It makes sense, I suppose, that my very first Five Horizons writing is a word about the Minnesota Twins. I love the Twins. They're a small market team with top-notch upper level management and have a farm system that is considered a model in the Majors. The Twins have a core of budding stars that make the Minneapolis-based team one of the most exciting around, even though the East Coast bias remains strong in the national media. The 2007 season is but a few weeks old but we've gotten a sense of how the Twins could follow up their 2006 Central Division championship. Looks promising. Justin Morneau is playing like a reigning MVP, Jo Mauer is hitting like a reigning batting champ and Johan Santana is pitching like a defending Cy Young winner. The rest of our pitching and hitting is a bit shaky early (some of it, anyway), but as of April 21 we were a game up on Detroit for first place in the Central. That's on OK place to be. Go Twins! ... jw NOTE: The accompanying photo was taken by Jeremy Waltner during the 2006 season.
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