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I would guess the pies would

Brandon — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 16:18:36 -0600

I would guess the pies would be more palatable, but there’s no accounting for taste, I guess.

I’m interested to see what the Twins do this year, too, because I have absolutely no idea what to expect. In football, a sport with which I’m much more familiar, a young team could conceivably come out of nowhere to gel at the right time and make a strong run toward the postseason. I’m guessing the same could be true of a baseball team, too. But with the powerful teams already in place in Detroit and Cleveland, it’ll be tough for the young Twins to get into October.

New Twins pitcher would rather eat innings than country apple pies

Mathias Baden — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 15:11:11 -0600

Newly signed Minnesota Twins starting pitcher Livan Hernandez is one of the best innings-eaters in baseball.

Former Twins Johan Santana and Carlos Silva tossed a combined 421 innings last year. Hernandez would throw that many by himself if you let him. This guy doesn't ever want to come out of a game. I don't know how many times I've looked at a boxscore to see that he got shelled for five runs in the first inning and then kept going through the eighth inning.