THE NOT-MINNY SPORTS UPDATE: The Wild won Game 6 at XEC to force a deciding game in Vancouver. Awesome. The Twins have won three in a row. Yes. The Quickie hasn't used "Minny" in over a week. Woo hoo. But the coolest thing to happen in Minnesota sports this week? This box-score line (pointed out by TwinsGeek) from the 9th inning of the Twins' victory Wednesday over Tampa Bay:
Romero 1 0 0 0 0 3.
That's 1 inning pitched, 0 hits, 0 runs, 0 earned runs, 0 walks, and 3 strike-outs by JC Romero. What the box-score doesn't tell you is that Romero struck out the Devil Rays' second, third, and fourth-hitters, all swinging, on nine pitches. And the second was Rocco Baldelli, #2 in the AL in hits and the early favorite for Rookie of the Year. Damn.
The Twins are now two games over .500; don't expect them under .500 again this year.
OOPS, SPOKE TOO SOON: Quickie today: "1 Minny at Vancouver: Nothing beats an NHL Game 7"
Posted by Stephen Silver at May 8, 2003 06:45 AM