You start the season 0-3 in the NFL, it’s time to hit the panic button. In Major League Baseball, it’s suffering a series sweep and just a slow start to the season. With that being said, I get the feeling Twins fans aren’t seeing the opening weekend as a little “bump” but hoping this isn’t the start of another 99 loss season.

One of my brothers over the weekend declared he was finding a new team. A Twins fan for more than 30 years, he was feeling the need to jump ship. Besides last season, Twins fans have had it pretty good. From 2002 to 2010, the Twins won 6 AL Central titles and won over 90 games in four of those seasons. Now the postseason hasn’t been favorable for the Twins dropping their last 12 playoff games, and going 3-19 in October since beating the Oakland A’s in the ALDS back in 2002.

Every team has a bad year. Last year’s Twins dealt with so many injuries, but after losing Michael Cuddyer, Jason Kubel and Joe Nathan in the offseason, many Twins fans were not optimistic about this year’s team being a contender. There are 159 games to go, but the Twins being swept not by one of the league’s favorites to win the World Series, but by Baltimore, which won 69 games last season, makes the start a little gloomy. Boston and New York are both 0-3, but the Red Sox got swept on the road by World Series favorite, and defending AL Central champs Detroit; and the Yanks lost on the road to last year’s Wild Card team, Tampa Bay.

The Twins were held to 5 runs, and 15 hits in three games, including being no-hit until the eighth inning yesterday. I think it would be easier to understand the lack of offense if the Twins got shut down by a rotation like the Angels with Jered Weaver, C.J. Wilson and Dan Haren, but the Twins lost to the O’s Jake Arrieta, Tommy Hunter and Jason Hammel, three guys I had never heard of until this weekend. Joe Mauer is off to a 1 for 10 start, and 38-year-old Jamey Carroll went 0 for 11 in his first games with the Twins. Cuddyer went 5 for 12 in his first games with his new team, Colorado, but a bright spot for Minnesota, his replacement, Josh Willingham, did knock in 3 of the Twins 5 runs including a two-run homer on opening day.

With all that being said, it was one weekend. Twins bats have to get better right? The team even had bad luck with Sunday’s schedule starter Liam Hendricks having to get scratched from his start, because he was hospitalized on Saturday with food poisoning. It just would have been nice to get a couple of wins in Baltimore, with the next 19 games against the AL’s top teams, Angels, Rangers, Yankees, Rays and Red Sox. If you are going to wave anything, make sure it’s a homer hanky, not time to wave the white flag. It’s only three games, but hopefully not a sign of things to come the rest of the year.

KATE Radio Sports Director Aaron Worm’s column appears every Monday in the Tribune. He can be heard from 6 to 11 a.m. weekdays on The Breeze.