I was pleasantly surprised the other day to log onto mlb.com and see that Morneau had actually played in a game again, let alone hitting a 3-run double. I had been hoping he would return all last season, but eventually it came to be that he was not coming back.
I believe Morneau is a big question mark on the Twins for many people around the game. They wonder just how well he will perform along with Post-Tommy John Joe Nathan. I personally believe the Twins would have advanced past the first round of the playoffs had Morneau been healthy and still in the line-up. He was on pace for an absolutely fantastic season. He played in exactly half of Minnesota's games in 2010 before going down with a concussion. Its not an exact science by any means but if you assume he continued his pace (pure speculation, I know) he would have ended the season with 36 HRs and 112 RBIs. Thats pretty darn good. It would have given them some of the extra punch and Calm Leadership in the line-up they missed down the stretch and in the postseason last year.
I'm just happy to see that he is finally resuming baseball activities and hope this is just a slight hiccup for Justin. Morneau's situation with his concussion seems to be repeating itself in hockey with the situation regarding Crosby, and thus I learned due to Morneau that Crosby isn't coming back either.
Heres hoping another symptom free game for Justin on Friday.