Twins notes - rush hour editon

In what surely will make me jealous and extremely resentful, KARE-11 tonight will broadcast the first of a two-part in-depth profile of new Twins infielder Tsuyoshi Nishioka.

How in-depth? The station sent Mike Pomeranz to Japan to meet with Nishioka and apparently returned with a LOT of great footage.

Lucky bum.

The installments will run during 10 p.m. newscasts tonight and Monday. Should be very informative.

Grrrr.....

DIAMOND AWARDS SCHEDULE

On to something that I had something to do with

You can see how well it went for yourselves, as Fox Sports North filmed the event and have produced a one-hour show that will be aired enough times for the entire viewership to see at least once.

The schedule:

Wed 02/16/2011 10:00:00 PM

Thu 02/17/2011 02:00:00 PM

Sun 02/20/2011 05:00:00 AM

Wed 02/23/2011 10:00:00 PM

Thu 02/24/2011 02:00:00 PM

Sun 02/27/2011 12:00:00 PM

Mon 02/28/2011 11:00:00 AM

Tue 03/01/2011 11:00:00 AM

Mon 03/14/2011 11:00:00 AM

Thu 03/24/2011 11:00:00 AM

Tue 03/29/2011 11:00:00 AM

Wed 03/30/2011 02:00:00 PM

ETC

The Caribbean World Series began on Wednesday. I quickly scanned the rosters and found one player who's currently with the Twins, lefthander Nelvin Fuentes.

Fuentes, from Puerto Rico, split time between Elizabethton and Class A Beloit last year. He was 1-1 with a 4.62 ERA at Beloit. I was told that Fuentes was skinny when they drafted him but has filled out some and has a chance to pitch himself into prospect status.

I did notice several players with old ties to the Twins playing in the series, including Javy Valentin (PR), Brock Peterson (DOM), Dan Serafini (MEX) and Luis Maza (VEN).