Joe Crede’s flight had to make an emergency landing in St. Louis but he’s in the air to Fort Myers as of this moment. We’re hoping the press conference starts by 7 p.m. EST, after Crede and his familiy lands, picks up their luggage and gets a rental car.

Update: The Twins have decided to hold the press conference at 8:30 a.m. tomorrow. It makes it easier for Crede and his family to settle in tonight. It also helps me make the early deadline. 

It’s been a long day.

Anyway, I thought I’d post some Crede-related comments to whet your appetite while we wait for him to land in Fort Myers.

Twins outfielder Michael Cuddyer:

“Crede has killed us over the past couple years. I think with the opportunity he’s going to have over here he’s going to have a hance to help us. He might be the guy to do it.

“If anything, he won’t be killing us.”

Twins manager Ron Gardenhire:

“We’ve been looking for a corner guy. You always look to upgrade, see if you can get an impact player. At a corner position that we went into spring thinking about. I mean, we went into the spring looking for one and this is the guy. This is the guy that we talked about way, way back. This guy, if he’s healthy, can do a lot of damage. We’ve seen him. He’s done it to us. He can pick it at third base. He’s a Gold Glove third baseman type player. He can put the ball in the seats as he’s done plenty of times against us. Those guys kind of make good impressions on you when they keep hitting balls in the seats against you. So when they’re out there, you think about it. We’ve been thinking about this guy for awhile, never knowing whether it was going to work out or not. But it finally has.”

And….White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen:

“He will make their pitching staff better because their defense will be a lot better. He will create double plays. He knows how to play the game. There is one player who didn’t grow up with the Minnesota Twins organization, and he played like a Minnesota Twin. He’s that type of player. They will help him, yes. They got better? If Crede is on the field they’re going to be better. I don’t think they’ll win the division because of one player.  They always had a good club and always will be in the pennant race and you have to handle it the way we always handle it and see what happens.”

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