Off-season: What are the Twins doing now?
1. Last we heard, Mauer was having a hernia check Oct. 10. Mysteriously quiet on Twins front. Although Twinkie Town tells us Mauer will continue to be:
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2. Punto goes back to yoga class.
3. Entrepeneur and McDancyPants Pat Neshek now sells tee-shirts to go along with his graphed 8 x 10s. See his sidearmstore.com. He's also, finally!, pleasing SoDak fans by visiting Beresford, SD, this Saturday. He says here, "This is for everyone in the past that has asked me to come to South Dakota to make an autograph apperance...I'm coming."
4. I can't tell if Gardy wishes for the days of Babe Ruth, or not. He says about this off-season: "That's old school, coming to Spring Training to get in shape, putting down the pack of cigarettes and saying, 'Let's go." . . . [N]owadays you just have to stay on top of it all year round.'"
4. On that note, Boof Bonser is being followed as closely as Kirstie Alley or that Valerie from "One Day at a time." The entire Twins organization wants "Bonser -- listed at 6-foot-4 and 260 pounds -- to lose weight to improve his endurance on the mound. Bonser doesn't like to run, so [they've] developed workouts that appeal to Bonser, like spinning."
Punto on the mats, Bonser on the bike, Mauer in a crotch-wrap, working on his arm strength. We get the picture.
5. All the while, the buff Maple Leafer will be posing for pictures, making his appearance as a hockey goalie and a bruising grand slammer. (This might be the carrot-at-the-end-of-the-stick for Bonser: not a before/after shot in People magazine but a customized, animated fantasy role in the new 2K Sports game, "The Bigs." Check it out.)
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