Riverbrian

Experience followed by less experience. It's clearly what Paul tried with the lineup.

The baseball gods looked at the lineup and said... "Mauer batting first? I don't think so" Then they made it rain.

The Twins are the only ones racing a Prius at Daytona.

Right in the middle of the Super Market I'm guessing.

This didn't originally work for me until I sung it to the melody of the Axel F Theme.

Yes... Without a Doubt. And we need a base running mistake. Would someone put those in

Happy Hour at Huberts

Awesome we got 3 runs in the 2nd inning and Berrios on the mound. (High Five)

LOL Yep... It's that scrap heap that Milone and Fein and O' Rourke and Graham just discovered. BTW... Hicks batting 2nd for the Yanks tonight

I actually like Dozier in the 3 better than 1 or 2 because it's closer to 5 or 6 so I'm happy with the progress. Dozier approach at the plate is like a big power hitting drive em in dude so Bat him in the order like someone who approaches his plate appearances like a big power hitting drive em in dude. All in All... Not the way I would do it but I applaud the shake em up style. One last thing... Look at the lineup again. Besides Suzuki... Vets at the top of the order... Youth at the bottom. Molly's handling of youth continues.

I just put my 9 pence in.

You may be right. He's about to get some playing time in NY. I'm waiting until he lands on a scrap heap somewhere before I declare it.

This was the original thread used on May 9. We've decided to do a 're-run' for this makeup game. Today's posts (including today's lineups and weather) begins here. Clearing 25- and 40-man roster space for Mastroianni, Centeno, Kintzler and Dean is the equivalent of the peasant saying, "I don't want to get on the cart!" Twins Daily has collectively shouted back, "Oh, don't be such a baby!" Here's your nine-pence for some things to think about: 1. In Search of the Holy Grail -- Go and tell Pohlad that we've been charged by Minnesotans with a sacred quest. If he will give us food and shelter for the night... he can join us in our quest for the World Series title. Turns out Pohlad wasn't very keen because he already has a couple. Is there someone else up there we can talk to? 2. Where'd You Get the Coconuts? -- You didn't just find them... they do not migrate and they can't be carried by a small bird. It's a question of ratios. When you look at the roster construction of the Minnesota Twins... Somebody from sabermetrics is just going to force us to get a real horse. 3. King of the Swamp -- When Terry Ryan came back... it was all swamp. Everyone said it was daft to build a castle on a swamp but it was built all the same. It sank into the swamp so he built a second one... that sank into the swamp... so he built a third... that burned down... fell over and sank into the swamp. But the 4th one stayed up... so Terry Ryan went and got... more swamp. 4. Excalibur -- I'm thinking about Monty Python and this lead me to think about Excalibur and this lead me to think about Shakopee and the roller coaster at Valley Fair. Baseball Seasons have often been compared to roller coasters. I've never screamed during a roller coaster ride. Yeah... there is a strange sensation that pulls on your body while the ride is in motion. It'll make you grit your teeth a little but I've never screamed. That's because I know that thousands... perhaps millions... have ridden this ride and survived to do it again if they wished. However... if the cars happen to go off the tracks mid-ride... I believe the screaming becomes a little more warranted and natural. If the cars go off the tracks... it would be classified as a Total System Failure. 5. Tis but a Scratch -- True Story -- Back in my high school days I was taking a girl out on a date to the movies. It was a nice summer night and there was also a party that all my friends were at. It was taking place at some gravel pit a couple of miles out of town. Before the movie I needed, or wanted, to stop by and do or say something with my friends... I don't remember what the need or want was but my date was from out of town and didn't know my friends and didn't want to go but I convinced her it was important and she was OK with it... (Fast Forward SFX). So she sat in the car while I talked with my friends for a moment... (Fast Forward SFX). I got done talking to my friends and started walking back to the car and I noticed my date just kind of looking out her passenger side window and not really paying attention. I also noticed that my driver's side passenger window was wide open and for some reason I put two and two together and thought it would be funny to run full speed at the car and jump through the passenger window to surprise her. I mean, think about it... all of us would have done the same thing in consideration of the circumstances... open window and all... (Fast Forward SFX). Everything was going as planned... I ran full speed... my date continued to watch out the opposite passenger side window. I jumped... I arrow-ed myself to fit the open window space. And... well... I may over jumped a little and over arrow-ed a bunch because my head struck the upper frame of the window FLUSH. This not only prevented me from flying through the open car window... it knocked me straight to the ground. And let me tell you this... head wounds bleed and they BLEED... a lot. I was laying on the ground instantly looking like Carrie at the prom. My date and friends were looking around for something to stop the bleeding or at least... I don't know... wipe the blood of my stunned face and clothes. It was a gravel pit... turns out that stuff isn't readily available... (Fast Forward SFX). Ended up returning to my house to bandage up and change clothes. Tis but a scratch... I had Suzuki like toughness... we went to the movies like we planned and my date went to the movies with a guy who had big white gause pad on his head and a pinkish hue to his face because you really need a lot of scrubbing to clean up a recently blood-soaked face. I was struck by the irony of the movie we attended being Superman III... Clark Kent... I am not. True Story -------------------- Lineups: ORIOLES Joey Rickard(R ) LF Manny Machado(R ) SS Adam Jones(R ) CF Chris Davis(L) 1B Mark Trumbo(R ) RF Matt Wieters(S) C Pedro Alvarez(L) DH Jonathan Schoop(R ) 2B Ryan Flaherty(L) 3B Tyler Wilson(R ) P TWINS Joe Mauer(L) 1B Eduardo Nunez(R ) SS Brian Dozier(R ) 2B Trevor Plouffe(R ) 3B Miguel Sano(R ) RF Byung-ho Park(R ) DH Oswaldo Arcia(L) LF Kurt Suzuki(R ) C Danny Santana(S) CF Jose Berrios(R ) P Game-time forecast: 62 deg F, cloudy with a 34% chance of rain, winds from the ESE at 16mph. Go Twins! Please! Click here to view the article

I agree I will never fault Terry Ryan for trading young talent for a player like Kevin Jepsen during a year that we were in contention. I will fault him for waiting until the very end of July to make the deal and I will fault him for it being the only deal he made to fix the bullpen and I will fault him for not improving the pen during the off season. If this was all he was going to do... Might as well kept this Hu guy.

I remember watching MLB Network around the trade deadline and the Twins had just traded Denard Span and Ben Revere. Terry Ryan came on and was asked if the team was rebuilding with these trades and Terry Ryan said that he doesn't believe in rebuilding because it's just an excuse for losing. As the years went by... Everything Terry Ryan did supported this statement. Now we have reached the point where Terry Ryan has been over run by the youth piling up on the farm and spilling on to the 40 man and the 25 man roster and Terry Ryan hired a manager who doesn't want to play youth and youth is pretty much all he has to work with. A GM in our situation needs to ask any candidates for the manager. position.. Do you have a problem playing youth? The reason I ask is... We have a boatload of them arriving and I need to know if you have a problem playing youth. It's going to be a necessity in the very near future. If he did ask Molitor this question before he hired him and Molitor said... "Yeah no problem". Well... you got a problem now. Molitor is going to have to change and adjust to the state of the Minnesota Twins and quit trying to fight it with the Mastro's of the world. This is on Terry Ryan and I hope Terry Ryan can step back and look at it objectively and say to himself. Yep It's on me I shake my head... We just had a recent come to Jesus meeting which resulted in a fairly large shift of the 40 Man and 25 man roster and the result of that meeting was bringing in Mastroianni, Centeno, Kintzler and Dean to fix it? Just step back and look at that... Mastroianni, Centeno, Kintzler and Dean... That's the solution?

Aaron Hicks has only struck out 8 times in 41 AB's so far this year. This isn't the same Aaron Hicks under performance we saw in 2013 and 2014. During 2013 and 2014... We endured 2 years of 140 K's in 467 AB's (30%) 2015... We watched him progress talent wise down to 66 K's in 352 AB's (19%) Then we move him... and replaced him with a guy who struck out 50% of the time. We endured the worst of Hicks and saw him get better and now we will watch another team display the best of him down the road. (I will be proven right later until then it's just my opinion). A potential 20/20 guy moved for a player who will most likely never be a 20/20 guy and most likely never a 10 home run guy. Just a guy who if everything breaks right... will be an average player at a position that is filled with average players. We overpaid for position scarcity. Only the Giants have a Catcher who produces big time at the plate. Every other team is putting average to below average players at Catcher. We could of signed JP Arencebia or Salty and kept Hicks. If you wanted to move Hicks because you didn't like him or believe in him because of work ethic or baseball sense or whatever reason you wanted him off the roster. Should have asked for Justin Wilson instead. Should have traded for a position where you can clearly upgrade... like the BULLPEN. BTW... If you did believe in Aaron Hicks and still traded him. This will end up as totally indefensible.

Yeah... But... I like Park and Sano in RF doesn't scare me that much. The only thing that scared me was the declaration that he would only play RF.

Post of the night

I've had players miss the steal sign... if they miss it twice... I have yelled across the diamond at them... STEAL

This might be something we need

A friend of mine once said...Aww.... Look at the Dead Bird. I looked up and said "where?"

Yep No "True Story" brackets

Welcome aboard... This format has gotten us through some dismal seasons. When it turns around and the Twins start winning... We are going to reverse course and start yelling at each other.

It's honestly looking like it might be. Trying some stuff I guess.