You Gotta Dig This Team!

SouthPaw77 posted 5/5/2008 from www.bugsandcranks.com [flag]

Everyone was talking Detroit and Cleveland as the season got underway but now it's a scrappy team that has had zero breaks go their way that finds itself atop the AL Central. The Minnesota Twins have had injuries galore in the rotation, Young and Lamb aren't hitting and Francisco Liriano may or note recover to help in '08. So how are they in first? Heart my friends. Miles and miles of heart. [link]

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