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The Twins are in Kansas City to start a 3-game series with the Royals. Hopefully it’ll be a night we remember as the moment the offense got turned around in the right direction. It is Memorial Day after all.
Memorial Day is what it says. It is a day to remember which admittedly is harder as we age. I don’t mean it’s harder to remember those who served and sacrificed for our freedom, I will always remember that; I have the freedom to say whatever I want, including “Thank You” to those who fought and died. That is something that I won’t forget. What I mean… it’s just harder to remember anything… period. I don’t know the exact age that we reach the peak of the curve but it is probably sometime in your 40s. It probably varies by each individual but there is a point in life when you run out of space in your brain and then the downward curve begins.
I’m clearly on the downward curve. When I learn something new, I forget something to make room. So I’ve decided to stop learning things so I can hang on to the knowledge I’ve acquired over the years; important stuff like knowing the names of each member of Grand Funk Railroad, or how to tie my shoes or where my shoes are located.
I’ve already forgotten what I was writing about and I’m still writing it.
Here are some things to think about:
1. Top (Non-Trump) News Story of the Day:
Tropical season has kind of snuck up on us with subtropical storm Alberto rolling through the Florida panhandle today. It seems early in the season so I wasn’t ready for it, however, the preparation required in North Dakota is minimal. The required prep for me is to pop some popcorn before I turn on The Weather Channel to watch Jim Cantore shouting into the wind and rain. Whoever is in charge of naming these tropical cyclones has once again dissed me. Despite being the 2nd letter of the alphabet there has never been a Hurricane named “Brian”. It has been announced that the next system to develop will be called “Beryl”. Are you kidding me??? It’s not like Brian is an unusual name… there are a lot of us out there. There are more Brians than Beryls, that's for sure. Granted, the name Brian is in clear usage decline from its peak of 8th most popular boy name in the 70s, but Beryl as a name is extinct. It hasn’t shown up on the top 1,000 list since 1957, hitting a peak of 372nd most popular in 1920. There was a Typhoon Brian in 1989 that struck Hainen Island in the South China Sea with 90mph winds. That is a little disappointing because you all know that I can blow harder than that.
2. Our Twins:
We are in the midst of a 4-game losing streak, during which we have scored a total of 6 runs while collecting 21 hits. Six runs in the last 4 games has been out-produced by Jesus Aguilar of the Milwaukee Brewers driving in 7 runs by himself in the past 2 games. We are wasting some pretty decent pitching performances. This kind of productivity belongs in corporate offices around the country, not on the baseball field.
3. The Royals:
If the season ended today, the Royals would have the 3rd overall pick in next year’s MLB Draft. This is an improvement for the Royals over last year when they hung onto pending free agents in order to make one last run. This year it looks like those decisions are much easier because contention is looking like a long shot; they just don’t have anybody to trade.
4. Today’s Joe M Conversation:
Morgan: I’ll tell ya… I can look back at my life and say I did it.
McCarthy: What do you mean?
Morgan: I always wanted to be a baseball player and I was. Those World Series titles can’t be taken away from me.
Maddon: (Fist Bump with Morgan) Yep… I got my ring… I can say I did it.
McCarthy: Public Service is what I always wanted to do… I was a United States Senator and Chairman of the Senate Committee on Government Operations. I can say I did it.
Mauer: I was the first pick overall in the 2001 MLB Draft and I will get my ring this year… so I can then say I did it.
Montana: (Sigh)
Morgan: What’s wrong, Joe?
Montana: Growing up I wanted to be the Executive Vice President in charge of marketing for a plastics manufacturer.
5. Cats:
I never did participate in the dog vs cat debate but I will say this about cats - they will sleep on top of your car keys on purpose, and they won’t apologize just because you had to search the entire house for an hour.
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Lineups:
TWINS
Brian Dozier(R ) 2B
Eddie Rosario(L) LF
Miguel Sano(R ) 3B
Logan Morrison(L) 1B
Eduardo Escobar(S) SS
Max Kepler(L) RF
Robbie Grossman(S) DH
Mitch Garver(R ) C
Byron Buxton(R ) CF
Lance Lynn(R ) P
ROYALS
Jon Jay(L) CF
Whit Merrifield(R ) 2B
Mike Moustakas(L) DH
Salvador Perez(R ) C
Jorge Soler(R ) RF
Hunter Dozier(R ) 1B
Alex Gordon(L) LF
Alcides Escobar(R ) SS
Ramon Torres(S) 3B
Jakob Junis(R ) P
Game-time forecast: partly cloudy, feeling like 94 deg F, very small chance of rain, winds at 9mph from the ESE.
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