Not too many things make a beat writer more jittery than a rainy forecast on getaway day.

The treat of not making last call is right up there.

Showers flirted with Target Field pretty much all of Sunday afternoon, which meant the American Airlines app on my phone got some extra work. So did the Weather Channel app.

Alas, the rain stayed away and the Texas Rangers and Minnesota Twins played nine innings in a tidy 2 hours, 21 minutes.

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