About that Joe Nathan thing...

I can understand what Ron Gardenhire was trying to do. When you're staring down the heart of one of the strongest lineups in the league, you want your best man on the mound. Nathan, as some of you might know, used to be a starter before reinventing himself as a top setup man in San Francisco in 2003. He's also the Twins' best pitcher now, no surprise, lights-out as he was all season long. It would've been a tremendous risk to bring in J.C. Romero, a lefty, and so I'm not gonna hold the backfire against Gardenhire.