Riverbrian

I did Except for the Seals and Crofts part.

SwainZag would do an excellent job.

All of them hit by Bautista

Tell him Hola back... From Me.

We had determined earlier that the Dahli Lama was the nibbler.

Aaron Hicks agrees with you

I'm more concerned about the lack of concern of A-Rod just taking 2nd because we played behind him and didn't care.

Fearlessness of living with dirt.

I've got great wildlife out my patio window. Looking directly into woods and it turns out that the creatures don't always stay in the woods.

It went clean past the field. Into the left field bleachers

I'd try curling if it wasn't for all that sweeping. If my wife caught me curling... She hand me a broom when I got home and tell me to sweep something.

You can't wander around NYC without wondering what that smell is. So Naturally wandering just becomes wondering around New York.

I went for high degree of difficulty. Only 3 people in the world have ever attempted it. I sincerely came up with a plan to play Joe Mauer at 3B

SANO... He can stay

Or taking a deep breath while wondering about the city.

Suzuki thought that McCann thought he wouldn't get a fastball 0-2. But McCann thought that Suzuki thought that that he thought he wouldn't get a fastball so decided to look for a fastball.

Knucklehead Contests 5 people lined up... Along with A Russian... Canadian and Peruvian judge each with a scorecard from 1.0 to 9.9. The 5 people then Attempt things with varying degrees of difficulty. Such as calling bikers a bunch of pansies... Trying convince a girl she's wrong... Trying to get through airport security after insisting that you have to have the large size toothpaste.

Chicken Parm Chips and Sour Cream Onion Dip And Twinkies for supper. I see no reason for my wife to worry about me taking care of myself.

So do Cannibals You haven't wiggled out yet.... Just sayin

McCann was only off by 3 Manute Bol's

Tell him Hi back.... For me.

I've won that many many times. It's awesome. I've got trophy's.

Neither the Twins nor the Yankees have much room to breathe. The Twins are currently 1.5 games behind the Orioles for the last wild card spot. The Yankees have the Blue Jays right behind them. That race is so close that almost feels like the Blue Jays are ahead of the Yankees. It's past the midway point in August and the games have a sincere value for both teams. The comfortable cushions are gone and the furniture needs some serious repair to be comfortable once again. Here are some Things to Think About: 1. Cushion - The Yankees were hot and now... not so much. They currently lead the AL East by a half game but the cushion they had is now like a pillow that has been under my butt for a solid week... or like a pillow that has been driven over and over again by a Ram truck... Yeah... I'm making a comparison between my butt and a Ram Truck. Remember when the Twins had some Wild Card cushion? It wasn't that long ago and now we don't... The Yankees are feeling the same way. 2. The Yankees - They used to be known as the Highlanders. It sounds like I'm making that up but it's true. Around 1904 they decided to change the name and they really liked that song. A vote was held and it was real close. The New York Yankees received 35% of the vote... The New York Doodles came in with 34% of the vote and the New York Dandy's came in with 33%. 22% simply wanted to call it Macaroni. Some of you math majors realize that those percentages add up to 124% and the explanation of that is real easy. It's New York... The Home of Wall Street. That's how they add things up and why we are victims of crashes on occasion. 3. Home-Road Splits -- The Yankees have a winning record both at home and on the road. The Twins on the other hand... the difference is striking. The Twins are 38-24 at home and 21-34 on the road. For the Twins it seems to matter and it is reflected in the splits. The Twins are saying to everyone that they like Target Field and they don't like airplanes and hotels, I guess. If you are looking for a positive about playing on the road for this series, here ya go... The Twins have won 21 games on the road so it's not like it hasn't happened before. The odds are that the Twins will win at least 24 road games before the season ends. So... winning 3 games in New York is entirely possible. 4. New York -- While in the Big Apple there will be plenty of things for the Twins to do. They can go to Central Park and… well, they can go to Central Park and stand in the middle of it and say that they are in the middle of the park in the middle of the city... you know... just to be in the middle of it all. They can go to Times Square and think to themselves... You know.. this doesn't really look that square at all. They can go on the internet and spend 3 hours trying to decide which restaurant to eat at. By the time you have looked at all the options and make a decision, you realize that you are now beyond hungry and can't wait any longer so you fill up on Doritos instead. There will be plenty for the Twins to do... but nothing more important than at least winning this series because the Yankees are potentially one of the teams they will have to catch for a playoff spot. 5. Water Parks -- My Sons and I had a great weekend together. Although... Saturday was a little challenging as we spent the entire day at Michigan Adventures Water Park on a beautiful, hot weekend day. In other words... the park was packed and the lines were long. After waiting in line after line and doing it again and again and looking at all the people waiting in line with you and walking past you and accidentally bumping into you. It became obvious that a water park is a lot like spending an entire day at the DMV with the addition of water being dumped on you every hour or so. -------------------- Game-time forecast: 87 deg F, partly cloudy with a 2% chance of precipitation, winds from the S at 8mph. Lineups: TWINS Hicks CF Dozier 2B Mauer 1B Sano DH Plouffe 3B Hunter RF Rosario LF Suzuki C Nunez SS Gibson P YANKEES Ellsbury CF Gardner LF Rodriguez DH Teixeira 1B McCann C Beltran RF Headley 3B Gregorius SS Drew 2B Mitchell P Go Twins! Play ball! Click here to view the article

The Twins really seem to be a different team at home. They were Ervin Santana away from sweeping the Rangers. I'm sorry for the Santana cheap shot but it's kinda true. 5-0 lead couldn't be held as Santana turns in another 'low strikeout and lots of runs allowed' performance. Santana has been bad start after bad start lately and I won't be surprised to see him take a little DL stint to fix whatever it is. And if Doctors say it isn't anything... put him on the DL anyway with Meatballitis. For those without medical degrees, Meatballitis means inflammation of the Meat Balls. The Twins will have to duct tape their way through this weekend on the mound. Including a 50 pitch limit start for Trevor May tonight followed by our favorite episode of the Bullpen!!! That tearing sound you hear is duct tape being used. Here are some things to think about: 1. The Indians Again -- Last weekend in Cleveland... this weekend in Minnesota. The venue has changed but the words must be uttered like Pakistani officials looking at activity in Kashmir. The Indians again!!! If memory serves... I believe our 13-man pitching staff crashed and burned in Cleveland. (Who remembers? It was such a long time ago.) That rotation of starters is finding it's way to the DL now and duct tape is being used to put together a replacement rotation. 2. Duct Tape -- Trevor May back in the rotation. Many have been asking for it and he's back. Tyler Duffey getting another chance in the rotation. Many have not been asking for it and he's back. Tommy Milone back in the rotation. Many have forgotten who he was. These are the trio of pitchers who will face the Indians this weekend. When pitchers fall apart like ours did... duct tape can fix it. Broken rotation... duct tape. Need a portable beer holder... the center of a roll of duct tape is perfect; you can wrap presents with duct tape; you can adhere rookies to goal posts with duct tape. Whatever the problem... duct tape can solve it and our Twins SP problem is about to be solved... I SAY OPTIMISTICALLY. 3. A closer look -- May will have to be reprogrammed to start. But the Twins are saying that May is back in the rotation so they won't stretch him just to un-stretch him again. Duffey is back and I'm glad... his first start against the Blue Jays may not be an accurate representation of what he can do. Milone… the dude is left-handed. 4. Berrios -- Am I coming up? No Way, Jose!!! At least not yet; and it makes sense even though it disappoints a few of you. Let's not burn an option on this guy for a spot start. Give Duffey a chance to get that taste of Blue Jay out of his mouth. It's a spot start for Duffey because the Twins have a 6-man rotation for the next 6 games. In my opinion... Berrios can be considered for a call up after it is determined that Santana also needs to hit the DL and he needs to be told he has an injury. 5. Michigan State -- I Went with my son on a tour of Michigan State yesterday. It's a big campus... that was the impression that I got. Much bigger than Mayville State for example. I noticed a big white S on a green background everywhere and it looks like the Hockey rink is buried underground. My son doesn't know what he wants to study yet but engineering is probably what he would choose at gun-point right now. On the way home I stopped at Meijer and bought him some duct tape. Just so he could practice engineering stuff for a head start. -------------------- Game-time forecast: 89 deg F, clear and sunny (until sunset), 0% chance of precipitation, winds at 5mph from the W. Lineups: INDIANS Ramirez 2B Lindor SS Gomes C Santana DH Johnson 1B Almonte CF Urshela 3B Chisenhall RF Aviles LF Kluber P TWINS Hicks CF Rosario LF Mauer 1B Sano DH Plouffe 3B Hunter RF Escobar 2B Suzuki C Nunez SS May P Go Twins! Play ball! Click here to view the article