I went to the game tonight (great game, by the way). Unfortunately, it seemed to be redneck night at the Dome, and we were smack dab in the middle of them. Of course, not all Twins are as asinine as these particular 4 that were surrounding us, but there were a couple of things that I was able to extract from them.
1. They really do not like Delmon Young. When he threw to third after Yuniesky Betancourt’s single, trying to nip the sluggish Wladimir Balentien, the folks to my right screamed a guttural “meathead!” Ooooh. Burn.
After a line out to deep center in the 9th, after working Brendan Morrow for a few pitches, those same fellows determined that a) they should have put in Kubel, who “has the sweetest swing on the team” (Mauer?) and b) after the horrible performance (0/4, 1 K 2 LOB) he should be benched tomorrow. I agree. For that matter, lets hold Morneau out, as he is 0/Season and today had 1 K and 3 LOB. God, Morneau sucks.
2. After Carlos Gomez was retired in his first at bat, they said “aren’t you glad we have him instead of Santana?” I wasn’t about to remind them that, had we not made the trade we still wouldn’t have Santana either. Better Gomez than nothing. To add to it, when Phil Humber came in and pitched ball one, they immediately said “ugh, him too”, in reference to the Santana trade. Of course, Humber got out of the inning unscathed, and Gomez later doubled and drew a key walk in the 9th inning rally.
3. Every time Nick Punto did anything, the hooted and hollered. I would generally let this slide, because he is a fan favorite despite the fact that he is an overpaid utility infielder. After the previous two points, however, they lost all credibility.
4. There was a little kid behind us that kept yelling pearls like “Let’s score more runs!” And “Throw good pitches! When they hit it, get the ball!”. It was freat, because after he would say things like this, the Twins would pull through! It was brilliant.
Oh well, Twins win. I just hope people keep their stupid, unfounded opinions to themselves next time I am there and just cheer for their own damn team.
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