Well as you all know, or if you don’t know, it was fishing opener here in the Land of 10,000 Lakes. I was just itching to get out and use my newly acquired Limited Edition Little Piranhas fishing lure.

So I’m having problems with the first couple of casts and decide to pullout the secret weapon. I think to myself, I gotta catch something with this thing. I mean this thing should just nibble away at the fish until they can’t stand it anymore, before you know they won’t have no more meat!

I can’t miss, the fish are going to be jumping at the bit at this thing. So I gave it a good 45 minutes of casting and not a damn thing. Not even a damn nibble. I did pop the lure up out of the water a couple of times, kind of like our LNP. I was hoping for maybe even a fake bunt or maybe an infield hit, NOTHING! Do these lures only work in June|July|August?

I think to myself, this damn lure is cursed or something. I need someone/somebody to take the curse off of my lure. Maybe a sacrificial live rooster will do the trick. Actually I’m impressed I didn’t lose the thing on the first cast. Hopefully are little pirhanas can turn things around, god knows I’m getting sick of our left side of the infield.

Well for people who didn’t get a lure, I’m going to post the info posted on the inside of the box. I think I’ll give my lure a couple more months, I’ll post back if I catch something.

Piranhas: [Pi-ra-nhas]

1. Tropical freshwater fish that are voraciously carnivorous and often attack and destroy their predators.

2. Minnesota Twins players who nibble their opponents into defeat with key hits, runs and steals.

White Sox Manager Ozzie Guillen called Twins players that included Nick Punto, Jason Bartlett, Luis Castillo and Jason Tyner the “little piranhas” after the fish that are known to eat their prey alive. “I’d rather have a three-run homer beat me than those ‘little piranhas’ bite you little by little and then you’re dead,” said Guillen during the 2006 season.

The scrappy play of the “piranhas” frustrated many teams with the relentless ability to get key base hits, drive-in runs and take advantage of other teams’ mistakes when it counted the most. The persistent gnawing away at opponents earned the respect of many in the league and helped propel the Twins to the 2006 American League Central Division title. The ferocious “little piranhas” are ready to chew on more hapless victims in 2007.

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