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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 [...]

American Leaguers — Want to hold a wiffleball for our site? So far, two players that have went on to win the American League Most Valuable Player Award.

Back in 2006, Justin Morneau held and autographed a wiffleball for us at spring training, and finished the year by winning the AL MVP Award. Earlier today, Joe Mauer, who also held and autographed a wiffleball for us was named the 2009 AL MVP.

Mauer was a near-unanimous choice, earning 27-of-28 first place votes (Detroit’s Miguel Cabrera got the other), and is only the second catcher in 33 years to win the AL MVP Award.

Maybe you spotted him in the Metrodome tunnel when the Twins won the American League Central division in Game 163 of the regular season. Or maybe you’ve seen him in the Twins dugout during games wearing his ‘BOSS’ hat. He’s the old guy with the mustache. That’s Twins clubhouse manager Wayne Hattaway, and he’s the person who is responsible for allowing our staff members to meet Twins players and have them pose with wiffleballs for this site.

Most of the baseball playoff races were decided weeks ago. It looked like the American League Central was among those, but the Twins are keeping it interesting, and the race with the Tigers is really heating up.

Of course, we’re all rooting for the Twins here. After all, TC, the Minnesota Twins mascot, held a wiffleball in his mouth for us!