Yo Yo Yo Yo

Sitting here watching the Twins right now. I like the fact that Cuddyer has decided to knock the ball around a little bit more at this point.

A split with the New York Yankees would be great right now.

On a side note, when I was trying to type Yankees, I accidentally typed Tankees twice in a row, and then once again later. Does that mean something? I mean, c’mon. The Rays have gotta finish the end of the season higher in the standings than the Yankees this year. Right?

Movie Review: Cloverfield

I liked it. For the most part.

Pretty cool concept. What would it be like to witness a huge monster attacking New York City?

The characters were kinda goofy, and I really didn’t get into the story much. Let’s just say I was glad when the monster finally attacked.

I like movies with endings that leave you wondering. This ending will leave you wondering. You may or may not like that. I did. I wish more movies ended the way this one did, then I’d feel like it is harder to predict movie endings in general.

If you can actually believe that a goofy dude can stay a dedicated camera man through all the experiences that these characters are put through, good for you. I probably would have dropped or broke the camera along the way, myself. The guy with the camera was awfully dedicated to his contributions to new media and society.

If you like sci-fi or monster movies, you should find Cloverfield to be an interesting a short movie watching jaunt.

Gomez and Young with the most at-bats at this point

Check this one out. No doubt about it, Gomez and Young have the most at-bats for the Twins this year at this point.

I think this pretty much shows the following:

  • Twins management says “these guys are young and learning but we’re gonna let them play
  • Twins management says “we’re gonna let these guys learn in the big leagues”

This shows a definite dedication to these players as part of the Twins future. You can’t look at each players stats along with the number of games that the Twins management has been putting them out there and think that that Twins think of anything but the future of the Twins outfield with Carlos Gomez and Delmon Young.

I just hope now that both of these guys pan out.

Yeah.

They both have potential, and have shown a bit of it here and there (Gomez more than Young). So now let’s see how these guys look as the year grinds on.

Twins are looking good in 1st place

Who woulda thunk it. The Twins are in first place, yet again. It’s only May 11th, but to see the Twins in first place in the Central Division after 37 games is pretty refreshing.

The Twins pitching is what should mostly be credited, as they have allowed the Twins to win with a somewhat mediocre offense to this point.

I was holding out no hopes for the Twins this year. I always look at the Twins as a team that has potential to win the division. But they always have player turnover and from year to year it is hard to get a read on how good they actually might be. I mean, how many times have they won the division since 2000? That number speaks for itself.

I’m going to keep routing them on as if they were a winning team. I hope that the Twins can keep this up.

Waking up to a no-hitter

Dang.

What a way to end a great nap.

I woke up at about 9pm, flip the TV over to the Twins game that I had been missing, and the Twins have just broken up a no-hitter that had carried itself into the 9th inning. The big news on ESPN appears to be the current news of Gavin Floyd’s almost no-hitter against the Twins.

To me, this is really not a surprise. I get to see the Twins get shut down by mediocre pitchers all the time. It’s just something that happens. I don’t get it.

The Black Bear, The Unpaid Prison Guard

This is a great addition to a prison security scheme.

The way the warden sees it, the more than 400-pound black bear living in the middle of the sprawling Louisiana State Penitentiary is an extra layer of security.

More prisons should adopt a policy such as this. Why not?

Just bring in all the animals that need to be removed from city limits for whatever reasons. There are always bears, wolves and other potentially dangerous wild animals being found within city limits. They need somewhere to be removed to.