It is hard to consider that the Twins would have a gnat’s ass chance of slipping past the Detroit Tigers without their All Star first baseman in the lineup.  The truth, however, is we have not had him in the lineup since mid-July.  Up until July 22nd, Justin Morneau shot lasers and rainmakers around the nation’s ballparks, hitting .316/.398/.588 with 23 HRs and driving in 78 runs.  From the 22nd on it was like a parasitic-likeness of Alexi Casilla on creatine inhibited ...