On a Phillies/Twins high...

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The home openers for my two favorite teams (Phillies and Twins, just in case you're new around here) were both yesterday.  Since both these teams have an off day today, I'm having a little baseball withdrawal.  I mean, there are games I can watch tonight (after Lost, of course--once May 23 hits, baseball takes top priority yet again, though!), but...they're not with Phillies or Twins.  Or anyone attractive, really.  Actually, I might watch a bit of the Rays/Orioles game tonight--that's definitely the most attractive matchup out there (Longoria, Bartlett, Balfour, Markakis).  Not that it has much to compete with in terms of BILFiness...I mean, Mets/Rox?  Oh, PLEASE--I'm not watching that until Street's back from the DL.  Reds/Marlins?  No, thank you.

But I digress.  I'm thrilled my two favorite teams both won their home openers (Phillies--7-4 over the Nats; Twins beat the Sawx 5-2).  Not so pleased that Hamels was slightly sucktacular, and also not thrilled that Werth and Rollins are now injured.  Totally happy that the Phillies have a 6-1 record, tied for best record in the National League (tied with the Giants, believe it or not...who'da thunk it?).  Also thrilled with Jon Rauch, the Twins' closer (since Nathan's out for at least the entire season)--he's netted me 5 saves so far for each of my fantasy teams.  (On a related note?  Tattoos are sexy.  Moving on...)

In related but completely unsurprising news, I really need to get my ass to Target Field at some point.  I have no interest in the walleye-on-a-stick, but watching Mauer hit a home run while I snack on some good ol' midwestern cheese curds sounds like an absolutely grand time to me!  And speaking of Mauer, I watched his Homecoming episode on ESPN last night and absolutely loved it.  Mauer seems so sweet and charming!  I've also heard that he answers all his fan mail himself, so I'm going to have to come up with something clever to write to him.  (No, it won't be "Marry me, Mauer"--that's so overdone.)  Take a little peek at Mauer's Homecoming episode by clicking here.  If you aren't totally charmed by him...well, you're probably just not human!


Soooooo pretty!

Baker

That was the phrase I overused--way, way overused--last night while watching the Twins game last night.  While I wish they'd fared better on opening day (and I really wish Godzilla would quit following my two favorite teams around and raising hell--I haven't forgotten the damage he caused during last year's Series, and I didn't need a reminder of his talents last night), at least they looked cute in the process.  Not much of a consolation, since cute doesn't improve an 0-1 record, but still.  Better than nothing, I suppose.

Their new uniforms look pretty nice.  In the picture above, Scott Baker's sporting the new uniform.  He would be more adorable if he'd pitched better last night.  I spent a significant portion of time screaming at my TV--particularly at him.  (I then went on to dream about me bitching at Baker for doing such a sucktacular job.  Me?  Obsessed with baseball?  No, never!) 

In regard to pitching, for some reason I keep forgetting that some of the Twins' relievers are really, really appealing.  I've always thought Guerrier and Joe Nathan (whom I already miss dearly) were attractive, but I forgot how adorable Neshek is.  Crain's not ugly either, and I like Rauch's edgy look.  They're not all gorgeous (*cough* MIJARES *cough*), but overall, they've probably got the most attractive pitching staff in all of MLB (especially when you factor in some of their starters, like Blackburn, Slowey, and--grrrrr--Baker).

Hopefully Blackburn will fare better on the mound tonight than Baker did last night.  In my next post, I'd really like to talk more about how the Twins played really well as opposed to how they looked really pretty while they lost...  ;)