Riverbrian

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!