The media softball game wasn’t as lame as I thought it would be - but I still don’t see the point.

I was on a team managed by Tony Oliva that lost 7-5 to Bert Blyleven’s team. No one on my team wanted to play third, so I played there and it was a disaster. I booted five grounders. Two allowed runs to score, one allowed a runner on base but I recovered twice to force runners at third. My throws kept pulling the first baseman off the bag. My expectations were below zero on this one because I haven’t played since I was in a league in Kansas City 12 years ago.

Offensively, I was 2 for 3 with double, but I kept trying to go out and get the ball instead of letting the ball come over the plate. I tapped to third in my first at-bat. Blyleven, who was on the mound, tried to be funny and threw one in overhand on my next at-bat, and I lined it down the left field line for a double. My third at-bat began with a swing and a miss (once again, let the ball travel deeper, La Velle), but I lined a single to right two pitches later (much better, La Velle).

Some spectators - I’m not going to name names but their initials are Terry Ryan, Jack Goin, Remzi Kiratli, Mike Herman, Joe Christensen and Jim Souhan - heckled everything I did. At least I got out there.

Next year, the Twins should just do what they do best - skip the game and just feed us.

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