75 on a pleasant mid-September Friday night, the end of a week which saw JJ McCarthy burst into the national spotlight in dazzling fashion. Last homestand of the year for the Minnesota Twins. Kody Clemens, son of the great pitcher, hits three homers. Then the Diamondbacks score four in the 9th to take an 8-6 lead, at which point heartbreak feels imminent for the beleaguered Twinnies. In the bottom half of the 9th, the Twins load the bases with no outs. They tie it via a bases-loaded walk. Luke Keaschall, hitting an absurd .320 as a rookie, hits the sacrifice fly to walk it off for Minnesota. We walked home afterward, crossing the Mississippi River via bridge, the water pitch black far below, the big Grain Belt Beer billboard lit up in fluorescent green and red lights, flashing.
