Yes, that’s why they kept chanting “U-S-A! U-S-A!” during Sen. McCain’s acceptance speech.

It did make me laugh this morning when I read into this comment from last night, posted shortly after the game began and before things got outta hand in Toronto: “I think I’ll just hit myself in the head with a hammer tonight instead of watching the Twins.”

Thanks, Izzy.

Fortunately, I had news duties to distract me last night so I didn’t hafta suffer.

I was afraid the Twins were going to pull off an effort that looked like this one from last July, when they were still trying to convince some folks they were contenders and all the wheels fell off in one afternoon, including an 11-run inning by the Blue Jays and a shutdown performance by the same Jesse Litsch who mastered them last night.

It’s pretty simple. There are no more excuses. Most of the remaining games are at home, most of the matchups are favorable. None of the remaining opponents mess with the Twins the way the Yankees, Red Sox, Blue Jays and Angels do. There could be a hugely emotional and entertaining seven-day stretch against Tampa Bay and the White Sox starting at the end of next week.

Time to get after it, battle their tails off, don’t get too high, don’t get too low, take it one day at a time, do the little things right, pick each other up, use the Dome field advantage and show how well they can compete at the major-league level. Did I miss anything there?

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