baseball, basketball, and a guest blogger... what more could you ask for?

Hey,
This is Drew, and I'll be blogging tonight for ol Rob because he said i could. He probably also knew there were lots to cover, so being lazy, thought i would do it. Let's get it started:
Twinkies:
I'm not sure what to expect with this years roster. They have the ability to be amazing... but then again, could also dissapoint like we've seen in MN athletics before. With an opening win 7-4 to the Baltimore Orioles, this season does look promising. Even though the Twins have suffered another loss in Herb Carneal, I think the loss of Puckett was a little worse last year. I think the announcers over did it a little during the game... he was an older guy and he wasn't gonna live forever ya know? Puckett was young... Herb wasn't. It's not that I'm not sad, but I hope it will eventually die down so it's not every other sentence from Bert. I'm sure you all saw this last year, but here it is again:

I also enjoy these two commercials:




Some notes from the game...
Joe Mauer started out where he left off getting a hit from the first pitch he saw tonight. He went 1 for 3 with a walk. He's from MN?
Justin Morneau also started out strong with a home run. He went 3 for 4 with 2 RBIs. OOOOOHHHH Caaannaaaaadaaaaa!!
Hunter and Castillo also did well going 2 for 4 and 3 for 5 repectively. Twins set a record for there club, hitting back to back homeruns on opening night. As Bedard of Baltimore wound up for the pitch to Hunter... I did call his homerun.
Johan, though scary at times, pitched very well. 6 innings, 7 hits and 6 strikeouts aren't bad stats... I was just worried about his 2 walks. Okay i wasn't that worried, but i didn't expect it from him.
The surprise of the night was White. His play in left field was huge, but he also walked. He hadn't walked in the first 19 games last year, but he did today. This shows he has matured in the off season and he could really help this year...
Maybe it was just me, but it was also cool to see our DH batting 8TH...
It was also nice to see the bats back up Santana... hopefully it keeps up!!

I didn't like seeing Cuddy strikeout six times, but that's kinda what he does.

Wolves talk:
Yuck
I'm all about winning, but they need to start loosing. We desperately need that first round pick cause McHale's a dumbass. We need it to not only do better this year, but I'd like to see KG at least one more year... Foye, McCants, Ricky Davis or some other scorer that is more consitent, KG, and Markee B... not bad but...
Here's another team I'd like to see him on though:
http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/9891/kevingarnettlakers0kiil1.jpg
KG's more versitle than Shaq and they could run the floor. Kobe also hits the shots at the end of the game... so KG doesn't need too. Trust me, it would work. A trade could make the lineups look like this...
Lakers
PG Smush Parker
SG Kobe Bryant
SF Luke Walton
PF Kevin Garnett
C Andrew Bynum
Timberwolves
PG Mike James/Randy Foye
SG Ricky Davis
SF Lamar Odom
PF Radmanovic
C Kwame Brown
I love KG, but I hate to see him suffer like this:

It's long but worth watching...
Basketball National Championship:
my final four was all right... but then G-Town and UCLA lost... dumb
I'm watching the game at the moment, but I'll let Robert talk about the winner.
I know it wasn't that great, but it's my first time... give me a break

Drizzle
ps Tim Duncan can suck it!!!