Mauer said afterward that he faked throwing to first in order to get Gardner to break for home. The thing is that Gardner was already going and Mauer barely beat him to the plate. That was a very fun, interesting and exciting play by both players.
Really good post. I think Molitor made a comment a couple weeks ago that as talented as he was as a player during his first few years in the majors he really didn't know how to play the game. There's a lot of subtle stuff that you can learn only by doing.