The big story this morning should be Johan Santana and his gem of a game yesterday against the Texas Rangers. As a brief re-cap, Jo-Jo struck out 17 batters in eight innings, breaking the Minnesota Twins' clubhouse record, which was a four way tie at 15, a number last reached by Bert Blyleven in 1986. Yesterday, Bert commented that he now knew how Hank Aaron felt.
However, Johan has been less than supportive of the Twins organization in recent weeks, having loudly voiced his disapproval of the trade of Luis Castillo, the Twins' starting second baseman. It is obvious that, in the coming years, this organization cannot afford to keep Johan forever, and soon enough he'll be looking eastward towards the Bronx Bombers. And no doubt, they'll welcome him with open arms and a blank check.
But, for the time being, I'll be glad to watch him shut down any batter that comes across his plate.
