Somehow, we won the Central Division last year without actually being able to make contact with the ball EVER (with the exception of Chairman Mauer the three games he actually played, Dr. Morneau when he brought his boomie boomie stick to the games, and Cordel Koskos once he went medieval on a wooden seating apparatus). Batgirl likes to attribute our remarkable success to faith, hard work, and the presidential stylings of Johan Santana. Oh, and the fact that the Bitch Sox just blew. But anyway, it seems that the organization wants to see what it might be like if our guys learned to hit and has decided to call in some guys who know a thing or two about that.

From the :

Look for the Twins to temporarily unretire the No. 29 jersey of hall of famer Rod Carew this spring.

That's because Carew has accepted an invitation from general manager Terry Ryan and manager Ron Gardenhire to return to the field in uniform as a member of the club's instructional staff for a week during spring training in Fort Myers, Fla.

• Hall of famer Paul Molitor also has been invited to participate in on-field spring training, but the Twins still haven't heard whether the St. Paul native will accept.

Just as long as Carew remembers who taught him all his tricks...