Toronto at Twins. Twins 7, Blue Jays 4
Well, see? All I had to do was ask nicely. Really, a little politeness goes a long way. And, no worries, Batgirl is perfectly happy to have to rewrite her whole post in the ninth inning because the Twins have staged another fantabulous comeback. She's quite used to it by now.
You know, some of these games it seems the Twins don’t really show up until the eighth or so. Once again, they made the opposing pitcher look like Cy Young for a few innings as they putzed around the batters box. Perhaps they do it on purpose. Perhaps, like our fiendishly masochistic closer, they just like to make things exciting. Or something. They played their game of emotional chicken for seven innings, while Santana seemed as shaky as, you know, the rest of our starting ro’. Then about mid-game he began to show signs of his old Johanninator form; from the 5th to the 7th inning he struck out six batters. (Then Juan Rincon did his own Cy Young act, confusing and alarming Batgirl.)
And eventually the Twins came alive, with Lewwww doubling in two runs in the eighth to make it a 4-3 game. And then, it seemed the Twins would win, because that’s just what we do. And, thanks to singles by Stewie and Dougie, a double by Torii, and three run dinger by Jones, that’s exactly what we did. Ah, it is great to be alive, it is great to be a Twins fan, and of course, great to be Batgirl.
Teammates swarm to congratulate Jones after his walk-off home run.
Note: Batgirl knows our infielders are in the doggiehouse with much of her readership, but think of this : while Luis Rivas is 0 for 23, Derek Jeter is 0 for his last 28, and he’s way famous.