Riverbrian

The Twins are 12-18 at home and 20-9 on the road. I’m fully aware of this yet still excited for some baseball played at Ole’ Target Field. It’s been a trip on the Oregon Trail and back. It’s a homecoming celebration with 4 games against the Seattle Mariners. A King and Queen must be elected… a parade, a dance and perhaps a spiked punch bowl. We have to get something done by the afternoon… there is a lot to do. Everybody get started on your float for the parade… I’ll contact the city and get the streets blocked off. Here are some things to think about: 1. Stillwater – With only 19,000 residents, perhaps no other Minnesota city has as much Minnesota history dripping off of it. It is referred to as the birthplace of Minnesota because the territorial convention that began the process of becoming a state was held in Stillwater. During the convention they needed to decide where the State Capital would be and where the State University would be and where the State Prison would be. The clever folks of Stillwater carefully considered the options and chose the prison because the other two things would be way too much responsibility. Glen Perkins is from Stillwater; he did 18 years for Bank Robbery. Jessica Lange is also from Stillwater, and the large ape was from across the river in Wisconsin. 2. Our Twins – Normally when you come home from a 10 game road trip with a 6-4 record, you are satisfied. However… I can’t help but be bugged by the knowledge that it could have been an 8-2 road trip if it wasn’t for the bullpen coughing up two leads. Bullpens will blow leads from time to time but the spectacular fashion in which they occasionally do it is quite unnerving. Correct me if I’m wrong but I believe that the worst bullpen ERA in baseball now belongs to the Minnesota Twins. This may require an immediate reassignment of high leverage and low leverage roles. Belisle should be moved to low leverage and Goose Gossage should be signed for high leverage. 3. The Mariners – The Mariners have struggled on the road and the Twins have struggled at home. Las Vegas has looked at the home and road splits of each team and decided not to handicap the games because they felt that both teams were already handicapped. 4. Today’s Joe M Conversation Mauer: I just got back from the Mall of America and I brought you all some free gifts. McCarthy: That was nice of you… how much do I owe you? Mauer: Nothing, Joe… they are gifts. Maddon: You said “free gifts.” Gifts are things given to someone without payment. Why did you need to say “free” in front of gifts? Mauer: I don’t know Montana: People said I had a gift for winning football games. Mauer: You guys might be overthinking this a little. McCarthy: Will 20 dollars cover it, Joe? Mauer: No… I bought them for you guys… McCarthy: Here’s 20 dollars. Mauer: Umm… alright… 20 Dollars… thanks, Joe. Maddon: Here’s a ten and two fives. Montana: Do you have change for a 50? Mauer: I do now McCarthy: What did you get us? Mauer: Cinnabons… I got you all you guys Cinnabons…. Surprise!!! Maddon: Joe… I hate to tell you but these things are like 4 bucks… you got ripped off. 5. Remodeling – My wife wants to remodel the house a little but it’s pricey. We went for a walk and talked about it and we agreed that with two kids in college we should probably put it off for a little while. During the walk we came across one of those wanted posters with a 10,000 reward. My wife called the number and said that I did it… the remodeling starts next week. ____________________ Lineups: MARINERS Ben Gamel LF Mitch Haniger RF Robinson Cano 2B Nelson Cruz DH Kyle Seager 3B Danny Valencia 1B Mike Zunino C Guillermo Heredia CF Tyler Smith SS Yovani Gallardo P TWINS Brian Dozier 2B Robbie Grossman LF Joe Mauer 1B Miguel Sano 3B Max Kepler RF Kennys Vargas DH Jason Castro C Byron Buxton CF Ehire Adrianza SS Adalberto Mejia P Weather: Oh meh, blecht, yuck, waaa. Raining ... might be a window in there somewhere ... stay tuned. Click here to view the article

I gotta do a Southwest roadtrip and knock a few unvisited stadiums off my list. Colorado, Arizona, San Diego, Angels, Dodgers and Oakland and then back home. If I can just get the schedule to cooperate... I'm going to do it.

I've never been to Petco but I think it would crack the top 5 once I attend a game. It looks amazing. I also rank Miller Park on my list. Can't explain it... I just like it.

Please explain to your friend that he is going to a Twins Game.

Your Comment Either went over my head or Piranha's comment went over yours and I can't tell which one.

PNC and Camden are both high on my list. AT&T Fenway Camden PNC Kaufman

It's the best park I've seen. 2nd best ain't close either.

He's 3rd on my list... maybe 2nd

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Top Bar -- Drop down box where your username is. But if you place me on ignore you'll miss some weird stuff.

I love Baseball

Grossman has shown me that he can help a team win.

After Slater and Moore... We better get Span

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