Riverbrian

9 Hits plus only 1 Walk... 10 Baserunners His Last outing was 6 hits and 5 Walks for 11 Baserunners Let us celebrate this WHIP Improvement (HIGH FIVE)

Wimmers has a max effort change up and it goes well with his max effort fastball.

Rochester Red Wings season is officially done now. Is it ok to assume that Vargas is on his way to Minnesota?

If you didn't know the limestone was there. While Jumping for that ball. Logan would have looked as ridiculous as anybody as ever looked in a professional baseball game.

And still he's one of our top 3 pitchers!!! (High Five)

And Mauer ends up patiently waiting for a pitch that never comes. Joe doesn't have a chance to get back to what he once was.

Yeah... Women!!! They also give you no credit for percentages. Wife: You spilled again!!! You Spill all the time!!! Riverbrian: It's not like you don't spill on occasion! Wife: Once a Year... I spill a beer... You spill once a week. Riverbrian: You have maybe 3 beers a year. I'm having a beer all the time. Based on percentages... I'm kicking your ass! Riverbrian: Where are going with the TV? Wife: I'm moving it into the kitchen Riverbrian: Gates and Padlocks to keep me out of the living room again? Wife: Yep Riverbrian: I'll go get the gate out of the garage.

You had me until he struck out.

Kennedy proves that the Royals are not perfect.

Yeah I'm assuming that you are not allowed in the living room anymore either.

Rosario Smosario Ho Hum When does Buxton and Dozier hit again!!! C'Mon!!! Hurry up!!!!

All evidence of the game that no longer exists must be removed. When I spill a beer in the living room. I must remove all evidence of it before my wife gets home. If I don't... she will know that it existed.

If you are hearing it and seeing it. I'd be more worried about Winona and Lacrosse.

DOZIER AGAIN?

Doubt it At the pace he's on... Dozier should be at 32 by the end of this month.

Only C Molitor makes him hit clean up once he reaches 32

OK Logan Schaefer doesn't have much of an arm. I just noticed that. I'm gonna make a mental note of it and it will be my opinion of him forever.

I remember begging for someone to fix Brian Dozier back in May. I remember Terry Ryan saying that he needed to be fixed. Looks like he has been fixed pretty good.

DOZIER

The Twins continue their tour of the AL Central today with the Labor Day Opener of a 3-game series against the Kansas City Royals live from Target Field. Baseball players have to work on Labor Day. I know, it isn’t fair. Not only are they poorly compensated under difficult working conditions… the entire weekend simply doesn’t apply to them. If you attend the game today and you notice them staring at you with less than welcoming expressions, please understand that they are jealous of you and the 3-day weekend you are flaunting in their faces. Here are some things to think about: 1. Personal Trainer – A long time ago… we had Jack LaLanne as a personal trainer. You’d turn on his TV show and he would whip you into shape in black and white. Now personal trainers are growing on trees… master motivators who throw the medicine ball at you and count in loud voices as you do sit ups or something. I don’t personally need one because I get plenty of exercise… jumping at conclusions, pushing my luck and dodging deadlines. 2. Scientist – Back in 1907… Duncan McDougall, a doctor from Massachusetts, devised experiments to measure the human soul. Using 6 terminally ill patients on a specially constructed scale bed he measured their weight before, during, and after death, and he was able to conclude that the human soul weighed 21 grams. Despite the sloppy science and the obvious small sample size. There are some who still believe this a century later. I just want to say that I have confirmed it. The soul does indeed weigh 21 grams. I confirmed it by weighing myself before and after work. 3. Video Game Developer – You can get your video game related bachelors or masters on college campuses across the country. These video games don’t just happen by accident. It is someone’s job to design, develop, program, sell… and… umm… I don’t know… I’m just listing a bunch of words that I’m guessing are related to video game production. Someone in the course of doing their job came up with Dance Dance Revolution for example. I don’t personally know anyone who has played Dance Dance Revolution but it made money. A co-worker of mine had DANCE DANCE REVOLUTION written on her desk calendar in big letters so I assumed she was into it. Turns out that was her actual plan for Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. Just to be safe… I did not show up for work that Friday. 4. President of the United States – It’s a dirty job but someone has to do it. Personally… I want a President who is smart enough to not want the job but that doesn’t appear to be an option. I think the President should be dragged (or is it drugged) into the position kicking and screaming because they are smart enough to know it’s a horrible job. How about that… in my context… dragged and drugged into the position both accomplish what I think needs to be done. 5. Labor Day – This week you get to hate Tuesday. ____________________ Lineups: ROYALS Jarrod Dyson [L] CF Paulo Orlando [R] RF Eric Hosmer [L] 1B Kendrys Morales DH Salvador Perez [R] C Alex Gordon [L] LF Cheslor Cuthbert [R] 3B Alcides Escobar [R] SS Whit Merrifield [R] 2B Ian Kennedy [R] P TWINS Brian Dozier [R] 2B Joe Mauer [L] 1B Trevor Plouffe [R] 3B Miguel Sano [R] DH Eddie Rosario [L] LF Eduardo Escobar SS Logan Schafer [L] RF Juan Centeno [L] C Byron Buxton [R] CF Jose Berrios [R] P Game-time forecast: 80 deg F, mostly cloudy, 15% chance of rain, winds from the SSW at 11mph. Play ball! Go Twins! Click here to view the article

I'm going to repeat myself again... but that happens when I lack depth of thought. I have believed all year that Buxton's improvement won't be gradual but sudden and amazing. I have no idea how long it will take but it will be sudden and amazing or it won't happen at all. It happens as soon as he stops upper cutting and improves his plate coverage. Which will increase his contact rate and hopefully put more balls on the ground and he can put his legs to use. I don't believe he will sacrifice power doing this... I believe he will just become capable of anything and then own the baseball world. Now I admit that I haven't had a chance to watch the past few games so it's quite possible that Buxton is still swinging upward and proving me wrong for 10 AB's but regardless... I believe Buxton will explode like Jackie Bradley did(actually bigger and better)...when he levels out his swing... like Jackie Bradley did.

I didn't get to watch the game tonight but I assume that they snapped the streak because the pitching staff didn't give up 9 runs or more.

How Bout if you are Mentally incapable? Bob Newhart would certainly be able to diagnose that from one session with me.

I went to Disney World Don't remember going on any rides. But I remember waiting in line for rides.