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Opening Day prediction: The Twins lineup
March 4, 2008 - 1:00pm — Mathias Baden
As a junior-higer, I published a baseball magazine. Sold it to all of my family members. It was very profitable. But one feature was particularly fun, and I think I'll duplicate it here. It was called the Swami. This year, the Swami -- aka me, myself, and I -- predicts this Minnesota Twins lineup on the opening day of the 2008 baseball season March 31: Batting first, Carlos Gomez, center field Second, Brendan Harris, second base Third, Joe Mauer, catcher, Fourth, Justin Morneau, first base Fifth, Delmon Young, left field Sixth, Michael Cuddyer, right field Seventh, Craig Monroe, designated hitter Eighth, Michael Lamb, third base Ninth, Adam Everett, shortstop You could swap Harris and Lamb. Or, as big Twin Cities media would have it, you could drop Harris down to eighth, keep Gomez first and Everett ninth, and move everyone else up a slot. The other possibility involves Cuddyer in the three or four hole. |
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Where's Nick Punto? Mathias,...
Back to page topWhere's Nick Punto? Mathias, are you feeling OK?
What about Jason Kubel in the DH?
So your suggestion is to...
Back to page topSo your suggestion is to move Mauer out of the No. 3 spot and add Kubel -- Mr. 13 Homeruns and a Gimpy Leg -- and Punto -- who is hitting .172 this spring -- to the lineup, just because I've written positive posts about them in the past? Seriously? I rest my case about reporters not knowing how to make a lineup.
Despite the fact that I like these players, the Twins obviously have acquired better options than Punto and Kubel for this year. Punto and Kubel are still young, and they might shine again sometime.
(Mathias Baden is the editor of the Jordan Independent. He can be reached at editor@jordannews.com.)