Milwaukee at Twins. Twins 6, Brewers 3.

A few days ago, the Vice President of the United States told Senator Patrick Leahy to, ah well, Batgirl does not like to use such language, but to paraphrase the Washington Times, Cheney instructed Leahy to do something "anatomically impossible." Or at least very, very difficult.

Last week in Milwaukee, the Brewers essentially gave similar instructions to the Twins. The Twins had come into Here, Have Another Beer Park having won 8 of their last 10—and beginning to resemble the winning team they had been in April (now, with starting pitching!) Then the Brewers took the first two from us, which was really against protocol, plus Ben Sheets totally snubbed Carlos Silva in the rotunda.

On Sunday, though, Johan "Majority Whip" Santana took the floor. His performance earned him the loyalty of his constituents and the title of AL Player of the Week. (This, after Batgirl's talented and perspicacious readership passed a joint resolution officially declaring him hot, made it quite a week for Johan.)

So Milwaukee surely came into the Dome ready to tell the Twins to expletive themselves all over again. But, tonight, they would need the advice and consent of the Johaninator—and Johan wasn't consenting. He struck out the side in the first inning, and struck out ten in the game. He pitched seven innings tonight, allowing just four hits and one run, and walking no one.

But at this point, it's what we expect of Johan. He's just awesome. Indeed, after a filibuster of a start to the season, Johan is tops in the league in strikeouts, moving past Pedro Martinez and Curt Schilling. You've heard of them.

In fact, for much of the past two seasons, Johan has been unreal. It's strange having such a dominant pitcher. It doesn't feel Minnesotan somehow; it's so ostentatious having someone who can strike so many poor hitters out. Twins pitchers are more ground-ball-out kind of guys, the ones who allow 2-4 runs a game, who are really good once out of every 3 or 4 starts but don't want to be too showy. The question is, how long are we going to have Jo Jo?

One can't help but wonder what Johan's plans are for the future. Will he be content to be the Junior Starter from Minnesota for long? Santana is up for arbitration this year, which might mean trouble, what with Pohlad's balanced budget fetish.

All I can say for sure is it's fun to watch Johan pitch. I don't care if it's immodest. We've started this series with a win, and tomorrow it's Shaggy Guerrier's chance to experience the Dome. It's time for us to give back to the Brewers what they gave us.

Oh, and plus, the Bitch Sox lost. They're three games back now, and really, they can go f--- themselves.