Jordan Independent - Opening Day prediction: The Twins lineup - Comments

So your suggestion is to

Mathias Baden — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 15:29:14 -0500

So 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.)

Where's Nick Punto? Mathias,

Tom Schardin — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 10:16:18 -0600

Where's Nick Punto? Mathias, are you feeling OK?

What about Jason Kubel in the DH?

Opening Day prediction: The Twins lineup

Mathias Baden — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 12:00:00 -0600

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