"The misery of coming to Target Field every day the past three weeks, hoping to make enough progress in individual workouts to get back into the Twins' lineup, finally is over for Justin Morneau.

Morneau was advised by Twins medical personnel to sit out the rest of the season to help treat his recurring concussion symptoms and to get a head start on recovering from surgeries today to remove a cyst in his left knee and bone spurs in his right foot.

"It's been a year to forget, for sure," Morneau said after the Twins' 6-5 loss to Cleveland on Sunday at Target Field. "