I will be coming up to the Cities from Madison, WI  for the June 20th Astros game and attending the Autograph Party beforehand. I was wondering if any of you have been to the AP before and how long I should expect to wait in line for the big names like Mauer, Morneau, Killebrew and Carew?

Both my girlfriend and I will be going through the lines and I was wondering how many of them I can reasonable expect to get in the time allotted? Outside of the AP, are there any other suggestions you can give me to make my first Twins game a pleasurable one?

Thanks,

Adrian

In all honesty before this last week I had never heard of Scott Thorman and with good reason. At age 27, Thorman has 2 seasons in the Bigs under his belt posting a line of  .222/.260/.407 in 415 AB.

So far the former 1st Round Pick has had a pretty good spring training. Granted its still way early and having 11 AB is not anywhere close to being a good sample, but he has posted a line of .636/.636/.818 including 2 doubles. 


Looking at the number of At-Bats being given to certain players in spring training, Macha's been giving a lot of ABs to players who are on the bubble as far as making the team.

And right now Thorman has the upper hand when it comes to stats.  Things in Thorman's favor is that he is left handed hitter and he can play the outfield, although he's primarily a First Baseman. I'm guessing his fielding in the OF isn't pretty and will hold him back. My question is what does Thorman need to do or continue to do to make this team?

A little humor from the Onion:

NEW YORK—After the records of players who used performance-enhancing drugs are carefully removed, statistics provided by the Elias Sports Bureau indicate that lifetime .255 hitter Craig Counsell was the best player of the past 15 years. "If you judge them on the basis of pure physical ability, you're left with Craig Counsell," said ESB representative Patrick Wondolowski, adding that Counsell's 35 career home runs narrowly beat out Quinton McCracken's 21 and pitcher Glendon Rusch's three. Upon hearing the news, broadcaster Bob Uecker lauded the Brewers utilityman as "one of the best I ever saw, if we're talking about those who I can say without a doubt never took steroids. He came this close to stealing a base off of Ivan Rodriguez, and I swear I heard him foul tip a Roger Clemens fastball. The kid could flat-out steroid-free play. One time he was playing third base and he caught a Rafael Palmeiro line drive—just caught it, right in his mitt." When asked about his Hall of Fame chances, Counsell dodged the question by asking if anyone had a few bucks so he could go buy a sandwich.

This is only vaguely related to the Brewers but...

On this day, back in 1933, the 21st Amendment was passed which repealed the 18th Amendment, effectively ending Prohibition.

Its text reads as follows:

    Section 1.
    The eighteenth article of amendment to the Constitution of the United States is hereby repealed.

    Section 2.
    The transportation or importation into any State, Territory, or possession of the United States for delivery or use there in of intoxicating liquors, in violation of the laws thereof, is hereby prohibited.

    Section 3.
    This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by conventions in the several States, as provided in the Constitution, within seven years from the date of the submission hereof to the States by the Congress.