You know, it was rough going sass-blogging on the Twins for a little while. There was no Corey, no Dougie, no AJ, and if it hadn't been for Lew Ford, this blog would have had to go totally dark. Batgirl tried to beg TR at the trade deadline last year to acquire a player with a little personality.

But all is well now. The players haver come into their own. We have LNP and his tiny antics, Luis Castillo's fly dancing, and sometimes Justin Morneau even smiles. And we have Sideshow Pat Neshek, blogger and sidearmer, who is currently
auctioning off his rookie hazing costume on eBay.

Your phallic symbol does not threaten me, Mr. Reporter Man.

What's cuter, that's he's auctioning it off or that he wants to keep the doggie costume?

That's Neshek's dog Juicy, by the way.

It's also fun to read Neshek's eBay ratings--he's got 100% positive feedback, including one from someone known as "hardcore Jesus" that says, in something that looks like Dr. Seuss translated back from the Japanese, "HORRAY HORRAY YOU MAKE MY DAY. EXCELLENT SMOOTH TRANSACTION." And yes, Batgirl knows how to spell "hooray." Hardcore Jesus, not so much.

Current bid, $134. I'm sure people can do better, I mean, that thing has baseball player sweat!

Thanks to all who emailed BG with this. These are the sort of developments of which she must be kept apprised.