JASON BARTLETT IS THE TWINS' BEST PLAYER

Deciding to severely one hop a routine ground ball with two outs and runners at 2nd and 3rd, Jason Bartlett secured his status as a Twins legend on Tuesday night in a 6-5 Twins victory over the Retirement Land Satan Rays. Joe Mauer went 3 for 4 nearly earning the $9+ million we'll be shelling out for a guy with no power over the next four years (hate, hate, hate). And He Shall Be a Livan was less than stellar giving up 5 runs (3 were his fault) in 6 innings. Tied at 5, the Twins trotted in their bullpen, and to my amazement, they decided that on this night they weren't going to try and do their impression of Ricky Martin's career (take that!).

Another tip of the cap to Carl Crawford who made a sensational diving catch......... in foul territory.......... to allow the winning run to tag up and score.

Crawford's play would normally be deemed great, except that there was only one out in the inning. Sprawled out to make the catch, Crawford was unable to make the throw home in time to beat Young, who tagged up and scored on the sacrifice fly.

"I didn't know if it was fair or foul, I was just trying to get an out," Crawford said after the game.

Crawford then had rain on his wedding day, a free ride when he already paid, took some great advice and didn't take it. Who would have thought it figured. Twitch came in to close it out in Eddie Guaradado fashion by allowing a runner to get into scoring position before finally slamming the door. Finale tonight of this two game series, if we sweep, I'm getting drunk to celebrate. If we lose, drowning my pain. If somehow we tie, you don't even want to know, but it involves 3 Unisom, 4 AA batteries, and a lot of paper towels.