Big League Stew - MLB - Yahoo! Sports: Photo: Twins force mascot to dig team’s collective grave

Big League Stew - MLB - Yahoo! Sports Latest Big League Stew - MLB from Yahoo! Sports Photo: Twins force mascot to dig team’s collective grave 31 May 2011, 8:45 pm Thanks to the Minnesota Twins and their mascot, T.C. Bear, the long-pondered question —  "Does a bear dig in the woods?" — has finally been answered. Sorry, fur ball, but there will be no great escape from the Twinned Cities in 2011. And let's pick up the digging, T.C. Deeper! Wider! Faster! Bah! You couldn't bury Delmon Young's pet turtle in that mud puddle! Really, it's a dirty, rotten shame the Twins season has come down to this. Winners of the past two AL Central championships, and six titles since 2002, the franchise has fallen on hard times in 2011. Reigning MVP Joe Mauer has been hurt, other players have been injured, and most others are under-performing. So how can we blame the Twins for their marching orders? Collectively being put down humanely and returned to the forest for eternity is the dignified way to end things. OK, we're kidding! The mascot is not really going Goodfellas on the Twins. The photo only makes it seem like T.C. is digging a grave for the team, which sports a major-league worst record of 17-35 (yikes) and already finds itself 14 1/2 games out of first place in the AL Central (zoinks!) as of Tuesday afternoon. Mr. Bear really is digging a hole so that a spruce tree — a former resident of the batting eye at Target Field — can be transplanted to a berm at the Zumbrota Mazeppa High School baseball field. (Zumbrota Mazeppa: An underrated album by the Police, or the long-lost Marx Brother?) The spruce, one of 14 removed from an area beyond center field because they supposedly interfered with batters' concentration at Target, was won by a season-ticket holder who is donating it to the high school. Yes, Twins authorities: Tree branches swaying in the downtown Minneapolis breeze is obviously why the team is bringing up the major league rear in offense. Can you dig where we're coming from? Follow Dave on Twitter — @AnswerDave — and engage the Stew on Facebook You are receiving this email because you subscribed to this feed at blogtrottr.com. If you no longer wish to receive these emails, you can unsubscribe from this feed.