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  T-Jack jacks his knee. Tavaris Jackson suffered some cartilage damage to his knee in practice on Thursday. He'll have surgery to repair it and Chili expects him to be out a month. Now the Vikes need to name someone the third string QB in case (god forbid) both B.J. and Brooks go down in the game.
Maybe Longwell?  ¶ 1:08 PM 1 comments

  MVP?

• Buster Olney runs down the reasons why Santana shouldn't be MVP. The main reason being that Cy Young should be good enough. Hopefully the voters will take notice to Justin Morneau's numbers and give it to him.

Why haven't more people noticed that Morneau has driven in more runs (125) than any Twin in history whose name wasn't Killebrew? Why haven't more people noticed that, since June 8, Morneau has hit .374, and knocked in as many runs as Ryan Howard (87 -- tied for the most in baseball)?
That, to us, is what an MVP front-runner looks like. And there isn't an ounce of disrespect to the always-spectacular, always-mesmerizing Johan Santana when we tell you what he looks like: The Cy Young shoo-in that he is. Period.

"I haven't been that amped up all season," Twins manager Ron Gardenhire said. "I was screaming at how hard Torii hit it, screaming at what a huge home run it was for us, and at the same time I was running around the dugout, screaming, 'Andy, Andy, get somebody up.' "
Pitching coach Rick Anderson's response was: "Who?"
Gardenhire was now in his office, waving his arms in imitation of himself, and said: "I told Andy, 'Somebody. Anybody. Crain. Yeah, get up Crain.' "

• Pat Neshek gives his thoughts on his first Fenway Park games in the Majors and meets Peter Gammons.

When I was walking to the clubhouse I noticed that two guys were fixing up the roof of the concourse. It appeared that a giant piece of concrete gave out and fell to the ground. I walked under the guys and they told me to hurry up and go by because they didn't trust this spot. I found myself wondering if this place was safe or not. As I got nearer to the clubhouse I had to ask direction in order to find the clubhouse door because it was very confusing. Eventually I found a small white fenced in cage that was the entrance to the clubhouse. Inside was the smallest clubhouse in the league...smaller than most minor league clubhouses. The lockers were straight out of the old days, about a foot and a half wide, 6 feet tall with no space in between teammates. With all the September call ups, the clubhouse staff ran out of lockers and had to pair up a couple guys in one locker. I also heard stories that on the other side in the home clubhouse they had to buy wooden stroll out lockers and place them in the center of the clubhouse for all the new guys that came up in September.

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  News 9/21 For a little over an hour last night the Twins were tied for first place with Detroit. It was the first time Detroit hadn't held first place alone since May 21.

• The Vikings and Twins will be fighting over the Dome if the Twins do win the AL and the ALDS goes 5 games.

• Johan Santana has been playing through a bunch of pain over the second half. He also thinks Morneau should be the MVP.

• Best wishes go to Wayne Hattaway, the retired clubhouse attendant and lucky charm that still travels with the team, was diagnosed with cancer of the chest this past week and will undergo surgery on Sept. 28

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  City Pages hearts the Twins City Pages talks about the Twins "weirdest season ever".
Top 10 moments that Shook the Dome, even though a number of these moments didn't take place at the dome. I'm gonna hold on to this list. I have a feeling I'll have fun reading these 10 years from now. It's been a great year to be a first time season ticket holder.

Long time Twins Fan Thomas Hodne talks about the Twins season and his experiences in baseball. If you've ever sat in Section 120 behind homeplate, you've seen this guy. He looks like a crazy Santa, he hasn't missed a game in 25 years, he hates Tom Kelly and he says the Twins are going to the World Series.

This team feels much better than either in 1987 or 1991. I was down there in spring training this March, and things weren't working out. But Gardy was juggling, and was trying to make the pieces fit. And Terry Ryan is sharp. Some of the players then weren't with this team, and those two could tell that. Every player is with this team now, and with each other. That's the biggest change that occurred. They're the best team in the major leagues. Not based on experience or big names, but as far as what they've done to pull themselves out of where they were.

They'll win enough games to take Detroit and they'll win the division. And then onto the Series. It isn't easy, but I think they've got the talent and the coaches. They work closely together, and that's what makes the talent meaningful. More than that, it takes stamina and spirit to win the World Series. And this team has both. They won't quit. The spirit is really something to hold on to.

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  Magic Number 8

• Tommy John Surgery may still be an option for Liriano. Second opinions are a bitch.

• Peter Gammons returns to ESPN tonight and will be reporting from Fenway Park during the Twins - Red Sox game.

• Justin Morneau had his first 5-5 game last night, furthur padding his MVP stats.

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  Sometimes the bear eats you.

• La Velle E. Neal III does a pretty good human interest piece on Cuddy today. We learn how The Bear developed his love for his fiance and magic. It turns out that Cuddy is also an idea man and has an idea for a bar.

A bar named Fuel that would be designed with a gas station motif. A full-service area would sell cocktails. But a self-serve area would allow people to pour themselves beer from a tap shaped like a gas pump. "I just got mad when I'd go up and just wanted a beer and had to wait for 10 people to get mixed drinks," he said.

• I've been trying to find the "We're Gonna Win Twins" song that they play at the dome, I haven't had any luck finding the old version, but here is a newer version that's really groovy.

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  Notes 9/19

• Gleeman analyzes who to root for this week. Tigers or Sox?

• Check out Pat Neshek's recap of rookie dress up day last week.

• Torii Hunter: Better than Johnny Damon, but worth as much money?

• Vikings defensive end Erasmus James tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee Sunday against Carolina and will undergo season-ending surgery.
  
• What it's like to be a Viking Cheerleader.

• Two weeks in to this Vikings season and we have yet to see the Purple Pants.

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  Notes 9/14

• The A's avoided a three-game sweep with a 1-0 victory at the Metrodome. The Twins haven't swept a first-place team during the month of September since 1989, when they won three games against the Blue Jays at the Metrodome.

• The Twins have been shut out 13 times this season, one short of the club record set in 1990.

• The Twins are setting up their scouting of potential postseason opponents, which will begin late next week.
  Former Twins manager Tom Kelly will dive into the Yankees, along with Larry Corrigan, a special assistant to Twins General Manager Terry Ryan.

• The pitching rotation is still up in the air. Boof may be the #2 starter behind Johan. Either Garza or Guerrier will make the start on sunday against Cleveland.
  

• Is Tommy John surgery the solution to Liriano's elbow?
  

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  Done for the Season
"I felt a little pop, and then it really hurt"  ¶ 3:56 PM 0 comments

  Saints fight Cats, Cat chokes Cop.
The Saint Paul Saints lost the American Association league championship last night to the Fort Worth Cats. Oh well, it's independant baseball. The bigger news is that after the game members of both teams went to the Half Time Rec in St. Paul to have some drinks. Apparently things got out of hand and a fight broke out between the teams. According to the Strib the "Police said 20 to 30 people were throwing punches in the bar when officers arrived about 12:15 a.m."
When police arrived on the scene the Saints were apparently saints and stopped fighting although one of the Cats players continued fighting and started choking St.Paul police officer, Cy Dargay. Poice spokesman Tom Walsh said the player, identified as Cats outfielder Kris Zacuto, had such a strong hold on the officer that he lifted him off the ground. He officers had to use batons on the player's arms and pepper spray to free Officer Dargay.

"Even after police had Zacuto off Dargay, the man continued to resist arrest, Walsh said. Police sprayed Zacuto with pepper spray and used batons to get him under control, Walsh said. When police had Zacuto handcuffed, he refused to walk to a squad car and officers had to drag him, Walsh said."

A number of other players were dragged to Detox and spent the night.
The officer that Zacuto was choking was actually scheduled to retire from the force today. What a great last night.

You don't mess with Chris Zacuto.  ¶ 10:57 AM 0 comments