Twins news and notes

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Double the Morneau...double the fun!

Adorable photo lovingly swiped from www.justinmorneau.com

Oh, hi!  I've been kinda bad about writing lately, but that's because I've been obsessing over things like Muse and Lost as opposed to Phillies and Twins.  (Oh, and I've been sick.  And had a birthday.  And, you know, holidays.  And work is perpetually crazy.  Etc.)

But anyway, here I am with some Twins news...and some hopefully-it'll-be-Twins-news news.  ;)  First, the confirmed news: Justin Morneau will be running with the Olympic torch in his native Canada on 2/11.  Awesome!  And he's also busy preparing himself for spring training and the 2010 baseball season.  Now that he's all healthy again, I expect to see good things out of this guy in just a few months when the 2010 season finally starts up!

The other really exciting Twins-related stuff going on is that I keep hearing rumors of a 10-year extension between Mauer and the Twins.  Oh, how I hope this is--or becomes--true!  I'd love to see Mauer stay with his hometown team instead of, like, running off to join the Yankees.  (If he did, I'd be really sad.  Oh, and I'd also be moving to the Bronx.)

Speaking of Mauer--I adore this article about him.  And, of course, I adore Mauer.  *swoon*