The Twins have signed Ramon Diogenes Ortiz, another right-hander with a recent history of struggling, to a one-year contract. In the great American spirit of competition, that means spring training will feature an interesting fight for the five spots in the rotation: Johan, Boof (IN! and not going anywhere 4ever, right?); Silva (In and trade bait?); Garza and Baker (Young and hopeful); Ortiz and Ponson (Older, battered and in search of their former prowess).

Maybe you remember Ortiz from this particular game.

Have you looked yet?

You might remember that night at the Metrodome, after the Twins had won the first game of the 2002 AL Championship Series and were smacking the ball all over the Metrodome against Ortiz, who somehow managed to give up only 3 runs in 5 1/3 innings. The Angels won that game 6-3, won the next three to win the pennant and then won the World Series in 7 games.

Now, go back and take another look at that box score and imagine whether the outcome of that game would have been different if the Twins' first reliever that night had started the game instead of Rick (Strikebreaker/Heartbreaker) Reed.

Welcome, RD Ortiz, from DJ Bat-Baby and the rest of us. And your parents get bonus points for your middle name. Looks like you could join us in the blogging kingdom if things don't work out on the mound.