Saturday Schmatterday.

Those Girls started out their baseball day yesterday by running right into Bill Hall arriving at the Metrodome. Yes, he's the enemy right now. And yet, we were still excited. He's a pretty man. (Although not pretty enough for me to be OK with the Bill Hall/Boof Bonser trade a lot of Brewers fans want.)

We saw a giant van-full of Brewers fans pouring into Hubert's, so we light-railed it down to Champp's for pre-game waffle fries and Cubs/White Sox baseball instead. This was a good choice, because as it turns out, the waffle fries were kind of a high point for the day.

Onto the Dome where we picked up our Mini Michael Cuddyer Wind-up Walkers and Mauer/Morneau '08 All Star Campaign buttons. This was also a high point. Aside from Dick Bremer winning the Home Run Derby (humiliating Bernie Brewer in the process), things went significantly downhill after we entered the gates.

I really don't like Bernie Brewer. With his blindingly yellow facial hair and pasty white fake-skin, he just looks creepy.

I can never look at him without thinking that he should be wearing this shirt.

Before the first pitch was even thrown, the Brewers fans in our section had us longing for the quiet, respectful wholesomeness of Yankees fans. I think the Twins-Brewers "rivalry" has been a little bit silly since the Brewers switched to the AL. I harbor no ill will to the Brewers team. I like to see them doing well, except when they play us. Brewers FANS on the other hand...they make me want to stick Twins Souvenir Over-Sized Pencils up their noses.

As for the game itself, there's not much to say. With both Alexi and Cuddy out with various hand problems, there were a few too many offensive question marks for our taste. And Livan....well, you know. When Boof took over in the 8th, at first I was convinced that his fastball was SOOO much faster than normal. But then I looked at the pitch speed display and realized that no, he was pitching the same as always....it just seemed so much faster because I had spent 7 innings watching Livan. And then Jason Kubel hit a lone homerun in the ninth with two outs, still down by four. This is what I like to refer to as the "Rondell White Special." The homerun that comes way too late in a losing game to mean a damn thing. Although, in fairness, Kubel did hit his homerun about 10 seconds after I said "I can't believe we're going to let them shut us out." So, I guess there's that.