The Knothole View

The Twins are off to a rocky start again this season, continuing the level of performance they exhibited last year. The starting pitching appears to be the problem: they started the season short one starter because Scott Baker’s injury prevented him from ever making it out of the spring season, and all four of the other starting pitchers have already had a stint in the bullpen or on the disabled list.

We were at a Twins game last week that was announced as Star Wars night. With Star Wars characters helping to change the bases, singing "Take Me Out to the Ball Game," and ruling the concourses, I felt like I was at a St. Paul Saints game rather than major league baseball. Even with the Jedis in attendance, the Twins could not pull out a win.

Interestingly I had surgery for a herniated disc two weeks ago—on the same day that Justin Morneau had surgery on his disc. It has been suggested that I was taking my commitment to the Twins a little too far with this surgery.

Someone made a comment over the weekend that it must be hard to come up with ideas for a blog right now with the Twins playing so poorly. While I have not been as faithful with my writing as I had hoped, it is not because of the Twins record. Life happens and my days are filled with all that life brings—the happy times, the sad times, the aches and pains, the quiet relaxing days with a good book, time with friends and family, times alone. And woven through all of this is always baseball.