Two Good Days

First off, the series finale against the Pale Hose was deserving of much rejoicing. Johan got in a nice groove.
It seems like the early scouting report on Johan was to attack him early in the count, to try to avoid having to try to hit the changeup, and it's nice to see that Johan is fighting back my making his own adjustments, not just by trying to overthrow or challenge everyone. People tend to forget that as great as his stuff is, his fastball never hits much higher than 93, which isn't terribly fast for a guy who had 265 K's last year.
It was also nice to see Torii Hunter have a terrific game. It's frustrating to see him have poor at-bats, because as he showed Sunday night he has the ability to be a major impact player. He hit a 3 run homer, stole two bases, and silenced the Sox baserunners with his arm in center. He truly can affect the game in so many ways. If he could just be a little more disciplined at the plate he would be, in my opinion, one of the top 10 or 15 players in the league.
And then of course was the terrific news Monday, that Silva may not be lost for as long as was originally thought. I'm trying not to get my hopes up, because he could still end up being gone for a very long time, but if it turns out that he's only going to miss a few weeks (as Twins doctors are now suggesting) the Twins should consider themselves the luckiest team on the face of the earth.
In fact, if it works out that way, the injury could turn out to be a blessing in disguise.
After all, with Silva on the sidelines, even for just a few weeks, the Twins will be able to give Joe Mays a true test to see if he can ever be close to the ace he was in 2001, and they also get a chance to see how David Gassner, one of their top prospects, fares in his debut against big league hitters.
As if that wasn't enough good news from an off-day, just when it was looking like Justin Morneau might have to go on the DL with some concussion like issues, he also got a positive diagnosis from doctors and may rejoin the lineup in a few days.
I hope the Twins beat the crap out of Detroit, because Dmitrit Young shot his mouth off this week about how Detroit and Cleveland are the only two teams in the Central race. Guess what asshole, youre on the losingest franchise in baseball.
Actually, I think he's right, the race is going to be between Detroit and Cleveland.
For third.