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Looks like the Minnesota Twins are getting a new stadium and a new closer. Say it ain’t so, Joe!

This morning, the Twins announced that their closer, and wiffleball fan, Joe Nathan has suffered a significant tear to his ulnar collateral ligament in his pitching elbow which could cause him to miss the entire 2010 season!

It’s sad to see, especially since Nathan, who turned 35 in the offseason, had surgery in October to remove bone spurs from the same elbow to prevent an injury like this from occurring.

The devastating news didn’t come as a total surprise, since it was announced yesterday that Nathan flew to Minnesota for an MRI, just a couple of days after leaving a spring training game against the Red Sox due to elbow soreness.

Nathan has already mentioned the dreaded three words that no fan ever wants to hear [...]

It’s hard to believe that today marks the start of spring training for some pitchers and catchers. After all, 49 of the 50 states have experienced snow in the last three weeks, and in many areas, snow will continue to fall. But the start of spring training means warmer weather is just around the corner, and for wiffleball fans, it’s time to start thinking about your upcoming wiffleball season.

Do you have all of the equipment that you’ll need?

Wiffleballs? Wiffleball bats? Bases? A scorebook? A nice strike zone? A new wiffleball T-shirt? Lucky boxers?

We’ll soon find out if the 13th time is the charm for Bert Blyleven. On January 6th, the 2010 Baseball Hall of Fame class will be announced.

For a guy who was retired well before steroids took over baseball, there’s still a lot of debate on whether Blyleven deserves to be elected to the Hall of Fame.

Blyleven is still known for having one of the best curveballs by any pitcher in history. We can only imagine what he could do with a wiffleball, even now, and he’s been retired since 1992.

After looking over his career stats, I’d have to say it’s a pretty easy decision. He deserves a plaque in Cooperstown.

In case you missed it — we did — Boof Bonser was designated for assignment by the Minnesota Twins on December 8th, and then traded to the Boston Red Sox on December 10th for a player to be named later.

Bonser posed with a wiffleball at Twins spring training in Fort Myers, Florida a couple of years ago.

Yes, Boof is really his first name. He was born John Paul Bonser, but legally changed his first name to Boof after the 2001 season.

Bonser was part of the famous trade with the San Francisco Giants that brought pitchers Joe Nathan and Francisco Liriano to Minnesota for catcher A.J. Pierzynski, who is now with the Chicago White Sox.

In 2008, MLB.com picked Boof Bonser to have the best nickname in baseball.