Positive Numbers: Lynx (Last Week: -1). Right now, things are coming up rosy for the Lynx. What is more impressive: That they now own the best record in the Women's National Basketball Association, or the fact that they have four All-Stars in the ASG today (Saturday), more than any other this year?
They won their two games this screening week, the latter being an important eight-point weekday matinee win on the road against Phoenix (thereby doing to the Mercury what they did to us when they were our guests for our annual basketball camp game last Wednesday) that catapulted Minnesota to the top of the Western Conference and the league with a robust 10-4 record. They've got to be in the playoffs now ... but the conference remains tough, and if they fail to break even against conference opponents in the second half of the season, we could be looking at yet another swoon. But I'm being a pessimist. Right now, enjoy it, because this is awesome and may not last.
After the ASG they resume play Tuesday against Los Angeles and then Friday vs. Seattle. Both games will be at Target Center.
#-1: Twins (Last Week: -2). Hmmm. This is the second of their two long homestands. They finished their first homestand 8-1, a large reason why they've been able to come back from the abyss.
But right now they're only 5-4 in this homestand; for the screening week, which began after their series-opening win over Kansas City, the Twinks are only .500. What may be telling is the games against the two teams leading the American League Central. They split their four-gamer against Cleveland, but had to come back after a doubleheader sweep on Monday. And so far they've gotten tamed by Detroit, whose 1-2 punch of Justin Verlander and Max Scherzer have had their way with the team so far. They are now, I think, 7 games behind the Tigers for first.
They need to split to get something good out of this home cookin'. I'll be at the game today (Saturday), where Moonshot Scott Souvernir Maker Baker will hurl for the first time since the 5th against Brad Penny, aka Mr. Karina Smirnoff. After finishing off their homestand Sunday, they go on one of their longest, if not the longest, roadtrips of the year, a 10-game, 11-day trek that starts against The Bastard Washington Senators v.2.0 midweek, then at Oakland for a trio starting on Friday.
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