Riverbrian

My wife has made that suggestion a few times. She usually changes her mind once she calms down and realizes that the Pacifica is her car.

Ambiguity... The Rodeo Clown's Alarm Clock

Well Yeah

We all learn to eat BELT's when we are young

I'm ok with eating Eggs after losses. Might be a new tradition started on the TD Game thread. We could post pictures of eggs after a loss. As for the Chicken tradition. I think that was Chief forcing his dietary recommendations upon us all and we thought about and the collective went... "Um... OK".

And… we move onto the Diamondbacks, starting a 3-game series at Target Field tonight. This is some tough pitching back to back. The Indians are 3rd overall in team ERA at 3.63, The D-Backs are currently 2nd at 3.61… it’s called out of the frying pan and into the fire. Things can sure change from year to year in this crazy game. Last year… Twins pitching was pretty bad yet only 29th overall in Team ERA with a 5.08 because the D-Backs came in dead last with a 5.09. That Arizona team looks like a distant memory now. Also consider this… of the 10 teams with the worst records in 2016… 5 of them (Twins, D-Backs, Rays, Brewers and Angels) are either holding a playoff spot or within 3 games of a playoff spot at this moment. Baseball teams are like eggs… they can suddenly produce a chicken on you. And… and… down the road… those chickens will lay an egg. Or baseball teams are like chicken depending on your own personal philosophy. Here are some things to think about: 1. Burnsville – With a population of 61,000 plus, Burnsville is a rather large bedroom community by Minnesota standards. To qualify as an official bedroom community, you must have nothing else to do but sleep and that fits Burnsville. Another way to qualify as an official bedroom community is to place the entire town inside a huge Ashley’s Furniture or Ikea store. To give you an example of how bedroom community-esque Burnsville is, in a town of 61,000, the largest employer is the school district. This means the residents produce a bunch of kids, send them off to school to be educated by a bunch of folks forced to stay behind while they get the hell out of town during daylight. 2. Our Twins – It’s fun looking at the AL Central leader and think about chasing them, but right now… I will admit to everyone that I’m more comfortable looking at the wild card group and thinking about remaining in that chase. There comes a point in every long distance race, when the runner in 7th place can see that 1, 2, 3 and 4 are so far ahead, that catching them will be real hard. So, finishing 5th becomes the new goal or the new 1st. 3. The D-Backs – The D-Backs were a horrible disappointment in 2016. I listened to MLB Radio religiously in the off-season and I read the pre-season articles from the experts… nobody was talking about the D-Backs in 2017 as a contender and here they are anyway. Maybe it’s that new manager, Torey Lovello, the same guy who finished runner-up for the Twins job in 2015. I look at it this way… Lovello finished runner up to Paul Molitor, that means that Paul has beaten him before and he can beat him again this weekend. 4. Today’s Joe M Conversation: Mauer: This guy is arguing with me on TwinsDaily. Maddon: Are you arguing with him? Mauer: I wouldn’t do that… you can’t win an argument on the internet. I’m just explaining why I’m right. Montana: It’s pretty easy to start an argument on the internet. Morgan: Yeah… just type something. McCarthy: I didn’t need the internet to get into arguments back when I was alive. I got into arguments with people face to face every day. There were times when I realized that I was in the wrong argument and just kept arguing anyway. Mauer: I just asked this Riverbrian guy if he was capable of making a logical argument and he replied that he doesn’t know what logical means. Montana: That’s clever. Mauer: Now he’s saying that 3 out of 2 people don’t understand logic. Maddon: He’s using math now. It’s over, Joe… you just lost. 5. Shopping - My job is to get the groceries out of the car and bring them into the house. My wife went shopping yesterday and the entire back end of the Pacifica was filled with grocery bags. I looked at all those bags and wondered, "If I dislocated my shoulders, could I bring them all in with one trip?" ____________________ Lineups: DIAMONDBACKS David Peralta LF A.J. Pollock DH Jake Lamb 3B Paul Goldschmidt 1B J.D. Martinez RF Daniel Descalso 2B Chris Iannetta C Ketel Marte SS Gregor Blanco CF Zack Godley P TWINS Brian Dozier 2B Max Kepler RF Joe Mauer 1B Miguel Sano 3B Eddie Rosario LF Eduardo Escobar DH Byron Buxton CF Jorge Polanco SS Jason Castro C (no Garver sighting today ) Ervin Santana P Weather: Mostly cloudy, but I think there won't be rain tonight, 73 deg F, winds at 5mph from the WNW. Please, weather, hold out ... no more double headers ... Click here to view the article

That guy was funny. He will be my next web search.

The Photo was stolen as usual. Can't vouch for it's authenticity.

I had enough issues to be concerned with Molitor last year. I have had very few issues with Molitor this year. I've been happy with how he has handled the playing time this year. The difference causes me to assume that Paul is listening to his supervisors and trying to execute the playbook.

It’s a 3-game series against the division-leading Cleveland Indians starting at Target Field tonight. I don’t have to tell you all what a sweep of the Indians would mean. Everybody in front offices around the league, all the players for every team, fans of the Indians, fans of the Twins and all fans across the fruited plain would clearly understand what a sweep by the Twins would mean... It would mean that we won 3 games and the Indians lost 3 games. Let the chase commence! Here are some things to think about: 1. Cleveland and Grover – I don’t know how many of you have memorized all of the towns in Minnesota but in case you have not… there is a Cleveland, Minnesota. Its 66 miles southwest of Minneapolis and 1,634 miles northeast of Tucson, Arizona. With that close proximity to Tucson, the Sonoran hot dog, chimichanga and ranch fries are the staple of Cleveland cuisine. Twenty-eight different states have a Cleveland, the majority of them named after our 22nd and 24th president, Grover Cleveland. Now that Grover has been mentioned… Minnesota has a Grover, too, where the residents don’t… oops… I mean do not use contractions when they speak. You should not worry about that strange conversational style because contraction is a bad word in Twins territory and I am going to try stop using contractions myself from here on out. The citizens of Grover constantly run far away just to turn and shout FAR before returning to close proximity to shout NEAR and then they do it again until everybody understands the difference. The blue and furry people of Grover and the Twins fans of Cleveland, Twins Daily salutes you. 2. Our Twins – If the Twins wouldn’t… oops… I mean would not have blown a huge lead against the Tigers on Saturday, we would be enjoying an 8-game winning streak right now. I do not mention this to point out the negative thing in a pile of positive, I mention it to illustrate how close we were to an 8-game winning streak. During this winning streak Sano has not been helping that much. If it was not for Sano’s low OPS we would have 8 players with an OPS over .900 during that streak. Uff da... I've ... oops ... I have got to quit using negative to highlight positive. 3. The Indians - The tribe have been improving as the season goes along and they have a chance to put some real distance between them and 2nd place this weekend. They currently have a 5-game lead and if they can increase that distance they will start reserving October hotels and booking flights to Boston for the 1st round of the playoffs. This is clearly a moment where the Twins can say, “We are still HERE!” and clearly a moment where the Indians can say, “No you are NOT!” 4. Today’s Joe M Conversation: Montana: Hey, guys… I’ve got my lottery tickets. Dropped 50 bucks but I’m sure there is a winner in here somewhere. Maddon: What’s the jackpot up to now? McCarthy: 430 million Morgan: I cannot believe you dropped 50 bucks on that stuff. You would not do that if you understood the odds. You simply should not waste your money that way. Maddon: Why are you speaking like Grover? Morgan: Trying to get rich by playing the lottery is like trying to commit suicide by flying on a commercial airline. Montana: The lines get real long when the jackpot gets real big. Nobody seems to care when the jackpot is small. Mauer: I can understand that. When it is only 23 million… it is hardly worth the effort. 5. Potatoes - We had baked potatoes for supper last night. My son mentioned that he likes his potatoes mashed the best. I told him do not worry because his stomach thinks all potatoes are mashed anyway. Click here to view the article

Sounds like you are wining about having all that wine.

Balls straight behind you are tough to judge because you gotta turn and get back and those balls will slice so he probably started like anyone would have but he made the adjustment and got to a ball that very few would have got to. I give him an 11 on a scale of 1 to 9.6

He was waiting for you.

I'm rarely not speechless. Buxton's catch was that rare.

ROSARIO

Besides Thorogood. 62% of TD Members

I've had a lot of things getting in my way this summer as well.

Game Threads have been in a lull but I don't think Garcia or Kintzler is the reason. The gang just needs to get back together. After reading fan comments... I believe that General Managers don't consider anything at all.

I think you can ask However... it is probably too much to get there in time to ask it.

I think he could have robbed it but he got to close to the fence, giving up his room to jump and tried to kind of reach over and missed it by a few inches. A good ball boy might have got that one.

Hey Rosario Jump Might as well Jump Go Ahead Jump

And when he misses it... I think it's possible he will see it again.