RD had fun tonight and hopes you did too. He had cool seats in Section 127, toward the top, where he had a great angle on TerryTuffeeTiffee's bouncer that cleared first base for the game-winning double. Was it really a fair ball? RD ain't sayin'. But he is sayin' that Buck Showalter has to be a bit more impassioned when heading out to the field to contest a call. He did nothing that would cause the umpires to give him the benefit of the next doubt. Wimp.

Wasn't it fun to see Chan Ho Park get "Radkeed" in the eighth? Justin Credible gets on base and it's "see ya, pal." And then there was Francisco Cordero looking like last week's Joe Nathan, losing CHP's lead and then the game, his first misstep after 21 straight saves and 41 on the season. CHP and Bradke were seen trudging on foot for a let's-compare-notes snack at the White Castle on W. Broadway. If anyone overheard their conversation, RD wants you to share.

Here are other things RD liked:

Credible's double in the eighth, which came after falling behind by two strikes and refusing to flail at a junk pitch, kinda the way that Tuesday's hero Torii Hunter did TWICE last night. Grrrrrr.

Guzy's shortstop play, several sweet stops that pretty much said, "Not tonight, suckas," to the Rangers.

Having TerryTuffeeTiffee and AugieDaugieOjeda in the game at the same time. We have cool names and DEPTH in the infield until Cordel and Rivas and Cuddyer and LittleNickyP are 100 percent.

Boo-Boo Nathan sewing up his finger and lookin' GOOD sewing up the save.

87-year-old Pat Borders getting an infield hit and coaxing his 84-year-old batterymate Terry Mulholland through six innings in which the Texas hits kept coming and didn't amount to much.

One more thing: RD didn't like seeing CHP drill Torii in the first inning and Jones in the fifth. Who else wants to see Bradke (18 walks, 6 hit batters) drill some Ranger ass tonight?

That's all. Be nice to Kenny Rogers tonight. Both of 'em.