I have it on good authority that the Twins have been involved in an elaborate April Fools prank. Apparently the gist of it is that they play absolutely horrible for four games to start the season, giving up an average of 7 runs a game, play bad defense, don't hit, weird managerial strategies, puzzling broadcast decisions. The whole lot. Get the fan base and all up in arms and the sports scribes moving on to the who the Vikings should draft in the 6th round. Then, on April 1st, it's all APRIL FOOLS! We are actually a good team that is professionally run and managed and they play lights out the rest of the season.

Seems like a dumb strategy, but you know the lengths some organizations will go to pull of an April Fools stunt.

Simeon Wood Richardson on the mound for the Twins. Shane Smith for the Whities. I think he's a reliever so unless the Sox are looking to convert him to a starter, looks like he may be the Opener.

First pitch at 6:40 from The Rate.