MN Twins Update @MNTwinsUpdate Minnesota Twins: Josh Willingham's stiff back gets him a day offhttp://sns.mx/9YmLy9 Expand Reply Retweet Favorite Buffer More 21 hrs34Tyler Haraway @tkharaway It won't last, but Josh Willingham is leading the majors this spring with a .727 batting average. Expand UPITER, Fla. -- Josh Willingham, the Minnesota Twins' leading power source last season, was scratched from the lineup for an exhibition game Friday, March 1, because of minor back stiffness. Manager Ron Gardenhire had planned to bring Willingham on the long bus ride across the state to serve as designated hitter against his original organization, the Miami Marlins. However, Gardenhire saw something from Willingham in a game Thursday, Feb. 28, and thought better of it. "After his last at-bat he got to first base, and I saw him bending over," Gardenhire said, "and I'm going, 'Either he doesn't want to go on a bus ride or he's stiff.' I talked to him after. He said he was a little bit stiff." Josh Willingham signs autographs for fans after working out during spring training at the Lee County Sports Complex in Fort Myers, Fla. (Pioneer Press: John Autey)
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