Morneau, Casilla and positive thinking...

So many things to discuss, a little over excited so I have been taking notes to remember everything. Future topics will include discussing the new stadium and the likelihood of freezing your ass off watching a game. Also the new foods at the stadium, the new players and so much more.

First off the word on Justin Morneau and his back.
A recent CT scan reveals his back is healed! He evidently has developed a plan not only to avoid hurting his back again but also to not wear himself out. The past couple years it seems Morneau has run out of steam at the end of the year. Hopefully having a stronger team all around will help but also Gardy plans to give him more days off. We can count on Cuddy to cover 1B well and if really needed Thome can too. Also Joe has been in Justins ear telling him to back off his work load. He is going to cut down the number of swings he takes outside of the games. Justin is known for the time he spends in the batting cage usually taking around a 100 swings, He has cut down to around 25. Jim Thome has also offered to show Justin a great routine for strengthening his back. On top of all that Justin is just plain excited for the upcoming season. He is happy with the new additions like Thome, Hardy and Clay Condrey.

Alexi Casilla is ready to go!
Alexi is feeling confident about his chances this year. Now I have never pegged Alexi as under confident more as unfocused. But he is just coming of a strong showing in the Dominican finals. He batted .344 in the series and according to Loriano would have been voted MVP if his team had won. Unfortunately for Alexi they had to go up against Loriano in the decisive 9th game. Loriano held them to one hit and 10 strikeouts in 5 innings! All good signs for Twins fans!!
Lets hope that Alexi comes in focused and sharp because he is out of minor league options so if he doesnt make it in spring training we will probably lose him. His future is bright - he's fast agile and young!

Misc:
Slowey had wrist surgery in Aug and says he is feeling good. His conditioning and pitching is right on track for the new season.
Delmon Young has lost 30lbs! Hey maybe he will be able to run! oops sorry that was mean. I meant to say Cool Del good job!

State of MN other sports:
I just need to vent a little after watching the Gopher men play Ohio State in basketball. Aaaaarrrgggggghhhh! looked terrible! Could careless about Royce White leaving seems like more trouble then the team needs. Hope the team can just get thru the season without embarrassing themselves too much.(sadly dont think we have a chance to get into tourney now) Keep your chin up Tubby! Unfortunately it seems the womens team is in the same hole.
Seems there is a tiny chance(very tiny!) that Seantral Henderson of Cretin Derham Hall will sign with the gophers. Maybe this is just wishful thinking on my part. He probably will go to Ohio State but miracles could happen. If he does choose the U they better turn it into a huge rah rah session to get people pumped not only about gopher football but the whole university! They really could use some positive hype!