Sunday was Father’s Day, which gave me the chance to watch all the sports in the world, guilt-free. Most of them, I confess, were not Minnesota-related. That said, I’d rather talk about Minnesota sports, as ever. And not because everything went well this weekend.

Let’s start with lower-division soccer, which I guess was the one thing that did go well. The Minnesota Aurora won again, 5-1 against the Milwaukee Bavarians. The Aurora actually fell behind! That counts as real adversity for this group, which has now allowed three goals this season. Minnesota actually had to play from behind for 26 whole minutes, and they only led 2-1 at halftime.

The USL W League is pretty sprawling, and I just discovered that the Aurora are only one of four teams with perfect records. They don’t even have the best goal differential; Tampa Bay United, at 9-0-0, have scored 38 goals and given up only one. The Aurora, shamefully, have scored 39 and given up three.

Also winning, on Sunday, was Minnesota United 2, which defeated Vancouver 2 in MLS Next Pro action. Emmanuel Iwe and Kameron Lacey (from the spot) were on the scoresheet for the Doubloons.

To round out the lower-division soccer action, Minneapolis City SC was on the losing end in Stillwater, as St. Croix Legends beat the Crows, 2-1.

The Lynx played the superstar-filled Las Vegas Aces on Sunday night, and it, predictably, did not go well. Minnesota hung around for about 15 minutes at the start of the game, and then things went south quickly; the Lynx were losing 54-41 at halftime, then managed just seven points (seven!) in the third quarter, eventually losing 93-62.

Las Vegas is really good, and the Lynx aren’t. Nothing to see here. Minnesota is 2-0 against Los Angeles and 1-7 against the rest of the league.

Have we avoided talking about the Twins enough yet?

They’re just an immensely frustrating team to support. It looked as though they’d worked out what ailed them, and then they lost three out of four to the hapless Detroit Tigers, at home, managing just 11 runs along the way.

Byron Buxton returned from the disabled list, but went 0-13 with eight strikeouts, including striking out looking with the bases loaded and two out in the eighth inning on Sunday. Joey Gallo struck out four times on Sunday, including one with the same bases-loaded situation in the eighth inning.

Carlos Correa is batting .240 in June, and has struck out in less than one-third of his plate appearances, and for the Twins, this counts as a rousing hot streak.

Baseball Reference, on the Twins’ team page, shows photos of their 12 most valuable players this year, by the site’s Wins Above Replacement calculation. The top three are starting pitchers (Sonny Gray, Bailey Ober, Joe Ryan), and of the top eight, only Willi Castro (utility super-sub) and Ryan Jeffers (backup catcher) are position players. Correa is ninth, just above a Triple-A outfielder with 25 plate appearances (Matt Wallner).

The story of this season has been the lack of production from the biggest names on the offense - Buxton, Gallo, Correa, and free-agent signing Christian Vázquez, who has been sub-replacement level. And every time it seems like they’re getting it together, it falls apart again.

Jose Miranda homered, Wallner doubled and drove in two runs, and the St. Paul Saints smashed Louisville again, 12-3. Center fielder Andrew Stevenson also picked up three more hits, and is batting .403 and has an OPS of 1.100 in June.

Saturday was the opposite, as the Saints lost 12-1, a game notable for the first Triple-A start of prospect Blayne Enlow. The onetime big-name prospect missed much of 2021 and 2022 after having Tommy John surgery, but pitched well at Double-A Wichita and earned a call-up to St. Paul. Unfortunately, he got bombed in his first start, allowing eight runs on seven hits and three walks, in just three innings.

Including the Saints in these updates sometimes feels silly, but it also makes me feel much better about baseball in general.