Jason Kubel is killing us softly.

For those of you who have been with us for awhile here at Cold Omaha, you know we love Jason Kubel and we firmly believe that if he gets 500+ at bats in any given season, he will hit 30 home runs and drive in 100 RBI.

With that in mind, we have been adding and dropping him on our fantasy baseball teams for the last four years in the hope that this year would be the year for Kubel. This might be the year. And, we just dropped him in all three of our leagues.

Kubel hit a grand slam and had 6 RBI last night as the Twins beat the White Sox 12-5. We didn't get to see it because we still can't figure out Direct TV's sports package and even though we have MLB Extra Innings, it wasn't there either. Is Rochester really considered a local market in Direct TV's eyes? Really? Then why are we forced to watch Rochester news and local channels in unspectacular non-HDTV?

Anyway, we might consider picking up Kubel again later if we really need him. For now, we will just watch as a fan.