Congratulations to Boof Bonser for a fine outing and the Twins for producing an enjoyable game to watch. The fact that Bert Blyleven chose to take a day off Tuesday made it even more enjoyable. Boof will never win a Cy Young Award, but he takes the ball every five days, does his best, and will be a workhorse on the Twins staff. After the fiasco in Texas, maybe there is a glimmer of hope. Winning one of a three game series on the road is not terrible, but doing it in Texas certainly is. Even lowly Kansas City wiped the Rangers nose yesterday.
The Twins being shut out by Cliff Lee a couple of weeks ago is no big deal. Being shut out by Vincente Padilla is cause for extra batting practice. A lot of it.
Last word: Once again Dick bungled the AFLAC trivia question. The longest hitting streak by a catcher. He guessed Sandy Alomar. But if you pay attention to your Topps baseball cards - of course there was a special card in 1988 lauding Benito Santiago's 34 game hitting streak for the Padres. I'm not sure if Alomar had 34 hits in a year.
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