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Dozier has to stop trying to pull the outside pitch Sano has to stop swinging at pitches out of the zone Buxton needs to level his swing out for better contact. Morrison needs to lay down a couple of bunts against the shift to loosen things up. Garver needs to play more than Wilson Falvey and Lavine has to provide alternatives that Molitor will play on occasion in case these guys don't do what they need to do.

The crowd is really quiet in Kansas City.

Yes

And I'll add over embellishment of your disappointment. If Berrios gives up a two run homer. Don't claim that the entire pitching rotation is garbage.

Just remember Don Brewer on Drums and that is really all you need. Mel on Bass and that keyboardist they added sure but the show was Mark and Don. These guys were a "Rock" Band. Watch these videos and you can see how talented Mark and Don were or are. . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jL4rXHt0_GI

Grand Funk was a Great Band!!! And an American Band as well.

That is awesome... Perfect Hurricane for me. Under estimated at first and eventually respected. Comes a shore north of Corpus Christi so I can destroy some of those over abundant Lone Star Flags and I probably cancelled some Astros home games.

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. ____________________ 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. Click here to view the article

Zach Duke was the guy who got up first after the Segura home run. Pressly didn't get up until the error or maybe the walk and was probably not ready to face Cruz. After the home run... Seattle had 3 right handers following Segura until Kyle Seager hit from the left side. Odorizzi was at 80 pitches. I wonder if Molitor was simply stuck thinking... Odorizzi until Seager and then I bring in the lefty and kinda went auto-pilot.

I'm trying to recall the last time that Molitor has brought in a reliever for just one batter. I can't recall him doing that. Surely he must have at some point... maybe even frequently but I don't recall Molitor using a reliever for just one batter.

It's kind of strange. I wonder where these issues are coming from. I remember reading experts saying that his defense was good. Are the issues fixable? Will he never be a decent defensive catcher?

Kinda like saying that Adrianaza is the 2nd most honest politician.

Scratch Escobar off that list. He is quite cold at the moment. On the list of players hitting right now. Adrianaza just might be number 3 on the list.

The good news was that I was able to stay up and watch the whole thing and I didn't doze off once. It's fair to point out that Paxton is really really good and right now he is even better than that. No shame in scoring one run against him. It's wonderful to point that Romero is also really really good. We might as well get used to him in the rotation for awhile. He is telling everybody that he plans on staying. Even before Paxton hit the mound... the Twins have struggled all year stringing hits together and I'm gonna point to the right handed hitters as the culprit again like I've been doing for too long now. It seems like almost all of our run production has come from the long ball and we haven't been hitting a ton of long balls in comparison to other teams and with the right-handers spaced out equally in the lineup it makes it hard to string things together when they are doing what they are doing right now. It's been bad enough for long enough that the Twins would have to taking a flyer on someone like Chris Carter and It's been bad enough for long enough that the Twins may have to get real serious about making a run at a struggling decline phase player like Hanley Ramirez and figuring out how to wedge him into the lineup. He won't do it but I'd like to see Molitor shock Dozier by moving him down significantly in the lineup and telling him that he will have to hit his way back to where he was before.

Alright See ya tomorrow night.

I used to live right across the street but that continental drift.

Me 2 but it is much easier to say from a California Zip Code.

I was gonna say. "To save him for Buxton" but now I can see the hole in my theory with Buxton at the plate.

Normally, the flags are red enough to pass but the Twins do need to consider the possibility as Right Hander insurance in case Sano and Buxton don't snap out of it.

You'll keep trying right?

You forgot "SEAFOOD" in the middle http://www.mariesseafood.com/images/sign.jpg

Something Soft that you can sleep on in case you inadvertently change game plans.

It's Ok... You'll do fine.

Yeah And what kind of Beer? And what kind of Twins?