Oh, my goodness. There was nothing pretty about this, my friends, but nonetheless we cannot escape two very important facts: 1) we won and 2) we scored runs. This is rather important for the remaining week of the season because, for god's sakes... Now, Batgirl's tired of obsessing over whether we play the Yankees in a 5 game series or a 7 game series, because we are giving them too much power, because there's nothing to fear but fear itself, so let's forget about the Yankees and get this thing done. Batgirl's playing for the division, dammit, and also for momentum—there are times we pitch and hit and field and it's all gorgeous, and times when we play like a bunch of ass-monkeys. And assuming we do make it, she does not want to go into the postseason playing like ass-monkeys.

Well, actually, there were a few pretty things about tonight's game. I mean, Johan Santana was sitting on the bench! And Rondell White went 4-4, which as you may have noticed, is four more hits than he got before the All-Star Break this year. And Shaggy's FIRST MAJOR LEAGUE WIN--whoever thought that would happen? And Joe Nathan getting it done the way he always does. And then there was Torii Hunter's laying out catch off a sure RBI-double for Miggy, saving the game and Sideshow Pat's psyche. And earlier there was Torii's dinger, breaking the tie, showing the Twins they could score on something besides a poorly fielded strikeout, and the other robbing-Miggy-of-a-double-in-the-ninth, making him 3 for 5 on the day with 2 runs, two RBIs, and two potentially game-saving plays, making him the Boyfriend of the Day.

Readers/The Field 26; Goober/Doctor 25; BatBabii/Torii 15; Sooz/(Cuddy) 12; Batgirl/Chairman 7; Jeb/Lewwww 4.