Well, at least for the Wild. Marian Gaborik scored his sixth career hat trick, but the Wild still tied 4-4 on the road in New Jersey. What a waste. Anyway though, Kevin Garnett scored 32 points and collected 14 rebounds as he led the Wolves in a runaway 110-95. Nice. Sam Cassel added 22 and 10 (assists), while Latrell Sprewell had 21 points. What is right with this world? In 4 days, 13 hours, and 7 minutes, the Twins will begin Spring Training. Thankfully, we have no more contract obligations to attend to, and so here is my potential lineup for them. I won't offer any tips on pitchers, besides saying that it'll be Radke, Santana, Lohse, followed by who knows who. Our bullpen is in similiar dissaray, with the only two certified studs being JC Romero and Joe Nathan. Anyway, back to the lineup. Shannon Stewart will of course lead-off, to be followed by Rivas, Mientkiewicz, and Coskie batting cleanup. My guess is that Matthew Lecroy will have the inside track to the DH role, but he should have some nice healthy competition. Following him will be Torii Hunter at the 6 spot, then Mauer, (the only new face), Jones, our new RF, and Guzman to clear the bases with a triple. Sound sgood, huh? Well, we'll know in 7 months. Either I'll be elated, or totally depressed. Bye
Posted by Greenmantle at February 17, 2004 09:59 PM