The Twins added to their Glossary of Unfortunate Nicknames on Monday.
That august book already included "Husking" (Butch Huskey running full-speed, face-first into an outfield wall he had forgotten was there) and "Jonesing" (Jacque Jones trying to throw the ball home from the outfield, spiking it at his feet and watching it roll away like a loose cantaloupe).
Monday offered two new entries:
1. The "Standing Komatsu": Receiving an ovation from people who can't pronounce your name for hitting a single in the third inning that doesn't score a run.
2. The "Parmoff": When your name is Chris Parmelee, you're playing first base and your pitcher fools you so badly with his pickoff move that you're facing home when the ball whizzes by your head.
Erik Komatsu, the Twins' new outfielder, thwarted history. His single off the Angels' Jered Weaver prevented Weaver from pitching a second consecutive no-hitter against the Twins, and it has been weeks since a pitcher has thrown consecutive no-hitters against the Twins.
For smacking a third-inning single up the middle, Komatsu received a standing ovation. It was like watching a crowd cheer for a valet.
Then, in the top of the ninth, with the Twins within two runs in a game they would lose 8-3, Twins reliever Glen Perkins tried to pick off a runner, and his throw instead almost hit Parmelee in the temple.