Indeed, Frank Thomas is your starting designated hitter.

We're getting the band back together, man.

And yeah, I would've said that before the first inning transpired.

I was surprised Mike Sweeney didn't start the first game of the series and (as a Twins fan) sad when he got the start yesterday. He absolutely kills the Twins, as does Thomas.

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" .... But you'd be surprised how many scouts and executives are using words like "done" to describe him.

That seems harsh, if not downright unfounded, since it was only a few months ago the guy was finishing off a 26-homer, 95-RBI season. But this is also a fellow who hit .176 during what one exec described as a "dreadful" spring training. And other than a four-day stretch this month when he "ran into" all three of his homers and 10 of his 11 RBIs, he was 5-for-44 (.114) for the season, with no extra-base hits.

"His bat was so slow, he was missing 85-mile-an-hour fastballs," said one scout. "Everything looked so slow, I couldn't believe what I was seeing. I didn't see him drive one ball. Not one. Even in [batting practice], he wasn't that good. So I'm really not surprised [he got released] at all."

Another review: "What he became was a complete guess-hitter. He has to gear up for the fastball. If he gets it right, he can still do some damage. It's just not as regular, as predictable or as likely to happen as it used to be."