Traffic in the Twin Cities metro area has gotten out of control

Traffic in the Twin Cities metro area has gotten out of control. It took Dogg and me an absurd amount of time to get to the Dome because of all of the backups due to construction. I know the 35W bridge collapse was an unforeseen dilemma, but is this really the best that the Minnesota Department of Transportation could do? When planning all of these construction projects at the same time, didn?t someone on staff raise their hand in a meeting and say ?Hey, maybe we should stagger these a little so people can actually travel through the area?? It is simply impossible to drive more than 5-10 minutes on any major freeway in the Twin Cities area without hitting some sort of congestion due to construction.That said, we entered the Metrodome with two outs in the bottom of the first because of the aforementioned traffic issues and because ESPN has an East Coast bias and moved the time of the game up to 6:10. Lucky for us we didn?t miss much, just an RBI single by Ortiz and a two-run homer by Ramirez in the top of the first and an RBI double by Morneau in the bottom half. There was a pretty big crowd at the Big Inflatable Toilet (copyright 93x), especially for a Monday night game. I?m not sure if this had more to do with the national TV thing or the fact that we have a first place ballclub on our hands here. Either way, it was nice to see some support for the Twins.Rant: Is it even remotely possible for casual Twins fans to cheer for anyone other than Joe Mauer? We get it, he?s from St.

Paul and now he plays for the Twins and you all think he?s god. I?m just getting really tired of all the cheers and screams for only him. We have other players, good players, hell, local players on this team that deserve some acclaim as well. It?s time for the fans to quit sucking Mauer?s popsicle and cheer the entire team and their actions like they actually know what?s going on. End Rant.Livan threw a heck of a game after those first inning jitters He might be the king of ?scattering 10 hits?. There was never a legitimate scoring threat for the Sox after that rough first inning.

He may not throw hard, but the guy what Gardy might call a ?professional pitcher? and he knows how to get things done. If he doesn?t suffer from Ramon Ortiz Syndrome, when might be able to sustain this winning pace.It was really nice to see the team hit so well with the national audience watching us. Mauer was his usual patient self at the plate, Morneau collected a couple of hits, Monroe continued his hot streak of late, and Young even managed a couple of hard-hit singles. This is the production a lot of people were expecting from this lineup before the season started. As long as the bats don?t have any prolonged cold streaks, this team should stay in contention throughout the summer.Alright, enough about the game: if you wanted game stats and observations, you?d probably go to a much more credible website.