Naked Pictures of a left-fielder

First off - a warning.
When I typed the name Shannon Stewart into a seach engine, looking for a picture of the Twins leftfielder to use for this entry, I was bombarded with nude photos of a healthy looking young lady with the same name who apparently posed for some magazine that had something to do with bunny rabbits. It wasn't until about page 8 that I found any shots that had anything to do with baseball. This ended up taking a while.
So if you're planning on looking for pictures of Dick Bremer's favorite player, make sure you're not at work. You might get in trouble.
As for those Twins, they are now 2.5 games out of the wild card, essentially disallowing me to disavow them.
Kyle Lohse and JC Romero both have been placed on waivers, claimed, and pulled back, meaning that, by rule, they can not be traded the rest of the season. Since they were the only cards to play the Twins really had, we are basically assured that the Twins will play out the season with what they have.
It's funny, the last three years as the Twins have coasted to division titles, I've occasionally heard complaints from fans that there was no drama, that it was too bad Chicago couldn't give the Twins a true, exciting September pennant race.
Well, now we have one.
I have to admit, it'll be pretty exciting if the Twins do go right down to the wire.
I recently compared Shannon Stewart and Lew Ford to Randy Bush and Chad Allen, respectively.
Over the last week, those two played more like Rickey Henderson and Kirby Puckett, respectively.
And Matt LeCroy is hitting. And Cuddyer. And Mauer and Bartlett, etc.
The guy we're still waiting on is Morneau, and if Torii Hunter doesn't come back (and it sounds like he won't, at least not until October) Morneau is the one guy who has to get it going for the Twins to have a chance.
Baker and Liriano will be here Sept.1, and that will help the pitching, but we all know that hasn't been the problem.
This team is still highly flawed, I still don't see Ford as more than a fourth outfielder, and I still think the best days of Stewart and maybe even Jacque Jones are behind them.
I don't know where he's going to come from, but the Twins have to add a bat, a big one, for next year.
But at least they've set things up to be exciting this fall.
Worth mentioning: To be eligible for the playoffs, players must be called up by Aug. 31. Rosters don't expand until Sept. 1.
That means the Twins better find a way to get Liriano on there by the 31st.
Just in case.