TBL's Dome-Day Challenge 2005

Your attention, please.

TBL has in her grubby little paws two lower reserved tickets to the Sunday, September 4th game versus Cleveland. These tickets will be sent to whoever writes the most thought-provoking answer (whether TBL agrees with it or not) to the following question:

What has pushed the Twins offense from its usual fair-to-middling level headlong into outright pathetic failure? Or, conversely, are things really not as bad as they seem on the hitting side?

Email me your answer. All entries will be posted for the edification of the public!* Bloggers and non-bloggers alike are eligible. Heck, everyone is eligible. Can your cat type? Anyway, get going--you have until Monday noon.

(If you can't make that game or don't want the tickets, enter anyway! Just mention you don't want/can't use the tickets in your email. If you win, the tickets will move on to the next honorable mention, but you'll still get your digital laurels to rest upon.)

A few stats to get you started:

Year	Avg	OPS	Runs	HR	AL Rank: Avg	AL Rank: Runs
2005	.260	.723	556	113	11th	13th
2004	.266	.763	780	191	10th	10th
2003	.277	.772	801	155	3rd	6th
2002	.272	.769	768	167	5th	9th
2001	.272	.770	771	164	4th	8th

partial season

The Twins have now played 78.4 percent of their season, for those of you who may want to do the higher math.

* TBL reserves the right to edit typos, because she's picky that way. Content will not be altered!