Magicael Michael

Michael Cuddyer is known for his magic as seen in this Twins Territory commercial...

He is also known for his defense...

Throw it all in a bowl and what do you get?

Magicael Michael...

Unassisted Triple Play

Only 14 of these have ever happened. There has only been 3 by a second basemen. The last was last year by the now-injured Troy Tulowitzki. Here's the Asdrubal Cabrera UA Triple Play vid...

Gomez does it again...

Another amazing Carlos Gomez catch...happened about 10-15 minutes ago. People will say, "Torii Hunter could make the catch too." But they're wrong. Torii made some good diving catches but the few that Gomez has made this year, Torii wouldn't have even gotten to them to make the catch. Gomez' couple diving grabs have been much, much fancier than Torii's diving grabs.

Casey Blake

Frank Thomas, Jim Thome, etc. etc., Casey Blake? Every year, with the last pick of my fantasy baseball drafts, I spend it on Casey Blake. Why, you ask? Well, it seems that he kills the Minnesota Twins year after year. He did it last night and he'll do it again the next few nights. You'll see what "he did" (about to use overused cliché) AFTER THE JUMP!

I took a look at Baseball-Reference to see some of Blake's stats against the Twins and found a few gems. We have what his stats is and then where it ranks compared to other teams he has faced. It isn't quite as good as I thought, but he's good for some pretty good games against the Twins. It seems he is probably at his best against the Tigers, however.

Casey Blake against the Twins:
88 games (T-2)
355 AB (1)
99 hits (1)
.279 (~2)
22 2b (2)
2 3B (T-1)
14 HR (2)
24 BB (3)

Previously on Lost...

I love the show more than the average watcher, but...what?

Trevor Immelman: Master of the House

Other than a Twins loss today, it couldn't have been a better day! It was very exciting watching Trevor Immelman start the day in the lead and finish the tournament in first place. He played strong despite losing three strokes. But when only three finish the day under par, +3 in the final round of the tournament is probably going to be just fine.

Lucky for Immelman, Tiger Woods didn't make his typical Sunday charge. Finishing at even par, Woods looked extremely frustrated the entire day. But then again, he typically isn't making three boogies in a round of golf - let alone the Masters. Had he been able to make par on those three holes, this post would have been quite different. Even without Tiger's non-existent charge, Immelman nearly gave Tiger the green jacket with a double boogie on 16 however he was able to stay strong and parred with 17 and 18.

It is great to see another young (non-Tiger Woods) golfer win the Masters after Zach Johnson won it in 2007. Is Tiger losing his stride? Definitely not. He'll win two of the three remaining Majors this year. My prediction is that he wins the British Open (aka The Open Championship) along with the PGA Championship.

Here is ESPN's video about the Masters.

Kobe Bryant

Last post for the night, but saw some people going ape over this little dunk of Kobes. Not only do I think that the dunk really isn't all that special, but it only reinforces my thought that Kobe is way cocky and annoying.

Carlos Gomez

I realize that these are pretty poor quality, but I felt my blog needed a little extra pazazz

Go-Go Gadget Catch


Go-Go Gadget Double

Go-Go Gadget Double/Go-Go Gadget Bunt/Go-Go Gadget Stolen Base/Go-Go Gadget Run

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Blast from the Past

Love seeing the old turf in the video and knowing that it is in some dump or someone's basement somewhere. I also had forgotten how awesome those white Twins jersey's were and hope that we get a few retro-games again this year.

Cristian Guzman seems to have lost a step since the Minnesota Twins made this little commercial. However, after getting the first hit at the new Washington Nationals park, Guzman seems to be poised for a little come back. He is on pace to get 30 doubles, 30 triples and 30 homeruns (insert laugh here). I've always been a fan of Guzman and think that he can be a huge asset to the Nationals. However, he is also a liability in the field and will make more than his fair share of errors.

With Matt Tolbert poised to take over the starting shortstop position, he stands to be the first to make an impact from the shortstop position since Guzman's stint. After short roles from Juan Castro, Adam Everett, Luis Rodriguez and Jason Bartlett, if Tolbert can pull this off we may be able to stop this revolving door of shortstops.