I willingly violated that whole commandment about "not turning to other forms of entertainment" after the seder in order to flip between the NCAA championship and the Twins' season opener- yes, I put down the Manichewitz to go watch Mientkiewicz.
And I wasn't disappointed- the Twins erased a 4-0 lead by Cleveland in the bottom of the eighth before Shannon Stewart won it with a three-run homer in the 11th, just as "One Shining Moment" played over on CBS.
Joe Mauer, in his major league debut, looked like the real deal- two hits, scored the winning run, and some excellent defensive plays. And unlike Tony Soprano, he wouldn't fuck a catcher's mitt.
UPDATE: Make that 2-0. Twins win the second game 7-6, this time in 15 innings. Two games, 26 innings, no bullpen trouble whatsoever- I like what I'm seeing so far.
Posted by Stephen Silver at April 6, 2004 11:28 PMNo bullpen trouble? Our first two relievers gave up 4 earned runs (not including coming in during Lawton's at-bat and walking him; he would later score) in 2 2/3 innings. They're lucky we scored 4 runs in the final four innings to tie it. Otherwise, Pulido or Thomas could easily have gotten the loss.
The final 5 relievers did a fine job, however.
Posted by: Jeremy Wahlman at April 7, 2004 03:38 AMOops sorry, I only started watching in the 7th.
Posted by: Stephen Silver at April 7, 2004 07:52 AMIt's baseball, the sport handed down by God himself to Abner Doubleday. You will be forgiven for your transgressions.
Posted by: Bill McCabe at April 7, 2004 05:02 PMI certainly hope that Doubleday comment is sarcastic; I'd hate to break out the Cartwright/Rounders evidence!
Posted by: Jeremy Wahlman at April 7, 2004 05:59 PMIt is sarcastic, I like to claim I'm a Fundamentalist Believer in the Gospel according to Spalding, who invented the Doubleday myth.
Posted by: Bill McCabe at April 7, 2004 09:49 PM