Well, that was a tough series to watch. A team that we've learned to take for granted when it comes to executing the fundamentals of the game and not giving away ballgames has officially become a colossal disappointment.

It would be hard, really, to even know where to start.

I'll say this, though: Nick Punto's a good teammate and a fine fielder, but he better spend the entire winter working on his bunting, or his future --such as it is-- is as a defensive highlight reel in the Northern League.

It's almost hard to swallow so much bile on the eve of the Twins' long-awaited ballpark groundbreaking, and equally hard to swallow the fact that most of the guys who we learned tonight will be skipping tomorrow's affair --Torii Hunter, Joe Nathan, Johan Santana, and Justin Morneau, among others-- likely won't be wearing Minnesota uniforms when the team actually plays a game in the new park.