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Startribune.com sports coordinator Howard Sinker used to cover the Twins and now shares season tickets with friends in Section 219 of Target Field. He blogs about baseball from the perspective of a long-time fan who loves the game, doesn’t always believe the hype and likes hearing what others think.
That's why Monday was the day for accolades
Posted by: Howard Sinker under Brett Favre Updated: August 3, 2010 - 1:10 PM
It's a pretty hollow punch line, but the reason that Monday was the "day for accolades" came true. Today is the day after winning streak ended. Tampa Bay's rookie starter -- Strasburg lite, with a slow curve -- was a bit better than Pavano, and the Rays got a key hit while the Twins couldn't take advantage of a few chances. Some shaky defense didn't help the Twins, either.
All in all, with Jeremy Hellickson making his major league debut, closer Rafael Soriano unavailable after pitching all weekend against the Yankees and Pavano going for the Twins, it looked like winning No. 9 in a row was a reasonable expectation.
Didn't happen. Three more tries starting tonight.
But that's all for now.
You guys are all preoccupied with Brett Favre, anyway. Right?
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