Last night I watched a bit of the Red Sox-Twins game from Fort Myers. Sox starter Clay Bucholz looked as if he wanted no part of the mound and pitched in slow motion, allowing the Twins, a speedy, opportunistic bunch, to put run after run on the board. The Twins' Carl Pavano, meanwhile, worked the corners and stifled the Sox.
In between the one-sided action, I learned that the Twins will open their new field in Minneapolis on April 12 and that local TV coverage that day will start at 2 a.m. It will show the passing of the state legislature that approved funding for the park and go through every key moment in its building, right up to the official opening. That is a pretty cool idea. Gotta believe some die-hards will be up watching all this.
Also, Cathy Oertor, widow of Olympic discus champion Al Oerter, was interviewed during one inning about The Art of Olympians, a permanent exhibit of art by her husband and other Olympic athletes, which is now installed in a gallery in Fort Myers. Her stories about this and her husband's involvement with making art were interesting. I bet there could be a similar show of art by baseball players.
