2002: Here, You Can Borrow My Glasses

Tuesday June 24, 2002 The Twins have had several memorable games with their rivals from Chicago, one of those occurred in late June 2002. The White Sox took a 3-0 lead in the third under circumstances that LENIII found controversial: Ray Durham’s sacrifice fly to left in the third scored Royce Clayton for a 1-0 lead, but Durham was awarded first base when Jones was charged with an error for dropping the ball. Twins manager Ron Gardenhire argued that the ball fell during the transfer from Jones’ glove to hand, and not during the catch. The explosion, however, came after one of Ron Gardenhire’s pet peeves: Four batters later, Magglio Ordonez hit his 13th homer to make it 3-0. Twins righthander Matt Kinney then lost control of a changeup that sailed behind Paul Konerko, and plate umpire Brian Gorman issued warnings to both benches. Gardenhire hit the roof. He rushed on to the field to argue and soon was ejected by Gorman. Gardenhire continued to yell at Gor...