Go my boyfriend!

My boyfriend had one goal in his career - to get to pitch. I had one goal in my fandom - to get to see Cuddy pitch if he ever got to pitch (well, that and marry Cuddy, but Claudia beat me to that). As I was listening to the blow-out last night, all of a sudden, top of the 8th, they said Cuddyer was throwing in the bullpen. What!?! I called Hobbitsister to make sure I heard what I heard. She confirmed it. I then called Uncle Swedish Chef, and frantically told him I had to come over right now! He hadn't seen what was going on, but he was watching the game, so he very obligingly told me I could come.
And indeed, Cuddyer was warming up in the bullpen. (Gardy later said he didn't dare put in any other position player to pitch. There would've been a fight on the mound, and he was a little scared of what Cuddy might do to him.)

[Swarzak looks a little nervous and Nathan a little intrigued. Perkins looks like he thinks this is fun, and Capps, well, Capps looks like he's spitting out a sunflower seed.]

And then he kicked bottom. He gave up two hits and a walk, but he managed to wiggle out of the jam and not give up a run. (And personally, I believe one of those hits could've been an out if a certain shortstop hadn't stopped running. The other could possibly been an out if the ball hadn't hit the heel of the second baseman's glove.) His ERA is a perfect 0.00.

And he had so much fun. He was grinning from ear to ear (like he does) going in, and grinning from ear to ear coming out. Gardy may have been scowling during the inning because he was scared Cuddy would get injured, but as Cuddy walked back into the dugout beaming, Gardy couldn't help but give him a big grin back.

Good job, Cuddy!

http://minnesota.twins.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=17290129

Thank you Uncle Swedish Chef for letting me watch my boy!