Twins Video
1. Cleveland – Cleveland tries to claim to be the birthplace of Rock and Roll but we all know that Pat Boone was the originator and he was born in Jacksonville, Florida. Cleveland had Aaron Boone and currently has Boone Logan so now Cleveland is building the Boone Hall of Fame with a big Daniel Boone statue in front of the main doors. Cleveland has built itself up on the backs of others throughout its history. It’s a little known fact that Cleveland originally became a major city because of Minnesota. As a major shipping port on the Great Lakes, Cleveland was the destination for Iron Ore out of the Iron Range and this started the growth spurt. Cleveland was the 5th largest city in America in the 1920’s… behind New York City, Chicago, Fergus Falls and Philadelphia. When it comes to Iron Ore… apparently it takes more people to receive Iron Ore than it does to ship it. While Cleveland grew to major city status on the back of the Iron Ore trade, it should be pointed out that Hibbing does not have a professional sports team. Yes… Cleveland has stolen almost everything from everyone else but they have produced a couple of things that we all enjoy… Smuckers Jelly and Progressive Insurance. Cleveland may lack a certain flow but Cleveland… ironically… brought us Flo.
2. Our Twins – Minnesota is currently 10th in the American League in Runs Scored and 12th in the American League in ERA. If you look at those numbers… of course we are in 1st place… where else would we be?
3. The Indians – All everyone talked about was that Cleveland rotation going into 2017. Who could match that rotation? Boston adds Sale, Price and Porcello and people say it’s almost as good as the Indians. Fast forward to mid-May and the Indians starters have combined for a 4.85 ERA and that is last in the American League… but of course they are in 1st place… where else would they be?
4. Today’s Joe M Conversation
Maddon: Would you call these skies partly sunny or partly cloudy?
Montana: Good question… Where does partly cloudy end and partly sunny begin?
McCarthy: I wonder if it’s in the dictionary… does anybody have one?
Maddon: I do… I keep one in my back pocket at all times
Mauer: What’s a dictionary?
Montana: You don’t know what a dictionary is?
Mauer: I never went to college
McCarthy: It’s a… well… how do I explain this? It’s a book… it has every word in it.
Mauer: Every word?
McCarthy: It’s tough to explain.
Maddon: Guys, I have one right here.
Montana: Grab your phone… look it Up.
Maddon: Guys
Mauer: I’m not getting any reception
Montana: Yeah me neither
Maddon: Guys, what are you doing?
Montana: Hold your phone in the air… see if that helps.
Mauer: It’s not helping.
McCarthy: Maybe there is a dictionary pamphlet somewhere or something?
Maddon: I'M LOOKING UNDER D
5.Quicksand – You don’t hear about quicksand anymore. In the 60’s and 70’s we had people dramatically sinking in quicksand in lots of movies and TV shows. These days nobody seems to sink in quicksand anymore. I wouldn’t even know where to find quicksand. The closest thing I have to quicksand is the bean bag chair in the basement and I have one hell of a time getting out of that so I get the concept.
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Lineups:
TWINS
Brian Dozier 2B
Joe Mauer 1B
Miguel Sano 3B
Max Kepler RF
Kennys Vargas DH
Eddie Rosario LF
Jorge Polanco SS
Jason Castro C
Byron Buxton CF
Ervin Santana P
INDIANS
Carlos Santana 1B
Francisco Lindor SS
Michael Brantley LF
Edwin Encarnacion DH
Jason Kipnis 2B
Jose Ramirez 3B
Lonnie Chisenhall CF
Yan Gomes C
Brandon Guyer RF
Josh Tomlin P
Weather: meh ... mid-50s, cloudy, 10mph breeze from the NNE.
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