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.

Lunch today, eaten at 3:15 p.m., includes a ham and cheese sandwich, a Hostess apple pie, and a Mountain Dew. I bought them at Holiday, where I stopped to fuel the Hyundai Elantra this morning.