Riverbrian

LOL In the context of our discussion. I'm the guy in the suit... You are the Furry thing.

It's not the quantity It's the quality.

Turning Japanese Movements 1 through 12 in G Major.

Post of the Night

It ain't the kind of place that I would raise my kids. It's actually cold as hell.

I just got back

OK but it's going to be hard to fit on the those little title strips in the jukebox. http://www.cdadapter.com/images/wrfplay.jpg

How would you know? Do ya track that type of stuff for a living or something? I've never typed anything inaccurate!!! The sentence directly above is actually inaccurate!!!

Nope... They make the candidates spell Valedictorian and he went with Valley Dick Orient on the form and was disqualified. I was proud that he got the three mistaken words correct.

A pressure washer will not be purchased because it would be used as a weapon against me. It's only a matter of time before I'm payed back ten fold for all the times that I threw cold water over the shower door on them. In order to avoid this retaliation... I've avoided the purchase of pressure washers... There are also no garden hoses at my place and I had the city remove the fire hydrant from our yard just to be safe... and... and... I stopped paying the water bill.

You should go and do something memorable. Like... Umm... Show up naked.

I believe that was Eddie Rosario.

Yeah... it shocked me as well. I'm hoping that my grandchildren will have a GPA of 17.0. Yeah... Mom was the one who pushed heads firmly so the nose touched the grindstone. My job was to tell them why I thought their noses pressed against the grindstone was funny.

It is graduation time and graduation is on my mind. My youngest son is officially done with High School as of Tuesday and we now await the ceremony on Saturday. He slept in until noon yesterday and I assume he will do the same today. I’m typing quietly so I don’t wake him because I’m going to respect his right to do that because he’s earned it with a GPA above 4.0 while holding down a 30-plus hour a week job. When I was his age… I used to sleep in until 3PM and that was on school days. Both of my sons are better than me and I couldn’t be happier because that’s the way it’s supposed to happen. As Twins fans… We are still waiting for graduations to occur that lead to a better class of players. Perhaps the recent call ups of Buxton and Kepler can lead to one or two around the immediate corner. Terry Ryan may be looking for experience to turn things around in the extreme short term. To me it’s pretty clear… the Twins will turn things around when the size of the graduation class increases. It’s up to those guys on the farm to graduate into better MLB players than those before them… just to spark something… anything. Here are some things to think about: 1. Pomp and Circumstance – The traditional song played at graduations is just a smaller piece from a larger composition called “March No. 1 in D Major” written in 1901. I think it’s strange that a section of the song got a memorable title “Pomp and Circumstance” while the original composition it’s from is unimaginably called “March No.1 in D Major”. Titles are important… "Stairway to Heaven" wouldn’t have been nearly as popular if it was called “Stolen Riff in A Minor.” 2. Sheepskins – Diplomas are called Sheepskins because paper was fragile and this made them poor keepsakes. Parchment is made of animal skin and because of its durability… diplomas were printed on it and thus referred to as a Sheepskin. For sheep this can be very traumatic. We take their wool and make clothing. Then we take their skin and make parchment paper for diplomas; and something to serve burnt ends on. The Greeks come along and take the rest and put it on a vertical rotisserie. 3. Throwing your cap in the air -- It was the Navy that came up with this tradition back in 1912. They got new officer hats when they graduated so the old midshipmen hats were no longer necessary and they tossed them into the air in celebration. That’s how it started and it has obviously spread. Although the incidents are rare… the practice does contain an element of danger. Graduates have needed stitches when being struck in the noggin by the square cornered mortarboard. One graduate was blinded after getting hit in the eye and it’s also dangerous for birds who attempt to eat the hats lying on the ground. 4. The Tassel Turn – The tassel turn symbolizes the turn from candidate to graduate. The tassel starts on the right side and is turned to the left. This makes them Democrats until they discover that they like guns. 5. Graduation Party – It’s a time of celebration and should only be considered good times… so a party must be thrown. However… this causes stress as you ready your place for guests. I normally don’t have a problem with that spider web that can’t be reached in the upper corner of the garage but with food being served and people dropping by… that spider web must come down and the walls must be washed and the oil spots must be scrubbed. In hindsight… it was probably wrong of me… in my frustration of the job at hand… to blame it on my son for graduating and therefore making me do this. -------------------- Lineups: RAYS Brandon Guyer(R ) RF Brad Miller(L) SS Evan Longoria(R ) 3B Logan Morrison(L) 1B Steven Souza(R ) DH Corey Dickerson(L) LF Mikie Mahtook(R ) CF Taylor Motter(R ) 2B Curt Casali(R ) C Matt Moore(L) P TWINS Eduardo Nunez(R ) SS Joe Mauer(L) 1B Brian Dozier(R ) 2B Trevor Plouffe(R ) 3B Robbie Grossman(S) LF Byung-ho Park(R ) DH Max Kepler(L) RF Kurt Suzuki(R ) C Byron Buxton(R ) CF Phil Hughes(R ) P (Gibson will not be activated today due to a back stiffness, and Phil Hughes will be making a 'spot start.') Game-time forecast: 72 deg F, clear, sunny while the sun is still up (until 8:53pm), winds at 5mph from the W. Go Twins! Click here to view the article

I think Seth gave his opinion and I know that I respect it. I also think knew his opinion would be against the wind and knew some blow back.

If he is still striking out at an unusually high rate. He will have to go back down. If his contact is up... I think he should stay up. Even if other metrics are low.

Isn't guilt by association somewhat justified in the current situation. I realize it isn't fair or even close to researched since we really don't know anything about internal candidates but isn't it somewhat reasonable to associate anybody that is part of the process in a total system failure such as it is. Do we have someone in the Org who is loudly critical of the decisions made?

I like the precedence that has been set. It shows that even vets can get shuffled about even if it's just a little. I'm just surprised that Pat Dean was the one who caused it.

Private Message to Jim Pohlad: This is one of those moments that you don't want to screw up. Pick a good one.

Exactly

This is exactly how I feel... Right now I simply don't have the room available to care about St. Peter. I want immediate supervision for Terry Ryan and the advocates he has assembled. I don't know what the problem is exactly but there is a problem. I've personally been wrong for many years when I've stated let the man (Terry Ryan) do his job. My personal clock has run out. SP is a mess Bullpen is a mess... Actually there wasn't even an attempt to fix it. The Veterens have been average at best and well below average for the most part The Youth hasn't been ready and it has over run the 40 man roster. The enormity of the missed assessments in total is off the charts and nobody should survive it. Nobody would in most businesses. I'm simply at the point where I don't trust the collective room and the decisions coming out of that room and I want immediate outside supervision. Does anybody here feel comfortable letting that collective room make a trade in July or June to improve this club for 2017? Does anyone believe there is no way Buxton would be traded and if he was... would you trust the return with the current track record of return on trades? Does anybody feel comfortable letting this room decide when Rosario is ready to come back... Berrios... Meyer... Kepler... Any of them after looking at what the room came up with for opening day 2016? Does anybody here feel 100% sure that this collective decision making room isn't capable of setting us back even further before this season is done? Decisions for 2017 and beyond are important right now and so the search for a Preisdent of Baseball Ops must began now.

Yep The Twins have needed a big league OF for 4 years now. If they would have got one in the off season. Buxton could have started in AAA and could have been called up if he is hitting AAA like he is now and welcomed to the league with a chorus of voices saying "Finally!!!". That's what should have happened but it didn't because the Twins have horribly assessed CF for 4 years straight now.

That's what I got from Nick's suggestion. I have no idea about St. Peter and what he does and he isn't really a part of my equation. I like Nick's idea because I like the idea of immediate supervision while being able to take some time making important assessments about who and what went wrong. Bottom Line for me... This current front office got a lot wrong to be asked to make it right. I'd rather bring in an outsider for clean up supervision. This has nothing to do with St. Peter in my mind. Unless he meddles and if that's the case... the new guy can make a note of that.