Twins win!!

 Walk off home run!  Note that I had to ask Jason a) is it a walk on home run or a walk off home run and once he told me "walk off" I was compelled to ask the follow up question b) why is it called a walk off home run?  Apparently because after the home run, everyone walks off the field...Very nice.  You (can) learn something new every day.

 So we got a fun game, good dinner, great seats, a win, and fireworks all in one night!!

 kids waiting to see if they could get another ball and an autograph

excerpt from the Pioneer Press article about this game, the direct link is below:

" Leave it to Joe Mauer, ever understated, to flash his self-deprecating sense of humor after the first walk-off homer of his big-league career.

“It’s pretty fun, yeah,” he said after lifting the Twins to a 4-3 win over the Boston Red Sox on Friday night at Target Field. “Only took me 14 years to do it.”

One strike from heading to extra innings after  blowing a two-run lead in the top of the ninth, the Twins came pouring out of the home dugout after Mauer connected on a 96-mph high fastball from Red Sox right-hander Matt Barnes. As the ball disappeared over the bullpen wall in deep left-center, Mauer punched the air with his right fist halfway between first and second base."

 Josh got this close to the man himself!!http://www.twincities.com/2017/05/05/joe-mauer-lifts-twins-past-red-sox-with-walk-off-homer/

 Josh, of course, made some friends at the game...when we left, all the big kids were like "Bye, Josh!"

the bubba with his ball!!