Even a team as resilient as the Twins have been for much of this season will have a hard time overcoming glorious opportunities wasted against a pitcher as dominant as David Price.

As such, when the Toronto pitcher was able to wriggle free of a bases-loaded, no-outs situation in the fourth inning Monday — a mess he helped create with two walks — without allowing a run, anyone who has watched baseball long enough knew what was likely to follow. The game was still 1-1 at that point, but the outcome (5-1 Toronto was the final score) felt like an inevitability.

The Future Check out an interesting article at washingtonpost.com about the future of ESPN and changes afoot in the not-too-distant future.

Spilling Over A contentious game between the Royals and Blue Jays on Sunday spilled over Monday into a war of words on Twitter.