Riverbrian

ChiTown can fix that right up. Add some colons and stuff... large and small colons... she knows them all.

Just another example of our youth killing us by Mauer.

Well... now you've done it. I gotta go open up random drawers in the house to find where my wife has stuff hidden now.

Nah He failed to advance the runner.

Dude C'mon.. give him a chance

I'll take Sano

Stars Wars Night? That would explain why everybody looks normal in the seats behind home plate.

What Movie? That was actually me... I just shot it like 2 minutes a go... I was so happy.

I don't know what to say We have a lead

You are lucky... A lot of guys start losing their lair as they get older.

Morley Safer RIP One of my favorite writers. The guy was beautiful with words.

Thank God I thought the Acid was bad for a second.

It's OK... It's Dog Eat Dog World out there and the Blue Jays know it. However... I shudder to think of what kind of photo's of Mary Kate and Ashley that they are posting on Blue Jays Daily.

I don't know... it would probably set a record for intentional walks.

A mere period can't be expected to stop my thoughts. I need three to accomplish the task.

I use them like a gas powered wheelchair.

These guys hang out at the gate often. I don't know why but they seem to like it and I'm not one to argue.

You all... have special invitations... to take up residence... whenever you want... the gates are wide open.

I have never seen any organization shove the genie back in the bottle this fast... this hard... and this clumsily. That’s how I described the situation with the Twins in another thread and I think it’s pretty accurate. So much promise with all these young players that the Twins front office banked on it and now they are scrambling to re-set with players that basically became Twins because other teams were not that interested in them and they just happened to be available as a result of that lack of interest. Just like Captain Tony Nelson… that smoke coming out of the bottle after you rub it doesn’t always go as planned. Sometimes it goes horribly wrong, but it’s pretty cool. And I’ll give the same advice to the Twins front office that I would have given to the well-meaning Captain back in the 60’s: “It’s a gift… quit fighting it and learn how to work with it.” Here are some things to think about: 1. Jeannie – This American Icon was trapped in her bottle for 2,000 years until being discovered by an astronaut who landed far off course on a deserted island. In other words… after 2,000 years in a bottle… Jeannie is a lot like a non-blinking Alex Meyer. 2. Aladdin’s Lamp – Terry Ryan is the General Manager of an impoverished team… living in poverty for many years. Terry was vulnerable because of this poverty and easily fell under the influence of the sorcery of his evil advisors. His advisors set him up as a wealthy merchant to gain their trust and then persuaded him to fetch an oil lamp from a magic cave. It was really an evil plan that led to Terry being trapped in the cave, but Terry manages to escape this double cross because of the support of Jim Pohlad who appeared out of nowhere to make sure that Terry would be OK. Terry returned home from this magic cave entrapment still poor but now with a lamp of unknown value. His mother, Paul Molitor (that was really her name), was only concerned about feeding the family and had resorted to cooking up piles of Mastroianni because that was all they could afford and nobody was getting the nutrition necessary to grow up big and strong. She decided that the lamp could be sold to purchase much needed food. That’s when Paul Molitor started to clean the lamp to sell and while rubbing it… something magical happened. Byron Buxton, Jose Berrios and Eddie Rosario came out and punched her right in the face. 3. Jeannie C. Riley -- I’ve never been to Harper Valley but it’s clear that it is populated by a bunch of hypocrites so I’ve chosen to remain in Grand Forks where hypocrites are not allowed and are all forced to live in East Grand Forks. The Parent Teachers Association of Harper Valley had become concerned about the widowed Mrs. Johnson and the short dresses she wore and a proclivity for drinking and hanging out with men. They sent a note home with her daughter that stated this behavior was a bad example for her young daughter. As it turns out the members of the Harper Valley PTA were not perfect either and had a big list of their own issues that Mrs. Johnson readily brought to light at the next meeting. Issues like stalking, drinking, extra-marital affairs, exhibitionism, golf-ball sized neck moles, inappropriate web searches, psoriasis, completely missing easy pop ups behind 2nd base, trying to pull the ball with a runner on 2nd and nobody out, not mixing up the locations and speeds of pitches, bunting too often, not considering the lefty/righty matchups and not fielding a roster of competent players. After the hypocrisy was placed on the table for all to see… Brian Dozier, Phil Hughes, Kevin Jepsen, Paul Molitor and Terry Ryan all got up and walked out of the room in disgust. 4. Baba O’ Riley – Out on the baseball field… you must fight for your paycheck. You got to get your back into what you do and if you do… you won’t need to explain yourself and there will be no need to be forgiven. So let’s not cry… let’s not be concerned… It’s only TEENAGE WASTELAND. And TWINS… Please… Let’s get this together… BEFORE WE GET MUCH OLDER!!! 5. Baba – When my youngest son was a toddler and was thirsty he would say “Baba”. I had no idea what this meant and never put two and two together. I simply didn’t know at the time that he meant “Bottle” and it came out “Baba.” He’s 18 now and about to graduate high school and we are so proud of him but it turns out that he is now severely dehydrated. -------------------- Lineups: BLUE JAYS Jose Bautista(R ) RF Josh Donaldson(R ) 3B Edwin Encarnacion(R ) DH Justin Smoak(S) 1B Michael Saunders(L) LF Troy Tulowitzki(R ) SS Jimmy Paredes(S) 2B Russell Martin(R ) C Kevin Pillar(R ) CF Marco Estrada(R ) P TWINS Brian Dozier(R ) 2B Eduardo Nunez(R ) SS Joe Mauer(L) 1B Miguel Sano(R ) RF Trevor Plouffe(R ) 3B Byung-ho Park(R ) DH Oswaldo Arcia(L) LF Kurt Suzuki(R ) C Danny Santana(S) CF Ervin Santana(R ) P Game-time forecast: Partly cloudy, 68 deg F with a brief 9% chance of rain, winds from the S-SSE at 5-9mph. Go Twins! Please! Click here to view the article

Not many MLB pitchers pitch in the strike zone. They make their living getting batters to swing at pitches out of the zone. Phil Hughes is one of a handful of pitchers that tries to get every single out staying in the zone. Batters know this by now. Tack on declining velocity and a comfortable at-bat becomes more comfortable. Phil will have to learn to work out of the zone effectively. Change Eye Level... East and West... Make the batter move his feet a little. If he doesn't... We will probably complain about him for awhile.

It should be on Minnesota welcome signs as you enter the state.. WELCOME TO MINNESOTA WE'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW NIGHT

The Umping was spotty but not anything we haven't seen before. I'd like to say Hats off as well... but only partially off because Detroit made a comedy of errors to help us back in. Dean is certainly getting pats on the back but it wasn't like he was mowing them down... He must have given up double digits hits in a little over 5 innings and a lot of screamers landed in gloves. Other than that... Tomorrow is another day. Tuesday I believe

Daughter: Is Suzuki Fast Enough to try and bunt for a hit? Me: Only a Harley could pull that off. And the bikers who drive them make fine husbands.