IT TOOK A NEAR NO HITTER TO MAKE ANYONE NOTICE THE TWINS AND RANGERS WERE PLAYING

Seriously, there is a lot at stake in the Twins/Rangers series… and not just to see if Rich Harden’s arm would fall off before his no hitter bid was over.Not sure if you noticed this or not, but as of this writing, the Minnesota Twins would have home field advantage in the Division Series while the Rangers would start Cliff Lee on the road for Game 1 against either Tampa Bay or New York.Home

You are safe Gambler

It REALLY looked like the Rangers were going to have a combined no hitter tonight. But Joe Mauer got a 2 strike single in the ninth off of Neftali Perez.No shame in letting up a hit to Joe Mauer.But I had already written the piece in my head and was going to update the "Most Recent No Hitter" tally.I don't take the blame myself. I think Joe Mauer's ability was more relevant than my writing a blog

A heart Hardens

I understand the logic of taking Rich Harden out of the game today.He threw 111 pitches today and it was his first day off the disabled list... maybe EVER.In his career he has the durability of a sand castle at high tide.So yeah, I understand why Ron Washington took him out. He needs his arm in the 1 in 382,112 chance that he can last 2 months without getting hurt again.But man, I'm not sure I'd