At about 2:40 p.m., there was a sense of giddiness in the Star Tribune sports department. Without the game being on TV — and in a building that’s hostile to AM radio — we were forced to rely upon on various internet means to keep track of the Twins.

It was about that time that laughter rang out.

We saw on our screens that Gogomez had gogone deep to give the Twins a 1-0 lead.

Joe Christensen, making an office visit the day after writing about he’d lost his patience with Gogomez, exchanged high fives with Section 220.

“You really got him going,” I told Joe.

Then, I imagined the headline: “Gogo to Joe: Demote THIS!”

The humor dissipated, though, when Francisco Liriano managed to let 8 of the 10 A’s he faced reach base. Five walks, three hits, big loss.

Then, after the game, the Twins went along with the wishes of the Section 220 electorate by demoting Denard Span instead of Gogomez. (Hey, I know the decision was made before the game, but for the sake of empowerment, let’s say that the people — kind of — united, will never be defeated.)

As the Cuddyer/Span announcement was made, the results were 1233 in favor of demoting Gogomez and 1737 opposed — a 58.4 majority saying he should stay.

And, yes, I did check right after the homer. At that time, the vote was 989 for demotion, 1205 to stay — a 54.9 percent majority.

In other words, the votes that came in after the homer went 532-244 for keeping Gogomez — 69 percent.

Of course, you know I really meant to ask about Liriano! You knew that, right?

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