Twins Mania?

My favorite major league baseball team is finally playing well. All they need to do is play the AL East. They have dominated the AL East this year. They took two of three from the Yanks (earlier in the season) and orange birds, and they just swept the bo-sox. Great outing for the Twins who now go on the road to play the Pirates. The Twins have struggled on the road this year, but this time the Twins are going to throw Liriano, Bonser, and Santana. With Liriano and Santana you always have a shot at victory. This past series over the bo-sox included a great pitching match-up on Tues. and Jason Kubel hitting a walk-off grand slam in the 11th. Kubel has been on fire hitting a homerun in every game of the Boston series. The Twins have hit four grandslam's this year, all of them in the past two weeks. There is that power that I was speaking of.

The U.S. team needs to win tomorrow or else they are out of the World Cup. So much for this being the best U.S. men's team ever.

The U.S. Open golf tournament started yesterday. This is my favorite tournament in golf without question. There is only one player under par (Colin Montgomerie at -1) The rest of the field is even or over par. That is the beauty of the open. Being that the course will get harder as the week progresses, it is apparent that the winner of the Open will not be under par. I love a tournament where par is a good score, and birdies are rare, and when you get them it is a great score. You don't shoot at pins in the Open because the greens are so hard, and there is no bite. You put the ball in the middle of the green and go after par. Holes are long (514 yd par four... Let me say that again 514 yd par 4!?!?! Holy crap, there are many courses I have played where par 5's are shorter than that, it is the longest par 4 in open history), and the rough is deep. I have to admit that I am rooting for Tiger, being that the final round is on Fathers Day, and he lost his dad about a month and a half ago. Tiger struggled in round one, but it's Tiger and he's never out of it. I can't wait for Sunday!