Riverbrian

Chief's Granite portrait when he last visited New Hampshire. http://pix.epodunk.com/NH/nh_old_man01.jpg

Tom, These recaps are fantastic. A well deserved pat on the back. Thank You

Welcome to the Bigs Zack Granite. Any manager worthy of one of 30 major league jobs will be able to figure out playing time. Every team should strive for 12 or 13 position players who can all perform. No player should collect dust on the bench ever. I believe that in order to play everyday... you have to perform like a player that needs to play every day. Sano is the only player who has performed at that level this year. Everybody else can take a day off on occasion and the world will not come to an end. Honestly... Even Sano has been below average the past month or so. I also continue to believe that you don't belong on the 25 man roster if the manager will not play you at least once a series. Adrianaza is the only player that fits that description. Welcome to the Bigs Zack.

How Bout' That

I was just thinking that I liked Polanco here because he doesn't strike out. I'll stop thinking and go back to my normal self.

Brooks Robinson wouldn't have turned around and tried to catch the ball with his butt.

I love Machado as 3B... He is one of the best in the game. But... He made that play harder than it was and then got praised for it.

I'd rather the Twins start coming back soon instead of waiting for the 9th to score 8 runs and win it.

Felix may have been cooked tonight but he ain't done cooking yet. I was encouraged by that change of his and I think he can build off of it and we will see him down the line pitching decently for us. Just not today... or probably this year or maybe decade.

He has been more of a semi-colon in Atlanta this year.

LOL I wonder if anyone on Twinsdaily will have comment on that.

Sorry, I'm late... I I know you were all waiting for my presentation and for that I apologize. I was visiting a friend of mine at the hospital. He had a real bad string of luck, in the past week, his accountant stole all of his life savings, his wife left him, his dog died, his son was arrested by the DEA, his daughter married a guy with no job and he was ran over by a bus while crying in agony in the middle of the street. Like I said it was a tough run of luck for him, I appreciate your patience and understanding. Now down to business... our 4th quarter in comparison... wasn't that bad.

Always look on the bright side of life

Dear Felix, On June 9th, 1966 in the 7th inning of a game between the Twins and Kansas City. Rollins, Versalles, Oliva, Mincher and Killebrew all hit home runs in the same inning. You did better than that. Sincerely, Riverbrian

If you don't know the Orioles Number Ask the Twins cuz they got it.

I got home just in time to type OWL By Far My Favorite Bird is the Great Horned Owl. Here's my Ranking 1. Great Horned Owl 2. Big Bird 3. Any Parrot that can say the right thing according to the context.

Someone has to It's not going to sit there unclimbed.

I remember having nothing to remember

The Birds are coming to town for a 4-game series before 23 players get an all-star break, starting Monday. Bird nicknames are really quite popular: the Orioles, Cardinals and Jays in baseball, the Penguins and Ducks in hockey, Hawks in basketball, and the Cardinals, Eagles, Ravens, Falcons and Seahawks in football. Plus... numerous college teams with bird nicknames. However… not all bird species are represented in the world of sports. To my knowledge there are no teams named after the Olive-sided flycatcher and, in my opinion, that is an absolute shame; clearly a baseball oversight. I don’t believe any team is named after the bird of paradise either but this may be due to the dangers of the bird flying up your nose. Here are some things to think about: The Birds are coming to town for a 4-game series before 23 players get an all-star break, starting Monday. Bird nicknames are really quite popular: the Orioles, Cardinals and Jays in baseball, the Penguins and Ducks in hockey, Hawks in basketball, and the Cardinals, Eagles, Ravens, Falcons and Seahawks in football. Plus... numerous college teams with bird nicknames. However… not all bird species are represented in the world of sports. To my knowledge there are no teams named after the Olive-sided flycatcher and, in my opinion, that is an absolute shame; clearly a baseball oversight. I don’t believe any team is named after the bird of paradise either but this may be due to the dangers of the bird flying up your nose. Here are some things to think about: 1. Fargo – Fargo is a city in southeastern North Dakota, population of 120,000. The Coen brothers didn’t help matters, but for clarification… Fargo does have a few people who end sentences with “there” or “then” and a few people who say “You Betcha” “Don’tcha” “Didya” “Darn Tootin” “It could be Worse” and “Holy Buckets” but those are only the people who can communicate effectively in Fargo. The rest primarily use grunts and hand signals to communicate, for example, when they want to turn right… they stick out their left hand… and then they turn left. I know it sounds crazy but it seems to work for them. 2. Our Twins – The Twins haven’t had a day off in a while. Before they hit the All-Star break… it will be 21 games in 20 straight days. According to the Department of Labor… an employer who requires or permits an employee to work overtime is generally required to pay the employee premium pay for such overtime work… at least one and one-half times their regular rates of pay. As a result… the Twins will have to cut Joe Mauer to budget the overage caused by the excessive overtime. Joe hasn’t been informed of this yet so please keep it to yourself. 3. The Orioles – We did play these guys in Baltimore earlier this season and we swept them at home. It was sarcastically nice that Zach Britton has been removed from the disabled list just in time to face us but we could always hope that he is still somewhat injured. No matter what you think of the Orioles… you can’t deny that they hit the long ball. If you look at the roster construction you’d assume that this was done intentionally. You don’t sign Chris Davis and Mark Trumbo while attempting to build a team full of speed and defense. 4. Today’s Joe M Conversation: Montana: Hey, guys… give me a beer. It’s been a long day at the courthouse. McCarthy: Are you getting sued by the Bengals again? Montana: No… the Statue of Limitations is up. Maddon: Statute… that's statute of limitations… not statue of limitations. Montana: No… I meant statue… it's up now. The pigeons seem to love it. Mauer: Why were you at the courthouse? Montana: Jury duty. Maddon: What’s the case about? Montana: I can’t discuss it… I was sworn to secrecy. McCarthy: He can’t discuss the case. Montana: Yeah, they really swear at you… a steady stream of four-letter words shouted at you until you promise not to discuss the case. McCarthy: Jurors have to be sworn in… standard procedure in a court of law. Witnesses must be sworn in… to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. Maddon: And lawyers… they need to be sworn in as well? McCarthy: Not lawyers… they can lie all they want… it's cool. 5. It Goes Without Saying – My wife pulled that line out last night. She said, “It goes without saying… you will have to cancel that fishing trip this weekend because Aunt Gladys is coming to town." She doesn’t have to say it… if it goes without saying and if she doesn’t say it… like she shouldn’t because it goes without saying… well… then… it goes without saying that I will the miss the visit by Aunt Gladys because I will be fishing. View full article

Dude... You really shouldn't make her compete like that.

I used to order a club sandwich made with Turkey when I was younger. I stopped eating them because my doctor said I was swallowing too many toothpicks.

I don't know what facetious means but it sounds like I'm awesome.

a stratagem so sophisticated, it's an entire generation beyond "Hey, look! Your shoelaces are untied!" - Jed Bartlet

Cue the Jeffersons "Movin on Up"