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THE SANOMAN

I am At least until I understand what business you are in.

The Sanoman is better. He must change and adapt to it.

Yay Bark Art Add Molitor as Professor Hinkle

I like Captain Insano... It's very good But... "The Sanoman" is absolutely perfect. I don't think it can be topped. The marketing department can work with that. Like the Giants did with the Panda. Sanoman Hat Giveaway.

If I could do it any other way... I'd leave those late game threads up longer. Unfortunately... I can't. I only have a small window in the morning to post the new open. Once I'm at work... it's nose to the grindstone. So that means a choice of posting at 7AM or when I'm done from work around 6PM. Yes I do get a lunch break but there are days when I have to cancel it for various reasons and I never know when that will happen in advance. That leaves the only safe window to post the new thread in the morning. My apologies and my hope for forgiveness and understanding.

Yeah it's clever enough... but I can't give this a like for obvious reason.

Anybody tired of the West Coast? Hang in there… just one more game played in the middle of the night, just 3 more games to go total, then back to Minnesota. Until then… inter-league action with a weekend series against the Giants. When a National League team is hosting, the pitchers will have to bat, which will be a welcome change from having our batters pitch. It’s frustrating when Chris Gimenez has thrown so much that he is now qualified for the ERA title. When pitchers bat, buntings follow. Here are some things to think about: 1. San Francisco – 870,000 people are crammed into 7 city blocks and this makes San Francisco the 2nd most dense city in the United States… after New York City. The reason for this denseness, San Francisco is built on a peninsula which reduces the opportunity to sprawl outward from the city in all directions. Also, the hippie counter-culture continued marijuana use that makes you explain things to them over and over without eventual understanding. San Francisco generates billions of dollars in revenue from tourism. People come from everywhere to see the Golden Gate Bridge and they leave San Francisco confirming that it is indeed a bridge and it is red. They visit Lombard Street and they leave with confirmation of it being paved and unnecessarily curvy. They visit Alcatraz and leave with confirmation that it contains a prison and a strong opinion that Nicolas Cage should be locked up there and never heard from again. 2. Our Twins – Hats off to Kyle Gibson. Last night had to feel good and he probably needed to feel good. Miguel Sano must also be feeling good. (Sano BTW… needs a unique clever nickname). Sano is hot again and he is beginning to look like one of the best hitters in the league. He is getting noticed by the ballot box stuffers because he took over the All-Star voting lead at 3B this week… surpassing Manny Machado. Minnesota is required by federal law to have at least one all-star representative at the All-Star game, but this year… it looks like a Twin might play significant minutes and have a legitimate shot at driving away in the vehicle awarded to the MVP. I always feel good when deserving baseball players win new automobiles because I know that adding an extra car to the 4 or 5 that they already own comes in handy. 3. The Giants – This team has big expectations every year but so far this year… those expectations have not been met… not even close really. The Giants currently have the third worst record in baseball. They blew the off-season budget on a closer and never really addressed LF. The bullpen has given up leads and the starting rotation has underperformed with someone named Ty Blach leading the staff. In hindsight, the Giants front office realizes that they should have addressed LF and they feel they made a mistake letting Madison Bumgarner enter games on a dirt bike. 4. Today’s Joe M Conversation Mauer: That was good… compliments to the chef. Maddon: Thank You… I like cooking when I get the chance. There are so many things you can do with pasta. It gives me a chance to be creative. McCarthy: I am full… Fulll… with a capital F and an extra L. Montana: I’m still hungry… do you have anything to snack on? Mauer: How is that possible? How can you still be hungry? You had more of that pasta than any of us did and we may not eat again until November? Montana: I had a bunch of Antipasti before I came. It must have evened out. 5. Greek - A friend of mine named Kostas is originally from Greece and he is very intelligent. He was trying to explain to me neuroscience... I’m not sure why since I started the conversation by mentioning that I had two different color socks on. Anyway, to fully understand neuroscience, it requires knowledge of engineering, mathematics, chemistry, physics, computer science, medicine, philosophy and psychology. He must have talked about 30 minutes straight on the subject before he finally nodded in my direction for a response. I was completely lost during the conversation so I said that it was all Greek to me. He didn't understand that. ____________________ Lineups: TWINS Brian Dozier 2B Joe Mauer 1B Miguel Sano 3B Robbie Grossman LF Max Kepler RF Eduardo Escobar SS Byron Buxton CF Jason Castro C Ervin Santana P GIANTS Denard Span CF Eduardo Nunez 3B Brandon Belt 1B Buster Posey C Brandon Crawford SS Hunter Pence RF Aaron Hill 2B Austin Slater LF Matt Moore P Weather: 59 deg F, partly cloudy, windy, not rainy Click here to view the article

Oh Yeah.. No doubt Plus... Kershaw, Darvish and Paxton

So it's already been decided? Nothing could ever happen to the Astros to change their fate? Once you make the playoffs... All you have to do is go 11-8 out of a max 19 games to win the World Series. Or 12-8 if you are a wildcard and all those career stats go out the window for a brand new small sample size. All 30 teams are capable of going 12-8 for a 20 game stretch. All 30 teams will go 12-8 or better at some point during the season. Anything can happen... anything always happens. The mighty Clayton Kershaw is 4-7 with 4.55 ERA in the playoffs... But the guy looks great on paper. I'd even say that he is the best pitcher in baseball. Roberto Perez hit 3 playoff home runs for the Indians but he doesn't look all that good on paper. Joe Panik was amazing for the Giants in the playoffs last year. Alcedis Escobar was perhaps the top KC Hitter in the 2015 playoffs. Remember David Freese... How Bout Ryan Merritt making a big start for the Indians. Delmon Young was amazing in the playoffs once. Historically... When you look at every year and list them all... You will compile a healthy list of 95 wins or better teams that did not reach the World Series. The game is not played on paper... anything can happen if you make the playoffs. If FalVine were to purposely pull the rug out from under a contending team because they think they know better... I will dedicate my life to raising billions of dollars as quickly as possible just so I can buy the Twins and fire them myself.

Good night all Tomorrow is a new day

I just checked Google Flights. Flying from Seattle to Rochester is not direct... it has a few layovers. Seattle to Denver to Minneapolis to Colorado Springs to Chicago to Syracuse to San Diego to Rochester.

OK... I'm going to bed. No need to collect any more memories from this game. Before... I go to bed... I'm going to fire off a quick email to FalVine asking for a fresh focus on bullpen arms this off season.

Exactly... There is no rule or law that states you can't get another one in a short period of time after getting one. To my knowledge there is no ration or allotment.

Good Arm that ain't ready.IMO

Vargas was out of the lineup tonight... so it's possible he was headed to the airport. If Vargas is up... he might as well stay up. Rosario isn't even close to hitting the locations that Gimenez is calling for. I imagine he will back down to the minors when Polanco returns. They might send him down after tonight.

Rosario is listed at 6-1 but he looks like he is 5-6.

DOZIER

I was gonna go to bed but I think o'll stay up and watch this Rosario for awhile. Start forming an opinion that I can call my own.

Or Mr. Lyon?

Get swept by the Astros and you get some TD fans saying it’s over while they start sticking forks in things. Win 3 out of 4 against the Angels and you get some TD Fans wondering what the odds of winning the AL Central are. Up with the ups and down with the downs… just like an elevator in a building with the majority of the action in the middle floors. We have three games against the Mariners starting tonight… will the Twins push the up button or the down? It is beginning to look like a reliable OTIS so it may not plummet to the ground, but if it does... remember to jump right before the impact. Here are some things to think about: 1. Seattle – A fairly large city that was put between two large bodies of water in the Pacific Northwest, Seattle is a freaky town full of freaks that seem normal because of the even freakier people who live in nearby Portland. Seattle is one of the more interesting city names in the U.S. and it comes from the Suquamish word for mildew. The Metro has over 3 million residents including Sasquatch, Jean Smart, Jerry Cantrell, Bill Gates, Sir Mix-a-Lot, Paul Allen, Adam West, Kenny G, Amanda Knox, Frasier, Niles and Marty Crain along with Daphne, Roz, Maris and the dog Eddie. I have just named 16 people that live in Seattle… I’ve decided to stop there with 2,999,984 to go. Seattle brought us Costco, Microsoft, Amazon, Starbucks, Nordstrom and Boeing. Along with grunge, spam email, whooping cough, binge drinking, poor hygiene, flat tires, brownnosers and poor customer service. 2. Our Twins – They are still in first place and we will have to explain to your grandchildren why we have been acting like Randy Quaid in the movie “Major League”. 3. The Mariners – This team was completely rebuilt by ex-Angels GM Jerry Dipoto. Since taking over in September 2015, Dipoto has made a total of 37 trades involving 95 players. It’s June, the season is well underway but the team has struggled to come together. A recent clubhouse survey revealed that no player on the roster could name all of the other players on the roster correctly; even 1 player actually got his own name wrong in the survey. 4. Today’s Joe M Conversation McCarthy: Everyone… check out this suit… what'd ya think? Montana: Nice… That is a real humdinger. Mauer: What’s it for? Where are you going? McCarthy: Green Bay for the 2017 Ghost Conference. I’m one of the keynote speakers, along with Edgar Allen Poe, Jim Henson and Harold Ramis. Maddon: Harold Ramis? McCarthy: Yeah… Harold Ramis… he is the most important keynote speaker ever… he's going to show everyone how to avoid capture from those positron colliders. Montana: Ahh… Ghostbusters… the proton pack. He has switched teams now. You’ve got the playbook. McCarthy: Yep… Exactly. Mauer: Hey… hey… Joe… what are you doing? Don’t fold that suit up like that… don't just stuff it in there. It’ll get all wrinkled. McCarthy: It’s a suit… it goes in the suit… case…. doesn't it? Maddon: No Joe… get a garment bag. Put the suit in the garment bag. It won’t get wrinkled that way. McCarthy: What goes in the suitcase then? Montana: The suitcase would be where you put your … umm… Mauer: Garments, Joe… your garments go in the suitcase. McCarthy: I think you guys are making this stuff up. 5. Funny Bone - I turned a corner at work too tightly yesterday and I struck my funny bone on a corner. I didn’t find it funny at all… Everyone else did though and I assume that’s how it got its name. I’m pretty sure the name didn’t originate from the source, more likely from those observing. ____________________ Lineups: TWINS Brian Dozier 2B Joe Mauer 1B Miguel Sano 3B Robbie Grossman LF Max Kepler RF Eduardo Escobar DH Chris Gimenez C Ehire Adrianza SS Byron Buxton CF Hector Santiago P MARINERS Guillermo Heredia LF Danny Valencia 1B Robinson Cano 2B Nelson Cruz DH Kyle Seager 3B Taylor Motter SS Ben Gamel RF Mike Zunino C Jarrod Dyson CF James Paxton P Weather: Who cares? It's a retractable roof so they play rain or shine or gloom of night ... Click here to view the article

I understand that. But... if the team is still in first place or reasonably nearby first place or wild card. I'd wait until the off season to make that trade.

If you are in contention in July... You are in contention in July. Tearing apart a contending team should be a criminal offense. It doesn't matter what anybody's evaluation says should be happening. A team in contention is what is actually happening. Sometimes things out perform the projections. If something is out performing the projection you ask...what can you do to help... Not what can you do to make it even harder. This doesn't mean trade Nick Gordon for Kevin Jepsen. It still requires common sense... but to trade Ervin Santana for a couple AA Prospects when a team needs all the pitching it can find while in contention is way too much ego out of a GM for to be comfortable with. I have no interest in a GM who says... I don't care if you are doing well... you shouldn't be doing well according to me. Let's see where we are when June comes to a close.If we are still in contention... Go find some relievers and support the squad.