>Additionally, the rotation could actually improve when Gibson
>gets a call. So there's reason to think that whatever the
>Twins are right now - Suck, not suck, maybe possibly not suck
>- that they could actually get better. I hate that this just
>occurred to me because I really had settled into a nice little
>synthesis for understanding the season. Talk about Mauer and
>hope for another season that is markable on his HOF-peak
>argument. Talk about Morneau and the hope that he'll resume
>his decent career. Look for trades of the highly paid talent.
>Complain about the rotation. Finish off with a nice round of
>"look what Miguel Mejor just did!". Lather. Rinse. Repeat.

but you've summed up my approach to the year very nicely here. basically, i was going to pay some attention to the big club until they started the slide to suck, at which point my 75/25% split on minor league prospects would increase to 90/10%. the intial 5-6 game losing streak accelerated this process, but they have been plucky of late despite the hicks mess. like you, the starting pitching has been ... surprising. i haven't been able to watch any of the games, so ... yeah. this is all confusing. but i will continue to not pay attention because they seem to prefer our relationship that way.

i just wish hicks would be the same. he seems kind of needy in that way.

>Now I have no idea what to do.

exactly.