1. Chicago – I have written about Chicago time and time again over the years, and I’m running out of ideas… but the Twins are back… so… I’ll give it another shot and write something else about Chicago. Here are some strange facts about Chicago: Many don’t know this but Chicago actually sprung out of DePaul University. Here is something else, to become famous worldwide, Chicago had to go to Los Angeles. Chicago began politically charged, experimental and edgy, eventually transforming into soft and laid back which made Chicago both worse and bigger at the same time. Chicago has a fascination with naming things numerically and there are a lot of horns in Chicago… If you compare Chicago to Boston and Kansas… Chicago is hornier. 2. Our Twins – There isn’t much to say when you have given up 28 runs in just two games. What you would like to say is, “Thank God that’s over”… but is it? All it took was a Teufel on Saturday and a Redfern on Sunday and we are staring at a Blyleven over two games. I used to like 11, 17 and 28. 3. The White Sox – The color of the Sox have changed from Red to White. Ladies and gentlemen… Welcome back to Target Field… Mike PEL-FREY!!! Mike could be exactly what we need and here’s why. K% is perhaps the biggest problem our hitters have. Our guys are pretty good but they would be even better if they could somehow lower that lofty K Rate. Here comes a pitcher… Mike Pelfrey who does not strike out anyone… He has 4 K’s total. What happens when you practically guarantee Sano and Buxton and Vargas contact? It’s going to be like throwing a truck load of Eucalyptus leaves into the Koala Cage. 4. Today’s Joe M Conversation McCarthy: Hey Guys… look at this… Watermelons were on sale… I bought 30 of them and they are big ones. Mauer: Awesome… I love Watermelon… I’ll get the baseball bat and open up some of them. Maddon: 30 Watermelons? Why would you buy 30 watermelons? McCarthy: They were a buck a piece. Montana: You won’t fit them all in the fridge. Mauer: OK… I got my bat… Let’s go to WORK… Put one down. (Pause) Ok put another one down. Maddon: Why? What was wrong with the first one? Mauer: I never swing at the first watermelon. 5. That’s why – Here’s a conversation that my Son and I had last night: “Dad… Why are you always living in the past?” Reply… “The housing was cheaper.”