Boo-Yah

Just the kind of game the Twins needed.
First off, let me say I don't give a crap if Santana and Radke struggle in their first couple of starts. I'm not worried about either of them.
What I'm looking for at this point in the season (I say it like I'm the F'ing Coach) is good at bats and improvement from the bullpen guys.
Tuesday night we saw:
Jacque Jones hit a laser for a dinger - AGAINST A LEFTY!
Torii Hunter have two great at bats leading to a walk and a hit
Luis Rivas have another strong game
Jason Bartlett have another strong game
Justin Morneau resist the tempation to swing for the fences and settle for 3 singles
Shannon Stewart start a rally, as is his primary job as leadoff man
Joe Mauer catch 18 straight innings w/o incident (Corky can go back to clipping his toenails)
and maybe the biggest thing....JC Romero look lights out for 1 2/3 innings to get the game to Nathan (though Nathan's velocity seemed way down, a minor concern)
Opening the season on the road against Seattle, a traditionally strong team at home, all the Twins really needed to do was get one game, and even if they didn't do that it doesn't really matter.
Through 2 games the starting pitching has looked like it should: solid with some kinks to work out, and the hitters rebounded from an overaggressive showing vs. Moyer with a patient, effective approach for a game 2 win.
Tonight I'll be paying attention to Carlos Silva's sinker, Mike Redmond's catching (and hitting) and what other changes Gardy considers for the lineup on getaway day. Punto and/or Castro perhaps? The guys throwing for the M"s is pretty good, we'll see what happens.
Anyway it was nice to take a 4-0 deficit and tell the M's to stick it.
1-1.