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On Thanksgiving morning, the Minnesota Twins cut ties with our beloved Torii Hunter.

By this point it was basically an inevitability, with the Twins' phones going quiet after being rebuffed for their relative pittance of an offer back in September. But the action taken here speaks loudly to the notion that the Twins' front office just doesn't care what the team's fans want. And with the Santana trade rumors swirling like gnats around a greasy Aruban mullet, the doomsayers are starting to look like they've got it right: The Minnesota Twins are going to be disassembled and, by the time that beautiful stadium opens on the western edge of downtown, will look nothing like it does today. Personally, I doubt if even Morneau or Cuddyer remain. Liriano will have either ballooned to unkeepable, or dwindled to Silva-esque inconsistency (or maybe just get re-injured). Mauer, well... he'll stick around for more money than he deserves, and continue to be his usual, anti-clutch self, but a hometown favorite and the face of the organization, with a batting average that belies his mediocrity.

Expect more Ponsons and Batistas. Guys no one else wants, and from whom we'll get one month of nothing before cutting our losses. This approach—let's call it "Dummyball"—has failed time and again—Nevin, Boone, Cirillo, Sierra, to name a few of the more spectacular failures—and put the Twins out at least the difference between 3/45 and 5/90. And yet, we continue our downward spiral.

The 2008 Twins home opener is against Hunter's Halos on March 31. The question, now, is: Who will he step up into the box against?

At this point, your guess is as good as mine.

Labels: baseball, Twins