The Inning.

    Ron Gardenhire had run through relievers like a cold victim runs through Kleenex.  A comparison fitting in the context of the dreary exterior weather.  Inside the bubble, Twins fans were hoarse, jittery and alternating between waves of ecstasy and anxiety.       Either way, they were on their feet for a third extra inning of tiebreaking baseball.  The Twins manager used three pitchers to deliver a 1-2-3 inning in the 11th, the first of such since the Twins went down in order in the eighth.  Some might argue over-management, but with Tigers center fielder Curtis Granderson scheduled to hit second – a man that had hit 86 of his career 102 home runs off of right-handed pitching while striking out in a quarter of his plate appearances against left-handed pitching  – it was a sage decision to remove Jesse Crain for LOOGY Ron Mahay.      In many ways, Mahay is Granderson’s pitching counterpart.  Just as Granderson is only useful against righties, Mahay preferred to victimize his lef...