Riverbrian

1. He has one of the worst K% in the league 1A. He has 1 homerun in 218 AB's 2. He has one of the lowest GB% in the league 2A. He is one of the fastest players in the league Lost doesn't begin to describe what is happening here. How anybody in the front office assessed him as ready during the off season is beyond me.

Where is Dustin Ackley? The Rays have every other Mariners infield prospect from the beginning of the decade.

The Kepler's have flown to Boston and now Tampa Bay. Obviously too lazy to fly as far as Minnesota.

Not true because... We don't understand what perturbed means.

You type in a great Maxwell Smart accent.

Yeah... I know You and I are on the same page. Molitor is the MAN!!!

How bout that Managin!!!

Anvils drop from buildings all the time.

It actually is. I lived in Minneapolis for a month in September 1987. (Great Month to do that). I took a temp job with Dolphin Temp and my temp job was a Van Driver for the Temps. And they had the Metrodome Contract so I would drive them to the dome and go in the players entrance and sign something and leave. When I walked out the door... there was a group of autograph seekers standing outside and they were shouting at Steve Bouchele to get an autograph and I was looking at the autograph seekers and so was Buechele and we collided and he went down... I stayed on my feet.

It was I... who killed him. I wanted him on my team for the longest time and in 2011 I reached and drafted him with the 13th pick overall. Because I knew he wouldn't be there when I drafted again at 36 and It was the only chance to get him. Passed up Carlos and Adrian Gonzalez... King Felix just to get Joe. And Joe went to hell and hasn't really come back yet. It's on me.

Back in 1987... I was walking out of the players entrance at the Metrodome in the afternoon before a night game and I wasn't watching where I was going and I collided with Steve Buechele of the Rangers who was coming in and I knocked him flat to the ground. I didn't injure him but he went 0-4 that night. So Yeah... The Twins still owe me.

I haven't read all the posts but this one has to be a candidate for post of the night.

Sano looks like Rochester might do him good but I'm absolutely against it because... I own him in my keeper league and I don't want to burn that roster spot... because I'm keeping him. So I'd appreciate it if the Twins did something for me.

I'm satisfied with a Dozier who can go the other way. I'm gonna be nice to him for awhile.

A little inside baseball this weekend as the Twins visit the Rays and that covered construction that they play in. The Twins had a great series with the Indians as we watched our young players perform very well and when the young players perform well it fuels the dreams for the future. Yeah… it’s all about dreams for the players and for the fans… and it’s really all about dreams for me. I got home late last night after visiting my Dad and when I have to get up early for work… the only chance that I have to write this game thread opener is to write in my sleep. So… yeah… I wrote this as I was sleeping and this is how it turned out. Here are some things to think about: A little inside baseball this weekend as the Twins visit the Rays and that covered construction that they play in. The Twins had a great series with the Indians as we watched our young players perform very well and when the young players perform well it fuels the dreams for the future. Yeah… it’s all about dreams for the players and for the fans… and it’s really all about dreams for me. I got home late last night after visiting my Dad and when I have to get up early for work… the only chance that I have to write this game thread opener is to write in my sleep. So… yeah… I wrote this as I was sleeping and this is how it turned out. Here are some things to think about: 1. Counting Sheep – I really don’t know why sheep were chosen as the animal to count when trying to get to sleep but I can tell you this… it works. It shouldn’t... but it does. My uncle had a farm and he had sheep for a while and the mere idea of sheep being able to effortlessly jump over fences kept him up at night. My uncle became so worried about his sheep jumping over the fence that he would go out nightly and take inventory by counting them all… which of course he couldn’t do because it put him right to sleep. 2. Nightmares – I actually woke up screaming around 2am because I was having a nightmare. I went back to sleep with ease because I realized that the nightmare was impossible and could never happen in a million years. It was so absurd because I was having this nightmare that Donald Trump and Hilary Clinton were our presidential choices in November. [Edit: Despite being Brian's nightmare, let's not turn the game thread into a political 'discussion.' We have the Sports Bar Forum for that. Thanks.] 3. Snoring – I’m honestly not aware of my snoring but my wife claims that I snore. According to her… that’s the reason that I’m getting blasted nightly by that taser she bought. 4. Stealing the Covers – OK… maybe I snore… however… early in our marriage my wife was an extreme cover stealer. Every night… I’d wake up cold and all of the covers where on her side of the bed. Eventually I got used to it and now I go to bed without them and my wife adapts well because now she has started covering me up in her sleep. 5. Waking up this morning – You know how... you sometimes… wake up numb because you slept in a weird position? This morning… I woke up with absolutely no feeling in my right arm. This was an extreme case. I picked up my arm and let it drop and it dropped straight down with a thud. I rubbed it and I felt no sensation at all in my arm. I pinched it... again… I felt absolutely nothing. I was kinda nervous at this point because normally you can at least feel a tingling but I was feeling absolutely nothing… so… I grabbed a pin from the night stand and I jabbed into my arm… my wife screamed. ____________________ Lineups: TWINS Brian Dozier [R) 2B Joe Mauer (L) 1B Max Kepler (L) RF Miguel Sano [R) DH Kurt Suzuki [R) C Robbie Grossman (S) LF Eduardo Escobar (S) SS Jorge Polanco (S) 3B Byron Buxton [R) Ervin Santana [R) P RAYS Logan Forsythe [R) 2B Kevin Kiermaier (L) CF Evan Longoria [R) 3B Brad Miller (L) DH Nick Franklin (S) 1B Corey Dickerson (L) LF Steven Souza [R) RF Tim Beckham [R) SS Luke Maile [R) C Blake Snell [R) P Game-time forecast: Who cares? It's indoors. Go Twins! View full article

Molitor is figuring it out. We just had three games in a row with Dozier and Polanco in the same lineup and we did alright. Much better than April and May when Molitor couldn't figure out how to get Polanco and Kepler into the lineup while we lost at a near record pace. That's where I lost my mind.

He has enough arm strength http://m.mlb.com/video/topic/7417714/v706450083/mindet-polanco-makes-great-diving-stop-for-the-out I can only assume that any reported arm deficiencies are due to mechanics or head or combination of. He's got enough arm strength.

Alright... This is getting out of control. The wrath of whatever from high atop the thing.

Umm No The 10 runs just prove that the poster isn't powerful enough... yet. You all saw what happened to Twinssporto. In the hands of Chitown... a jinx can be dive under your desk scary.

1. Impossible to bore or offend because I've already broken everybody in on those fronts. 2. They can't throw tomatoes at you. They don't know where they live. 3. Topics? I don't recall anybody ever using Fruit Flies as a topic.

Mound Visit Transcipt Allen: Molly wants me to talk to you about the walks. Rogers: OK Allen: You've walked two batters. Centeno: (Holds up two fingers) Dos Allen: I got this Juan. (Pause) (Stares at Taylor) Allen: OK... that's all I got.

Exhibit A

Not with a voodoo curse. Major League Official scorers totally get the jinx comcept.

Yeah Well... That's because it wouldn't have occurred to Grossman to try catch it in his shirt.