Today’s Twinkie Town output covered two subjects: new Twins backup catcher Ryan Doumit, and other offseason news, also including Ryan Doumit. As you can tell, Doumit has been much on my mind lately, mostly because the more I think about it, the more I realize that the Twins have signed a backup catcher who can’t catch. This will lead to the team carrying three catchers, one of whom is Drew Butera, the worst hitter in the major leagues. Drew Butera will play. Drew Butera will bat. He will fail with the bat, and every time he does, I’ll be stuck wondering: Why did the Twins sign a backup catcher who can’t play backup catcher?

Also, it would seem that Joe Nathan has signed with the Texas Rangers. He got hurt and we had to watch Matt Capps and Jon Rauch fail all over the diamond because of that, and he got paid something like $24 million, and as thanks he goes and signs with another team. I shouldn’t be bitter because he was very good for the Twins for a long time and he doesn’t owe the Twins anything, least of all resigning with a team that’s probably not going to be very good next year. But still: I sort of am.