Nathan’s Famous
Joe Nathan just gave up runs for the third or fourth time in recent memory, as the Twins lost a game they had in the bag, 5-4.
Please, Ron Gardenhire, why didn’t you intentionally walk Mark Teixeira and pitch to Lance “.315 OBP” Nix? With runners at second and third in a tie game in the bottom of the ninth, doesn’t it make sense to load the bases so a slow grounder could make an out at any base? Doesn’t it? (And no, this is not second-guessing; just like game 7 of the 2003 ALCS, I was questioning this non-move before it went wrong.)