Eschewing numbers for the day as I'll be posting a chunky Twins Mid-Season Player Rater at mid-week, I'd be wholly remiss to not make mention of our recent winning ways. The statistics have been juicy as the club took games from four Cy Young starters in less than a week's time, and then highlighted the run with yesterday's precise Kevin "Brad Radke" Slowey shutout win over Ben "The best anonymous pitcher in baseball" Sheets.

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Pat Neshek is off the mound and in rehab--of the physical variety of course. In his spare time, he's keeping his website updated. Plenty of ball players keep blogs, but Neshek's has a special charm. Mostly, its his unflagging love of baseball cards--of the autographed variety.

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Great sports week here in the Twin Cities. On Thursday, the Twins continued to steamroll with an amazing ninth straight win, the T-Wolves drafted O.J. Mayo and then worked out a savvy midnight deal to get the talented Kevin Love and Mike Miller from Memphis (while also, to the dismay of my gal, getting rid of stubble-faced Marko Jaric), and the U.S. Women's Open got kick-started at Interlachen Country Club in Edina. As I was out at the course writing a few pieces for an alternate publication, our most amiable C.P. web editor Jeff "Dottie Pepper" Shaw was kind enough to let me share some golf impressions in this space as well.

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Hey, Planter’s Peanut Man. The Twins have officially banned you from their skyboxes for three home games. That’s right… some people don’t want your snooty monocle interfering with their baseball experience.More >>

Last Saturday, WCCO ran a story about the traffic laws concerning bicycles. Reporter Jason DeRusha, took viewers through the basics of lawful cycling. He also pointed out how most cyclists don’t really follow such rules. More >>

While The Onion was busy taking a pot-shot at Metrodome malaise last week, our boys were busy inflating the Dome with rare air. Back on June the 12th, the Twins were sagging at 5 ½ games behind Chicago, but after winning six straight and eight-of-nine, the club heads to San Diego with a deficit of just 1 ½.

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The Green Guide, an eco-minded off shoot of National Geographic, has a pretty little essay about the Minnesota urban trail system. Its writer, Jay Walljasper reflects upon its ability to make him feel away from the world while simultaneously being surrounded by a 3 million deep metropolitan area.More >>

If you believe MSNBC, our city is wonderful for bicycles, but it sure isn’t the second most bike friendly city in the US.More >>

There is nothing “fine” about the next check that Ron Gardenhire will be writing out to the MLB offices. On Tuesday, Gardy and Houston Manager Cecil Cooper were fined by the league for failure to adhere to the league’s new order to amp up the pace of play.

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Rm. 319 of City Hall was packed last night with cyclists, city planners and a few city engineers. All were there to learn about and give input into the city’s Bicycle Master Plan 2008. It’s a comprehensive planning project that hopes to get more folks riding their bikes, and hopefully, turn us into Amsterdam.More >>