Quit elbowing me! Get your foot out of my back! Schooch over!

Things sure are getting crowded here on the Twins bandwagon. For those of us who actually knew they existed before last week, we are feeling mixed emotions. I am angry at the people that only pay attention to the Twins when they make the playoffs and otherwise relegate them to the realm of the unwanted. I'm also happy that people are giving the Twins credit for their abilities.

In the past few days, anyone with access to a media outlet has come crawling out of the woodwork to proclaim the Twins as the Anti-Yankee saviors of baseball. I'd be more impressed with your predictions if the Twins weren't playing high caliber baseball all year and you chose to ignore them. Even the Yankee/Red Sox ass-kissers over at ESPN are getting in on the act. A few weeks ago it was "The Yankees cannot be stopped, for they are God" and now its "The Yankees will be lucky to get out of the first round. The Twins are good." The JBKQ (Johan Butt-kissing Quotient) is going through the roof. Well, we all thought he rocked back in April. Peter Gammons, who barely acknowledges baseball outside of the Boston metro area, is putting the JDKQ to astronomical levels. In his senility, he is actuall acknowledging that a Red Sox player is not the best at his position. I'm shocked! Even Buster Olney, the King of Yankee ass-kissing, has acknowledged that Johan is acutally capable of pitching well. And everyone seems to be getting on the Lew sub-bandwagon, how he is the intangible the Twins have to sway the series. I was saying that months ago!

Closing Shot: Twins in 4.