Monday, May 09, 2005

The Minny Mashers

From the Strib: Bench coach Steve Liddle had a theory about why LeCroy hit his homer so far. "There was a restaurant out there," he said.
"That's terrible," LeCroy said. "See what I have to put up with around here? That's OK as long as I keep hitting 'em."
Aside from that little nugget, in reference to LeCroy's 444-foot homer, I think it's best to simply use this space in observance of the weekend that was had by Joe Mauer, and more especially, the Dr., Justin Morneau.
Morneau was 9-18 with four homers and 10 RBIs this week. Mauer was 10-18 with two bombs. That's hittin, kiddies.
Mauer is currently hitting .356, with four homers, 12 RBIs, two steals, a .447 on-base percentage and a .529 slugging pct.
Morneau, of course, spent two weeks on the DL after getting beaned in the head, and you might say he's returned with a vengeance.
I will leave you with his numbers on the young season, as I don't think any further words are necessary on the subject.
16 games, a .429 batting average, 6 homers, 20 RBIs, a Bonds-like .841 slugging percentage, and an OPS (on-base plus slugging pcts) of 1.289.

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