Minnesota Twins second baseman Alexi Casilla has been somewhat of an unsung hero for the surprising Twins this season. He didn't play his first game of the season for Minnesota until May 11th, but since joining the team Casilla is hitting .323/.360/.438 with 38 runs driven in. Another player who's been performing well but under the radar in Minnesota is starter Glen Perkins.Much like Casilla, Perkins didn't start his season with the Twins until May 10th, but has gone 7-3 in 15 starts since. Still, neither had the best time in New York as the Twins were just swept by the Yankees in the Bronx, but Perkins' memory of things seems to be a bit tainted.
During the fifth inning of yesterday's game, the Yankees had runners on first and second with one out and Jose Molina at the plate. Molina hit a ground ball to Brendan Harris at third and after Harris threw to Casilla at second, Alexi started walking slowly to the dugout. He'd completely forgotten that he had only made the second out of the inning, and never threw to first to complete the double play.
Needless to say, Perkins wasn't very happy about it and yelled at Alexi while on the field. It didn't help matters at all a few pitches later when Justin Christian lined a two-run double down the left field line to break up a scoreless tie.
After getting out of the inning a batter too late, Perkins slammed his glove as he entered the dugout and could be seen yelling, presumably at Casilla. Though that's not how Perkins remembers it happening.
"He lost track of the outs and that's all there is to it," Perkins said. "I think I'm sure he's going to pay extra close attention to that. I just gave him a pat on the rear and said, 'I'll get you another one and we'll get it next time.' I think you've gotta move on from that."Of course, we probably shouldn't expect Perkins to remember exactly how things went down. After all, this is the same guy who yelled at Casilla for failing to turn a double play exactly an inning after he forgot to cover first base on what would have been a double play.
Funny, I don't remember Casilla yelling at Perkins after that play.
