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30 is old news, let's go for 40...

Posted at 10:23 AM on August 25, 2006 by David Zingler

Last night, in the Twins 11-2 stomping of the Orioles, Justin Morneau hit his 32nd homerun of the season. Only Harmon Killebrew has had a 40 homerun season in a Twins uniform (which he did 7 times). In the 60 seasons the franchise called our nation’s capitol home, Killebrew (42, 1959) and Roy Sievers (42, 1957) were the only players to reach the milestone.

The Twins have 36 games remaining this season which means Morneau must hit one homer every 4.5 games to reach 40. So far this season, the Canadian has hit one out about once every 3.8 games, so it’s definitely doable.

The 25-year-old has played in 121 out of the team’s 126 games and hasn’t had an off day since May 19, so barring injury he’ll be in the line-up everyday the rest of the way. On July 10, I predicted a 41 homerun season for Morneau, I’ll stand by that....

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