This is not exactly what I was thinking of prior to the start of the second and final round of interleague play.  The American League once again dominated interleague.  The one exception was the Twins horrible performance over the weekend against the perennial National League doormat – the Nationals. 

This was to be a series that would jumpstart our season.  After all, we had Silva and Santana on the mound.  We should have won at least two of three from the hapless Nats.  Last year at this time we were in roughly the same position.  A year ago today, the Twins were 28-34 and were 11.5 games out of first place.  This year we’re only slightly better while sitting at 30-31 and a mere 7.0 games behind the first place Indians.  Last year interleague play put the Twins onto a role that would carry them all the way to the playoffs…  The Nats were supposed to be that team that started the ball rolling…  So much for that idea!

The Twins decided NOT to show up this weekend.  Silva had his worst game of the year.  Santana was outshined by a former Twin, Levale Speigner, who was only mediocre at Triple-A Rochester.  The Twins bats continue to look as if they are on life support.  Morneau went 0-5 yesterday and went 3-13 during the series.The Twins start a three game series at home tomorrow against the Atlanta Braves.  The Braves haven’t visited the Metrodome since interleague play in 2002. Odds and Ends:

• Ty Wiggington has been a name thrown around in a possible trade with the Twins.  We need a productive third baseman and the Devil Rays are in need of young pitchers.  Sounds like a trade made in heaven. 
• Twins GM Terry Ryan stated that money is no object when making mid-season acquisitions….  Why don’t I believe that????
• Scott Baker had his spot in the pitching rotation skipped in favor of Kevin Slowey.  This was done to keep Santana on a regular 5 day rotation.
• The Twins continue to destroy last year’s attendance numbers despite their sorry record.  The Twins have drawn 814,874 fans with an average of 27,162.  That is almost 4,000 more fans per game than last year.  At this pace the club should draw more than 2.2 million this year.