Gardy avoids broadside...

And I'm not talking about old Napoleons, oh no, I'm talking about "Shock & Awe."

I'm talking "The Nuclear Option" here.

To what am I possibly refering to, in the context of Twins Mgr. Ron Gardenhire?

The decision he faced April 8th, as to whether or not to play Justin Mourneau (1B), who had been drilled in the head by a fastball Wed. night.

It was a scary scene as he lay on the ground, and later staggered off the field, and it reminded this writer of the ball Kirby Puckett took to his eye socket a few years back that essentially ended his career.

Mourneau had a good MRI, and the Fri. papers made it sound like Gardy was seriously thinking of playing him.

I commented to friends during the workday, that I thought that that could be a catastrophic decision; and in light of the way he rushed Joe Mauer back from a knee injury too early last year (which ended his season) anything was possible.

What if... I mean just what if he got hit in the head again? I shudder to think of possible consequences.

Well now we know they're going to hold him out until at least next Tuesday.

Maybe you can teach an Ol' Dog new tricks.