Yesterday I wondered if we had anyone on our roster that you could call a "gamer", a winner, a guy that will do whatever it takes to break up a double play, a guy that will run over the catcher to score the tying run, a guy that will make the great play in the field to turn a double play to get out of a bases loaded jam. I'm not sure who that guy would be right now. The obvious idea would be to look to a guy like Joe Mauer (MVP winner, hometown hero, batting champ, etc) to have a Kirby Puckett-esque game to get this team back on track, but Mauer just isn't that personality.
Last night, http://www.twinsbaseball.com/ writer @rhettbollinger tweeted this: "Morneau texted #Twins GM Bill Smith to say he wants to face Lester tomorrow. Smith texted back 'We'll see you in Detroit' according to Gardy." Now that's a little disappointing/frustrating to me. We have a guy that is itching to get back and face one of the toughest pitchers in baseball to try to help get this team back on track, and Morneau gets shot down. Morneau is 9-22 on his current rehab stint in Rochester, including 4 doubles and 5 RBI in his 5 games. I realize the Twins probably want him to get 15-20 more at-bats before returning to the Twins, but when you're team is struggling all the way around as much as it is, will it really matter to Morneau's health whether he is playing in Rochester or in Minnesota? This is the shot in the arm this team needs as the season slips through their fingertips, and our "gamer" gets shot down. That's disappointing.
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