Riverbrian

I think about Pi a lot... And I mean a lot. After all that thinking... Banana Cream is probably my favorite You all knew that joke was coming and you couldn't do anything about it.

Jenny Jenny was her name

Yeah That's where the cameras are.

I had the same feeling... but mine was somewhere on the planet.

I know that I can't... Maybe somebody else... A little help?

Sano is gonna get pitched around. He needs to keep that discipline. He could use a big bomber hitting behind him.

My favorite number is even so I am trying to normalize a little. This is the only time available to post with my schedule. If it isn't posted by 8AM... do a welfare check on my behalf.

Our Twins return home carrying a four-game winning streak. It was a quick, three-win roadtrip to Baltimore and right back home to face the Rays for a weekend series. That is like the ideal trip to the store. You find a parking spot by the door, you walk in and right there is the grill you came for. You head to the counter to pay for it and you walk past a cooler that you also need, so you grab that. The lines are long but just as you arrive a brand new register light comes on, so you avoid the lines. As the cashier rings up the purchases, you notice that licorice you like in the impulse buy rack, so you grab a bag. After the cashier informs you that all these items were 50% off, you pay and off you go with the whole experience taking 5 minutes. BTW… that has never happened in my life so I’m not really sure what happened in Baltimore. Here are some things to think about: 1. Grand Marais – In the northeast part of Minnesota, that pointy part, the part that looks like the carrot on the snowman, is the city of Grand Marais. Grand Marais in Ojibwe means, “Stop go back… there is nothing else out there.” According to the brochures… the land surrounding Grand Marais slopes up to form Sawtooth Bluff which is adjacent to Pincushion Mountain. It’s not really a mountain… it’s really a very large pincushion named Mountain. There are actual pins stuck in Pinchushion Mountain so it is functional, you can’t see them… because they are actual size. 2. Our Twins – We have a fairly warm team offensively of recent days. In the last seven, we have nine players with an OBP over .370. The bullpen had a real nice week and we got some good starts out of Santana and Berrios. Add all that up and we are going to the World Series!!! 3. The Rays – Sitting at .500 currently, these guys can play a little. The rotation is productive from 1 to 5 and not one of them has an ERA over 3.82. The bullpen hasn’t been leaking either. On offense they've got a couple of guys playing above normal with Corey Dickerson and Logan Morrison acting like all-stars. If you are Scandinavian... you can hit for the Rays just like sons of Dicker and Morris. 4. Today’s Joe M Conversation Montana: Hey, Joe… that hole you're digging is getting kinda deep there. McCarthy: I’m planting a couple of bushes. I’m gonna call them George and Jeb Maddon: Why not Randy or Matt? McCarthy: Get your own bushes and name them what you want. Maddon: I already have a Randy Bush. Montana: That’s seriously a deep hole. You are gonna come out the other side. Mauer: I read somewhere… if you did that… You’d come out in the Indian Ocean. Montana: The Indian Ocean? That will probably end up flooding the backyard… I’d stop, Joe. Maddon: It’s impossible to dig a hole through the entire earth. The core is hot… around 9,000 degrees. Montana: You’ll need a special suit or something. Mauer: I’ll get the tin foil. 5. Psycho – I’m not normal but nobody ever accused me of being psycho. However, every path I’ve walked down in my life is now called the Psycho Path. ____________________ Lineups: RAYS Tim Beckham SS Corey Dickerson LF Evan Longoria 3B Logan Morrison 1B Steven Souza RF Kevin Kiermaier CF Rickie Weeks DH Derek Norris C Daniel Robertson 2B Chris Archer P TWINS Brian Dozier 2B Joe Mauer 1B Miguel Sano 3B Max Kepler RF Kennys Vargas DH Jorge Polanco SS Eddie Rosario LF Byron Buxton CF Jason Castro C Hector Santiago P Weather: It will be clear and 70s ... play ball! Click here to view the article

SANO

Last time I was relaxed on the road. A cop came by and suggested that I should relax in the ditch instead. Because it was safer... or something like that.

They might have meant "WIN" better on the road. or "Drive"

I've been there. Nice stadium in a decent part of town about a block away from a crappy part of town.

It's Baltimore You can hear them But the people of Baltimore have gotten so used to them that they don't hear them anymore. So they gotta make em louder.

Where did that pitch miss. I think that was another strike. I'm not sure that Duffey has really thrown a ball yet.

Sano has got plate coverage and and quick hands. Nice combo of plate skills.

Hey Joe Where ya going with that Bat in your Hands?

Interesting way to give up a run. Chrichton gets a 10 for creativity.

I like it when Buxton gets pissed after swinging at a bad pitch. It shows me that he is thinking about better pitch selection. He didn't used to do that before. I think he is going to turn that corner.

Why is Castro so frozen up there That's two called third strikes right down the middle.

Jones played that off the wall pretty good.

If we wouldn't have given up 6 runs... We'd be leading 11-0 This has been a Circus Boy Update

I think I would have to because of Buxton but with a left handed batter... It's a clean shot at 3rd.

It depends on who you are in that scenario... That will dictate your answer.

Seriously All of you who left out of disgust You can come back out of joy now