Hey Everyone,
Not sure who is out there but hopefully someone is! 
Anyway, for those that don't know my name is Joe and I've been a Twins fan since I was six years old. I hope you find this blog entertaining and thought provoking. Let's get started shall we?!
In my first entry I'd like to discuss how the Twins acquired a new shortstop for the 2010 season and what I think of the acquisition and also the news that was announced today, that they are going to be wearing new uniforms next year.
The Twins have acquired shortstop J.J. Hardy from the Milwaukee Brewers for outfielder Carlos Gomez. I am excited about this acquisition. It potentially fills a very big need for the Twins, a right-handed bat with good power and an infielder at a position of need. It thins out the Twins depth in the outfield but they still have four guys who are capable of playing out there everyday and you can only have three out there everyday. Gomez is very talented but he gets way too excited when he's at the plate a lot of the time which causes him to swing wildly and strike out a lot. He has the potential to be special at the plate if he ever calms down his approach. He is an excellent defender as well.
Hardy, while he is coming off a bad year offensively is capable of hitting in the upper .200's to .300 and has pop enough to hit 20+ home runs a season and plays consistent defense. Overall for 2010, the trade favors the Twins. In the future, it could favor the Brewers but the Twins had to take that chance to give themselves a better chance to compete in 2010.
On to news of today. The Twins unveileda new road uniform, the new alternate uniform they will use for the 2010 season and a slightly new logo. If you want to see pictures of these things, go here: http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/teams/min/gallery
I personally love the new road uniforms! I like that they use blue for the lettering and red for the numbers and they just work for me. If anything I have a slight problem with them is that they do look a lot like the Washington Nationals road uniforms but I like those so it's not that big of a problem for me. The new home alternate uniforms the Twins are going to use this year are a copy of the ones they used when they broke into Major League Baseball in 1961. It's a classic look. They replace the copy of the 1982 uniforms they used last season when they closed out the Metrodome.
Well, that's all for me today folks. Hope you enjoyed today's installment and I will post again soon. Take care.
Joe
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