O.K. I don’t encounter animals other than dogs, cats, squirrels and chirp-chirp birds, so I’ve forgotten how to deal with other creatures.

I got up early this morning to get some exercise in before I went to the park. There was a a small field with a running path right behind the hotel I was staying at, so I did a lap then toured the surrounding neighborhood.

On the way back, I hit the path again. By now, a huge flock of geese (at least 20)  had taken over the path. Some were on the left. Some were on the right. A few were right on the path.

I decided to slow down and try to walk through the group, hoping the flock would just slide out of the way and not fly away in terror. All of a sudden, a head pops up from the middle of the pack and starts coming at me, hissing. I stopped, but it kept coming at me.  I guess I could have yelled at it and scared it off, but I just said to myself, “forget this,” turned around and got the heck out of there. I was near the end of my workout anyway.

I got to the park and looked up stuff about geese. I found out they’ve been known to fly at people’s heads when threatened. Twins manager Ron Gardenhire claimed I could have spread out my arms like Karate Kid and moved toward it, and it would have backed off. But what if it would have been the Rampage Jackson of geese?

Back to regular programming.

Mike Lamb is in the lineup as the desginated hitter. He’s 5 for his last 7 against Justin Verlander.

Nick Punto is out as he rests his sprained finger.

Michael Cuddyer said that he will try to grip a bat on Thursday when the team works out at the Dome.

Sorry this is late. I’ve got some computer issues going on right now. Note to help desk: Someone please call me ASAP so we can figure out what wrong with the vpn dialer today!!!

Twins (53-41): 1. Carlos Gomez, CF. 2. Alexi Casilla, 2B. 3. Joe Mauer, C. 4. Justin Morneau, 1B. 5. Jason Kubel, LF. 6. Brendan Harris, SS. 7. Brian Buscher, 3B. 8. Mike Lamb, DH. 9. Denard Span, RF. Pitching: Blackburn.

Tigers (46-47): 1. Curtis Granderson, CF. 2. Placido Polanco, 2B. 3. Carlos Guillen, 3B. 4. Miguel Cabrera, 1B. 5. Matt Joyce, RF. 6. Marcus Thames, DH. 7. Clete Thomas, LF. 8. Brandon Inge, C. 9. Ramon Santiago, SS. Pitching: Justin Verlander.Â

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