You need a 2:1 advantage when stealing bases for it to start working in your favor, and the Twins do better than this.Watching Mike Lamb at third base is going to be so much better than watching Nick Punto for another season. I said it earlier: it’s a religious experience.The Twins are projected to win somewhere between 74 and 78 wins depending on which system you use. The standard deviation on 162 fair coin flips is about six, which gives the Twins an outside chance of getting to .500 or better.Personally, I think they have more than an outside chance.Has Joe Vavra performed a miracle and turned Carlos Gomez into a major league quality hitter? Vavra is a talented coach and his presence is correlated to overall improvements in the Twins' offense.Between Gomez, Everett, Monroe, and Tolbert he should have his hands full. But if these guys can collectively perform better than expected, well, the sky’s the limit.When watching Pat Neshek battle Vladimir Guerrero in the eighth inning, I couldn’t help but think “This is why I watch baseball.”Neshek, strike him out.Nathan gets a save, Hernandez the win. Twins win, 2-3. This article is also featured on Marty’s Homepage. LAFAYETTE, La., April 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — MidSouth Bancorp, Inc.(NYSE Amex: MSL) — MidSouth Bank Executive Vice President and Chief RetailOfficer Dwight Utz has accepted the top job of President and CEO at ECBBancorp, Inc., the holding company for The East Carolina Bank in Engelhard,N.C.Utz, who has been a key member of the MidSouth Bank management team for thepast eight years, has 36 years of banking experience.

“While it is difficultfor us to lose a valued employee of this caliber, we wish Dwight well andcongratulate him on reaching a new milestone in his career,” MidSouth BankPresident and CEO Rusty Cloutier said in announcing Utz’s departure. “It is amajor compliment to our organization and a reflection on Dwight’s manycontributions to MidSouth Bank that ECB saw fit to offer him the topmanagement post, which Dwight has worked hard to earn,” Cloutier continued.”He will do a stellar job leading ECB in the years to come.” Utz will leave MidSouth Bank in mid-May assuming his new position at ECBBancorp, Inc. and the bank effective July 1, 2009.In the interim, RetailRegional Manager/Vice President Carolyn Lay will assume the Chief RetailOfficer position About MidSouth Bancorp, Inc MidSouth Bancorp, Inc. is a bank holding company headquartered in Lafayette,La., with total assets of $923.1 million as of March 31, 2009. Through itswholly-owned bank subsidiary, MidSouth Bank, N.A., the Company offers completebanking services to commercial and retail customers in south Louisiana andsoutheast Texas.

It has 35 locations in Louisiana and Texas and more than 170ATMs. The group is community oriented and focuses primarily on offeringcommercial and consumer loan and deposit services to individuals, and smalland middle market businesses.Established in 1985, MidSouth Bank has 27 offices extending along theInterstate 10 corridor in south Louisiana located in Lafayette (9), BatonRouge (3), New Iberia (3), Lake Charles (2), Sulphur, Jeanerette, Jennings,Thibodaux, Larose, Opelousas, Breaux Bridge, Cecilia, Morgan City and Houma.Additionally, the Company has seven full-service offices in the southeastregion of Texas, including Houston, Beaumont (3), Vidor, College Station andConroe. It also has a mortgage loan center in Conroe.SOURCEMidSouth Bancorp, Inc.Rusty Cloutier, President and CEO, +1-337-962-9900, or Alex Calicchia, ChiefMarketing Officer, +1-337-593-3008, both of MidSouth Bank. The Los Angeles Dodgers totally obliterated the San Francisco Giants today.Opening the season for the Giants, Bruce Bochy put together the following lineup: 1 Dave Roberts – LF 2 Rich Aurilia – 1B 3 Randy Winn – RF 4 Bengie Molina – C 5 Ray Durham – 2B 6 Aaron Rowand – CF 7 Luis Castillo – 3B 8 Brian Bocock – SS 9.

Barry Zito – P According to Brian Sabean, we were planning on a HUGE youth movement this year, yet only one Opening Day starter is under 30: Brian Bocock, who is playing for an injured Omar Vizquel.So far, we’re not sticking to the plan.Bochy also said in the offseason that he was planning on playing the best player at each position, regardless of salary.That also did not happen, as the highest paid player at each position took the field for Opening Day. Looks like the same old Giants…and we’re in for a long season. It’s going to be VERY long if I have to watch the cane-walking Giants take the field day in and day out.Let’s get the youngsters out there!Our triple A squad beat us last week for crying out loud!That should tell you something. One more thing: Why is Aaron Rowand batting sixth?He’s by far the only guy in the lineup who might be considered an offensive threat.Move him into the third or fourth spot please! Now that I’ve ranted for a while, let’s get to today’s game. Barry Zito started off the day giving up three Dodger’s runs in the first, including a home run to Jeff Kent.The next inning he gave up another run on an RBI single by Rafael Furcal.That pretty much sealed the deal for the Giants.They came up with five hits in the entire game, two of which were collected by our only offensive threat, Aaron Rowand. Since there’s not much else to talk about, I’m going to look forward to tomorrow’s game.I’m hoping for a completely new lineup from Bochy since this one didn’t work.Hopefully we’ll see some youth.Tomorrow’s game features Matt Cain vs. Derek Lowe. This article is also featured on San Francisco Giants Blog.

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