Group Effort

Ok, not counting last Thursday's game, that was the worst game of the season.

I mean, it just sucked all the way around, especially when you consider the Twins were doing everything in their power to give the game away. Jon Lester comes back after two good outings, looking like the Barry Zito of old, to again look like the Barry Zito of new, and Julio Lugo costs the team with some pathetic fielding once more. Something has just got to give with this guy. At the rate he's going, he'll have 50 errors before it's all said and done. Props to the rest of the team for pulling themselves out of that deep hole the two of them dug early on. Twelve hits and six runs on any other night should be enough to win. But that's what you should do against a guy named "Boof," right?

And Papelbon? Far be it from me to criticize the Bot, but this has got to cease, too, before people start calling him Mariano Rivera for bad reasons (cough *2004 ALCS* cough). Two hits, a BB, and two runs in 2/3 of an inning? And the Twins were running the bases on him like a bunch of sugared up four-year-olds. I was simply not surprised when Mike Lamb got that winning hit-in fact, I hate to say, I was kind of expecting it. There was just that kind of karma around that inning. Jonathan, knock it off. We let Eric Gagne go for a reason last year, y'know.

On the bright side, David Aardsma did another nice job, and Oki was outstanding for two innings.

Back inside the decrepit 'Dome tonight, where Dice tries for #6 against some guy I've never heard of, just called up a day or so ago. Let's right the ship and get the win tonight, guys!