Walkoff in the Metrodome

It was the bottom of the 9th, with a score of 5-3 Mariners. Brandon Morrow came in to close it out for Seattle. The inning played out as follows:

• Joe Crede strikes out swinging. One out.
• Delmon Young flies out. Two out.

Then...

• Carlos Gomez walks, and later gets to second on defensive indifference.
• Jason Kubel walks.
• Brian Buscher walks. Gomez to third and Harris, running for Kubel, to second.

Bases loaded with Twins. Morrow is pulled for Miguel Batista.

• Denard Span singles! Gomez scores and all runners move up. M's lead 5-4.
• Alexi Casilla, on the first pitch he sees, singles to center, scoring Harris to tie it and Buscher for the win. Twins take it 6-5!
  

WHAT an epic comeback by the team from Minnesota. According to the guys on MLB Network, the last time the Twins managed to walk-off after being down to their final out with no one on was about 40 years ago. I guess you can say such a comeback doesn't happen every day.

The Twins needed that (or I needed that, to retain my baseball sanity). Bedard was crusing through the first few innings, and Blackburn strugged early and didn't have his best stuff. Pulling off the first victory of the season in such a fashion made up for that. Good job, boys.

(Also, I wasn't jumping head over heels when Joe Crede was signed, but I realized today that I really appreciate his defense. Perhaps Bill Smith finally found a veteran who will actually help the team out and not hinder them, a la Livan Hernandez.)

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The off day for the Yankees was obnoxious, but what can you do. The worst part is that it will give the tabloids a.k.a. ESPN and New York media an extra day to write garbage saying that CC and Tex weren't worth the money (because the season is apparently two days now). Oh, and it's also pretty frustrating that the team from Boston had a solid win this afternoon. Oh well--we'll be back in the swing of things tomorrow.

LOL of the day: KC @ CWS. The Royals, behind a pretty sharp Gil Meche (7IP, 7H, ER, 0BB, 6K) carried a slim 2-1 lead into the 8th. Then enter Kyle "The Farnsacoaster" Farnsworth, who gives up a couple of hits and then a no-doubt 3-run blast to Jim Thome. The White Sox went on to win. Ah Farns. Nice to see that you haven't changed!