Even on a good day Minnesota Twins are maddening

Ron Gardenhire is tired. Tired of the mental errors, tired ofthe wasted at-bats, the walks, the errors, of not knowing when hisplayers will be available...everything that has come to define the Twins' miserable 2011 season."We have to get it done," he said after his team's fifthstraight loss. "Get. It,arado rmt. Flipping. Done."So woebegone have the Twins become that even when they didget it done Wednesday, they still couldn't get it done. Jason Kubelatoned for a multitude of sins with a go-ahead, three-run homer inthe seventh, and Matt Tolbert helped tie it in the eighth with adouble, yet the Twins lost 9-7 in front of abewildered 38,938.The booing was diffident and the cheering restrained as Twins fans seemed finally to acceptthe fact that their team is broken, loser of five straight and11-game laggard to Central Division-leading Cleveland after thelatest meltdown."It's only May, and there's still 4-1/2 months left, but wecan't dig ourselves too much of a hole," right fielder MichaelCuddyer said. "There's definitely a sense of urgency, without adoubt. But it's not just a sense of urgency to win, it's a sense ofurgency to play better."We have to do that before we can worry about winning, andthat's all of us, myself included."Still without starters Joe Mauer (leg weakness), TsuyoshiNishioka (broken leg), Jim Thome (muscle strain) and Delmon Young(muscle strain), Minnesota started three position players whoopened the season at Class AAA Rochester, plus Tolbert, who madethe squad as the utility infielder,aion RMT.The Twins got some big at-bats againstthe Tigers, rallying from 5-2 and 7-6 deficits, but it wasn't crispbaseball by a long shot.Starter Scott Baker walked five and threw 99 pitches in 4-1/2innings, and Twins pitchers combined for eightwalks. In the second inning, Danny Valencia failed to move JustinMorneau, after a leadoff double, to third. In the seventh, DenardSpan advanced to third on Luke Hughes' double off the scoreboard inright-center - from second base.Morneau and Span wound up scoring, but that didn't mitigate themanager's ire."That's not good enough. That's not how we play," Gardenhiresaid. "They say, 'Well, I'm trying.' 'OK, you're trying; get itdone.' "The Twins have lost 8 of 12 series thisseason, and been swept three times. They're 11 games below .500 forthe first time since finishing 69-93 in 2000, Tom Kelly'spenultimate season as manager.Hughes, one of six rookies on the active roster, said being newto the majors is not an excuse."Hey, we've been playing baseball long enough," he said. "Iguess some guys are learning, but the thing is, we've played longenough. We've all played the game long enough, and we have to goout there and do it - just play the game the way it should beplayed."They're here mostly because of injuries, and that appears to bewearing on the manager as well. Asked if the Twins simply need to tread wateruntil the starters come back, he said: "No, we're just trying towin ballgames. I don't know about treading water. You call itwhatever you want; we're at where we're at right now."Young, who hasn't played since April 18, is scheduled to returnby Friday, but no one seems to know when Thome, Nishioka or JasonRepko (hamstring) will return from rehabbing in Fort Myers, Fla.And Mauer,ドラクエ10 RMT, battling leg weakness since the first week of theseason, is on the most nebulous of schedules."You can tread water," Gardenhire said, "but you have to knowwhen guys are coming back. There are a lot of question marks stillon how long, so I can't worry about it right now. I have to playwhat I have."And what the Twins have right now clearly isn'tgood enough.

Twins 4 Mariners 2 Nick Blackburn outstanding in complete

RECAP: Nick Blackburn pitched a brilliant complete game Tuesdaynight at Target Field, throwing strikes and pitching inside to keepthe Seattle hitters off balance. The only blemish on his night wasa two-run home run by Miguel Olivo in the fourth inning. Blackburnreceived a standing ovation when he came out for the ninth. Hethrew 125 pitches,RMT.The Twins broke a 2-2 tie in the seventhwhen Seattle pitcher Doug Fister balked in a run.Jason Kubel had two hits and made two outstanding plays in rightfield. He snared a liner by Adam Kennedy in the second,pso2 RMT, thenplanted and threw a bullet to second base to double up Jack Cust.In the fourth, he made a diving, backhanded catch on a hard-hitball by Kennedy.Denard Span had a triple and a double and drove home a run.MEANING: The Twins (16-31) snapped a four-gamelosing streak.ETC,メイプルストーリー RMT.: Matt Tolbert, who struck out with a runner on third and noouts in the first inning, squeezed home a run in the third. ReneRivera took quite a jolt but blocked the plate and kept Olivo fromscoring on an infield grounder in the seventh.VIDEO: For Twins video highlights, go totwincities.com/twins .-- Tom PowersUP NEXT: vs. Mariners, 12:10 p.m. today, FSN, KSTP-AM 1500.

Video Watch real-life Call of Duty map g

As you might've noticed by the abundance of army men holding guns on the site this weekend,Lineage2 RMT, Activision held a rather large Modern Warfare-themed event last week called Call of Duty XP.As part of the treasure trove of attractions at the event, the publisher gave fans - and video game writers - the opportunity to take on a real-life version of Modern Warfare 2 Spec-Ops mission The Pit,aion RMT.In the video below, you can watch a man Veteran it. While the paintball gun he uses can't be found in-game, he clearly smashes the 35 second challenge time required to earn three stars. Watch in HD No comments yet,DQ10 RMT, be the first! In case you missed the Call of Duty XP madness, stick your eyes on the first official Modern Warfare 3 multiplayer details, plus our Modern Warfare 3 hands-on from Los Angeles. For the word-shy, we've also posted video interviews on Call of Duty Elite and Modern Warfare 3 itself. Andy Robinson

Skyrim, From Dust invade Team Fortress 2

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Valve has released a new update for Team Fortress 2 and as well as the usual gameplay tweaks it's also thrown in a few awesome items as a shout-out to games such as From Dust, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim and Quake.We're guessing this is just a marketing stunt designed to (mostly) promote QuakeCon, which takes place this week,RMT, but since the items are pretty cool we're willing to let this bit of shameless marketing pass.There's a total of five goodies; the first is the 'Tamrielic Relic' for The Heavy, the headware worn by Dovahkiin in the first Skyrim trailer. The Engineer gets the 'Wingstick', the boomerang-esque weapon from RAGE as well as a Pip-Boy from the Fallout series,カバル RMT. The Sniper can wear an item called 'The Anger', which is styled to resemble the bandanas worn by the resistance in Brink. Meanwhile The Demoman gets the mask worn by the tribesmen in From Dust. Finally is 'The Original', a new rocket launcher that looks like the iconic weapon from Quake. You can check them all out in the images below. Or since Team Fortress 2 is now free-to-play you can go ahead and grab them yourself. Tamoor Hussain