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i’m a star – part 2

Tonight marks the second time in four days that a friend of mine has found my shiny, happy mug plastered somewhere on the Internet. Tonight? Desi found me on twinsbaseball.com!

It wasn’t for marrying Joseph Patrick Mauer during a pre-game ceremony, it wasn’t for beating the Twins General Manager with an aluminum bat, and it wasn’t even for streaking across the field during the eighth inning – all of which I would gladly do, mind you.

It was for going to the Stitch n Pitch game last year. While I didn’t partake in any stitching, twinsbaseball.com found a lot of other people that did.

Look how nice I am! I saved the picture and highlighted it so you don’t have to work too hard at finding me (and my homies!) Please note that the man two seats down from me, myself, and Matt are the only ones not stitching!

too early and too late

It was kind of disappointing day for me last year when Franciso Liriano had to cut his season short due to an arm injury.  And despite pitching about as well as I could while rehabbing in the minors this winter and spring, someone in the Twins organization thought it’d be a good idea to bring him back up to the majors.

He pitched less than five innings and gave up four runs, and most concerning to me, he gave up five walks. I know things like that happen to everyone, especially after missing an entire season. The most he’d pitched in the minors so far this season? Four innings. It’s clearly not time to bring him up yet.  And if the Twins thing the right thing to do is pull him up right this very second, it’s going to be an even longer rehab road for the kid.

Not related to baseball whatsoever, I was supposed to have a phone interview today at 4:00 p.m. It’s now 4:25 and the phone hasn’t rang. Thanks for having me clear off my afternoon to wait for your non-existent phone call, lady.