I have seen three no-hitters in person in my lifetime. Bret Saberhagen’s against the White Sox in 1991, David Wells’ perfect game against the Twins in 1998 and Eric Milton’s no-no against the Angels in 1999.

If Gavin Floyd had pulled off a no-no against the Twins on Tuesday it would have been the sloppiest, most unjust no-hitter that I can remember.

 Floyd was far from overpowering. In fact, I sent Joe C. a text message around the fourth inning remarking how Floyd couldn’t get ANY breaking pitches or his change up, over for strikes. I was convinced that the Twins would sit on the fastball and start pounding him. I thought Nick Blackburn pitched than Floyd in the early innings but didn’t have the results to show for it.

That great adjustment by Twins hitters never came, which was disappointing coming off of their game against Kenny Rogers on Sunday.

One thing I noticed was that the Twins, while trying to have good at-bats,  took a few fastballs down the middle for strike one. I really thought they were going to get to Floyd. Floyd didn’t even get a curveball over for a called strike until the seventh inning, based on my recollections.

The Twins should have hit this guy. I know its easy for me to write that from my position but geez….

 How about Joe Mauer? Two big hits in two games.

Everyone will talk about how well Floyd pitched on Tuesday. I won’t. The Twins created the mess.

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