The easiest and most obvious reaction to last nights loss against the Yankees is to blame Sidney Ponson for a poor pitching performance.  If you looked only at the box score, Ponson would look horrible.  How could you not be upset when you see numbers like:

8 runs, 10 hits, 3 walks, 2 strikeouts all in only 5.2. innings pitched. 

Now, don’t get me wrong. I wish that he would have fared better.  He didn’t do well but I think that his numbers were somewhat skewed (especially his runs and hits).  During the first two innings he gave up 5 runs (3 runs could have been prevented and 3 of the hits were “gifts” from the Baseball Gods…).  The bottom line is this:  The Twins (as a team) came out flat last night.  They made horrible mistakes on the basepaths.  They made errors in the field.  They didn’t hit Carl Pavano (who hasn’t won a game in over a year). 

Many of the usual sports radio hosts around town are ripping Ponson and calling for Garza from Triple-A.  While that might be the eventual move, I think that judging a player based on one outing (when the rest of your team stunk) isn’t exactly a good reason to make a change.