Riverbrian

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.

Whoever decided that Red Numbers on a Red Jersey was a good idea is someone with bad ideas.

I'm not surprised. Angels are missing Trout and Maybin. And Meyer throws these types of games every once in awhile. If the game would have been 12-10 after five innings... I wouldn't be surprised by that either.

Good Question. Here's another one: is it the Pony, feather or hat that Yankee Doodle called Macaroni?

Meyer is looking like the pitcher we wanted him to be.

Yes you can Just omit the feed part and you are good to go.

He saw it right away. He inflected the very second the ball was hit. It was a good Bremer call.

TRIPLE PLAY 5-4-3

I almost completely agree with you. I'd say...Let him keep that 4 seam heat. If he adds a cutter... alright... but that 4 seam heat will play if he can spot his breaking pitches better.

I haven't really noticed if Pressly has been shaking off the fingers being put down. Maybe he is but I don't see a lot of shaking off so I tend to believe that he isn't. On the other side of the battery. Castro isn't going to put down two fingers on the 1st pitch too often if Pressly can't toss it for a strike at a higher percentage. This limits the pitch to only in situations where he got himself ahead and then it becomes predictable. If you can't command your secondary pitches it allows hitters to eliminate options and dial in. It ain't a Catcher thing... This is... go down to Rochester... work on the curveball... come back when you can spot it better and watch an immediate change in results at the MLB Level. The Catcher will be able to mix up his game calling and get hitters off balance and that 99 MPH will look 105 when it arrives. I think Parker is on something... I mean on to something.

Not me... They would have to build a Dairy Queen or Coldstone First.