Riverbrian

Is it possible that while Garcia was with the Twins... He was scouting us and better at it than we are,

Ok... plus that Now we got a tight bow around the summation.

Yeah... That pretty much sums it up.

It's like the Twins were told to be aggressive against Garcia. And it's like the Twins also told Garcia that the Twins were going to be aggressive against him.

UGGGGH

OK The 1 time through the order grace period is over. Get to work right now Dozier.

I'll give the Twins "1 time through the order" grace. When Dozier hits... he better hit!!! Or else... I'll type something.

Inside Scouting report? What exactly did we learn? The guy averages 7 K's per 9 and he has 5 in two innings against us.

Yay Contact!!!

4 1B in all that time is pretty impressive.

Well now we gotta make contact for sure. 0-0 after 9 innings is out of the question.

Where are you lounging? Room service, delivery or take out?

Ugh I hope we make contact eventually

Off to Yankee Stadium for a 3-game series starting tonight, which also begins a 10-game road trip. These two teams are currently in possession of the two wild card spots with just 13 games to go. You can hear the dramatic music in the background, however, I am going to do my best to downplay the importance of this series while trying to express the true importance of this series. How do you downplay it? You do it by saying forget about the Yankees. Currently the Twins are 4 games in back of the Yankees. We all want a sweep but only a sweep will be helpful in our pursuit of the Yankees and it still leaves our Twins 1 game back with 10 to play. If the Twins take 2 out of 3… the Twins will be 3 games back with 10 to play. So… simply winning the series will barely improve our situation with the Yankees and the buzzer is soon to go off. The Twins must sweep to bring the Yankees in range so lets forget about the Yankees... unless we sweep. So how do you express the true importance of this series? You do it by focusing on the Angels while playing the Yankees because the Angels are really the only ones left. The Mariners, Royals, Rangers, Orioles and Rays have fallen off the pace and are about two losses from goodbye. The Angels are the team to watch because they are currently 2 games back and will spend this week taking on the Indians and Astros. What the Twins need to do this week is this: Just have a bigger lead over the Angels at the end of the week. Forget about the Yankees... just increase that leadwhile the Angels are playing the Indians and Astros. Of course… sweeping the Yankees will help that. Thanks for reading my Pretzel Logic… "Those days are gone forever. Over a long time ago… oh, yeah." Here are some things to think about: Off to Yankee Stadium for a 3-game series starting tonight, which also begins a 10-game road trip. These two teams are currently in possession of the two wild card spots with just 13 games to go. You can hear the dramatic music in the background, however, I am going to do my best to downplay the importance of this series while trying to express the true importance of this series. How do you downplay it? You do it by saying forget about the Yankees. Currently the Twins are 4 games in back of the Yankees. We all want a sweep but only a sweep will be helpful in our pursuit of the Yankees and it still leaves our Twins 1 game back with 10 to play. If the Twins take 2 out of 3… the Twins will be 3 games back with 10 to play. So… simply winning the series will barely improve our situation with the Yankees and the buzzer is soon to go off. The Twins must sweep to bring the Yankees in range so lets forget about the Yankees... unless we sweep. So how do you express the true importance of this series? You do it by focusing on the Angels while playing the Yankees because the Angels are really the only ones left. The Mariners, Royals, Rangers, Orioles and Rays have fallen off the pace and are about two losses from goodbye. The Angels are the team to watch because they are currently 2 games back and will spend this week taking on the Indians and Astros. What the Twins need to do this week is this: Just have a bigger lead over the Angels at the end of the week. Forget about the Yankees... just increase that leadwhile the Angels are playing the Indians and Astros. Of course… sweeping the Yankees will help that. Thanks for reading my Pretzel Logic… "Those days are gone forever. Over a long time ago… oh, yeah." Here are some things to think about: 1. Neighborhoods – New York City is made up of collections of neighborhoods. You don’t simply get an apartment in New York, or even in Manhattan or Queens, you get a place in a specific neighborhood, like Flatbush or Hell’s Kitchen. I think this is a fantastic idea and since I live in Grand Forks, North Dakota, which isn’t laid out in distinct neighborhoods, I have the chance to plant my flag and name my own neighborhood Riverbrian. There are no parks or tourist attractions in Riverbrian, but I do have a Burger King, Pizza Hut, sports bar and laundromat. Hey… At some point in time, someone in Harlem named one of the neighborhoods Sugar Hill and eventually a rap group came out of there called the Sugar Hill Gang. Someday there may be a gang of Norwegian descendants called the Riverbrian Gang and this is how it all begins. Paul Simon says Rosie is the queen of Corona, let her be the queen of Riverbrian. Billy Joel walked Bedford Stuy Alone, that could be Riverbri alone. If you think this is a brilliant idea… "you may be right." Everyone should go claim the naming rights to your neighborhood right now. 2. Our Twins – Shame on all of you who left after the Blue Jays took a 5-0 lead in the 2nd inning. Thank you, Vikings, for making everybody come back. 3. The Yankees – In my opinion, the scariest part of the Yankees is the bullpen. Chapman, Betances, Robertson, Kahnle is a pretty fearsome group, so I strongly recommend never letting the Yankees get a lead… ever. In game 2 of the series we will get to see Jaime Garcia face us; we are paying Garcia 4 million dollars to pitch against us so we will see if this clever strategy works. 4. Today’s Joe M Conversation: Maddon: What do you guys think of armadillos? Mauer: I’ve never really thought about them. Montana: They are kinda like rocks with feet. Maddon: I’m thinking about bringing a bunch of them into the locker-room for the players to enjoy. McCarthy: Why would they enjoy them? Morgan: They could play catch with them. Maddon: If you choose well the players enjoy them. I brought in an elephant once. That didn’t work very well as it could barely squeeze through the Wrigley Field hallways and it got stuck a couple of times. Its trunk was smashing lightbulbs, and trophies, fire extinguishers were knocked off the wall. When we finally got it into the locker room… it took up all the space and the players got trapped inside their lockers. In hindsight it was a mistake to try and get it into that small room. Morgan: Wow… the Cubs organization must have been a little upset with you. Maddon: Thankfully they didn’t know… I asked everyone not to mention it. 5. Miss America – Miss North Dakota is the new Miss America. I didn’t watch but the other 184 North Dakotans were talking about it so I am aware. It’s been probably decades since I’ve watched the pageant but I remember thinking that presidential elections should be a similar format. All 50 states are represented, they get asked important questions like, “If you won the lottery, what would you do with the money?" If the Presidential candidates also had to compete in talent and swimsuit, we would have all the information we currently use to make decisions and the whole thing can be condensed into a 3 hour show. ____________________ TWINS Brian Dozier 2B Joe Mauer 1B Byron Buxton CF Jorge Polanco SS Eddie Rosario RF Eduardo Escobar 3B Robbie Grossman DH Jason Castro C Ehire Adrianza LF Ervin Santana P YANKEES Brett Gardner LF Aaron Judge RF Gary Sanchez C Didi Gregorius SS Chase Headley DH Starlin Castro 2B Jacoby Ellsbury CF Todd Frazier 3B Greg Bird 1B Jaime Garcia P Weather: you'll have to look it up yourselves. These articles are difficult enough to edit from my phone. View full article

I agree with this post with one difference. I'm ok with Falvey and Levine coming in and evaluating existing staff before making any decisions on them.

Based upon information provided by a single source? The bottom line: Doug is no longer employed by the Twins. Doug needs to focus on Doug now which is always the case but more so now than ever because Doug needs to move on to his next destination. Nobody is ever done a favor by being fired so I'm not going to read too much into Thad's comments about the timing. Nobody wants to be fired after a hurricane, nobody wants to be fired before or after Christmas and nobody wants to get fired on or around their birthdays or anniversaries or their kids birthdays or whenever so I'm not going to read too much into Doug's comments either. The season is over... decisions for next year were being made. The Hurricane came through Ft. Myers September 10th as an unrelated circumstance. I would hope that Falvey and Levine were completely aware of the situation but I also believe that it is possible (not probable or any degree of likelihood) that the decision was the agreed upon recommendation from someone or others who are not named Falvey or Levine. I do not know if Falvey or Levine offered to make the phone call, demanded that Steil do it or if Steil said... "I'll take care of it" so Falvey or Levine wouldn't have to. Firings suck period there is never a good time and there is never a good method. All I know is this... I'm not going to claim it was handled badly without knowledge from both sides of how it was handled. I'm not going to speculate on the reasons why it was done without the reasons why it was done. However, I am going to take personal responsibility for my actions. I supported a change at the top last year and I got my wish. No actions were taken on my behalf obviously so I'm not responsible in that sense but I supported a change at the top... And...I knew that a change at the top would lead to this type of thing involving many people that I have never met and I signed off on this every single time I posted that it was time for Terry Ryan to go. It's why it took me 5 years to finally post that I felt it was time for a change because I knew the cause and effect. Even though my opinion is worthless, I still understand that I supported it. I asked for this and more... I got what I asked for with probably more to come... I'm not going to contradict myself over emotions at this point. It's over... it's done. Doug will be managing with another minor league team next year or he will choose to enter the trucking industry. Firings suck... I hate them and I'd rather be nowhere near them. But, I asked for this. Anybody who typed the words, Terry Ryan must go asked for this.

I agree, I hate firings and everything involved. However... the current method is the product of trial and error. Necessity is the mother of invention. Wrongful termination lawsuits create that necessity rather quickly. Steil knows he can't go into detail for multiple reasons.

Even when a firing is handled correctly, perfectly or as God intended. It would still be pretty rare that all parties involved are without scars afterwards so I will ignore any emotional responses from Doug or us TD posters. Firings suck period and if anyone has perfected how to do it... I offer you congrats and feel sorry for you at the same time... It's a crappy job. It doesn't matter if Doug has been with the Twins since 1961. Doug isn't owed an explanation. We are letting you go for cause, this is your severance agreement, this is the amount, you have X amount of days to sign and return. I'll be escorting you to the door. We will mail any personal belongings to you. This is how workers are let go every day. Doug doesn't deserve better than the Senior Tool and Die Engineer who was just fired from Ford after 25 years. When I asked for change at the top. I knew I was asking for change throughout the organization and I knew that was what I ultimately wanted. I don't know the names or roles of each individual to approve or disapprove each move and I won't. I asked for change knowing full well what it meant. This is what I asked for.

I originally thought about presenting my 5 thoughts like a countdown 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. However... I was worried something would explode after the countdown.

BUXTON UNBELIEVABLE

Gallatin... Not far from Nashville... Not far from Jell-O

Lebanon... Not Far from Nashville and Not Far from Israel