins