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How bout... Torii Hunter with a walker.

I see what you did there

Good News: I didn't expect to see this game because I had an event to attend but the rain delay gave me enough time to get home and watch. Bad News: It's Free kin Eastern Time around here. I'm getting tired.

Post of the Night

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Look at the bright side... This Bird will be much much easier to watch.

And the Caddyshack Gopher

If my last name was Showalter... My kid would be named Walter... Without Question.

You gotta go ways back for that. I think it was Sir Walter Raleigh

Add Wile E. Coyote And a Box from Acme

Fantastic Show... It was must see TV as a kid.

Nope... It was the perfect amount of thought... It was hilarious........... umm... in a bad joke kind of way.

Shoot... I didn't notice and I missed it. Post 12K was supposed to contain references to Top Gun... Switzerland and Dogs that don't look like Dogs.

Good Wiggle!!! Wiggled right out of that sucker.

OK... Bark... Now we need Sano in full hunting gear with a machine gun standing over the bird.

I love bad jokes!!!

Everybody is pretty crabby in Minnesota right now. I know this because I can hear them all screaming in Michigan. It's hard to keep things relaxed when the bullpen coughed up two nice sized leads at Yankee stadium. On paper it isn't over yet and Baltimore is the team we face next... and Baltimore is one of the teams that we have to catch. It's kinda funny how the Twins have become major players in the AL East race: the Yankees... the Blue Jays... and now the Orioles. That's the top of the of the division and right now we are helping all of them by nicely getting swept. The Bullpen has struggled all year... It was nice to add Jepsen but we needed more help; and now Perkins is hurt and we really don't have an 8th inning guy to slide into the 9th inning guy. We got a lot of 4th inning guys and this is why a lot of Twins Fans are little bit crabby. Everybody is pretty crabby in Minnesota right now. I know this because I can hear them all screaming in Michigan. It's hard to keep things relaxed when the bullpen coughed up two nice sized leads at Yankee stadium. On paper it isn't over yet and Baltimore is the team we face next... and Baltimore is one of the teams that we have to catch. It's kinda funny how the Twins have become major players in the AL East race: the Yankees... the Blue Jays... and now the Orioles. That's the top of the of the division and right now we are helping all of them by nicely getting swept. The Bullpen has struggled all year... It was nice to add Jepsen but we needed more help; and now Perkins is hurt and we really don't have an 8th inning guy to slide into the 9th inning guy. We got a lot of 4th inning guys and this is why a lot of Twins Fans are little bit crabby. 1. Baltimore -- A major city on America's East Coast that lies in very close proximity to Washington DC and Philadelphia and Delaware so nobody knows that it's there. Visit Baltimore, the official tourism department, has been working hard to raise the profile of the forgotten location with clever campaigns. In 2013... "Baltimore: Don't just Drive By" In 2014... "Baltimore: Come see why there are so many Drive By's". This year in 2015, tourism numbers increased from 17 to 36 with the new slogan... "Baltimore: We've got Crabs". Those blue crabs are tasty even if they come with the side effect of severe itching. 2. The Orioles -- Whoever had the idea of putting a sweet cream filling in between two chocolate wafers hit a home run. Everybody loves those Oriole Cookies. On the package it says that a single serving size is two cookies, so I'm just letting everybody know that I have the ability to eat 75 serving sizes in one sitting... provided I have enough milk. Of course the Baseball team was named after the cookie because the pitching staff routinely serves them up to hitters. There is nothing like an Oriole Cookie. 3. The Playoff Chase -- Well, now I've done it... I am publicly mentioning that the Twins are still in the playoff chase. The Twins are and nobody in Minnesota believes it. As a matter of fact... back when the Twins were 5 games ahead for the final wild card spot... nobody in Minnesota actually believed it. Here are some of things Minnesotans have said when told that the Twins are in contention. Melvin Anderson from Red Wing: "Paul Molitor... are you kidding me? This is all his fault. I can't understand why they hired him in the first place." Josh Olson from Baxter: "Playoff contention means nothing... This team is last in K/9 and DRS." Steve Nelson from Bloomington: "The Vikings are starting soon." Brian Peterson from Proctor: "I know the Gophers wish they were playing Hockey in the NCHC." Randy Jenson from Moorhead: "Yeah but I don't have a single Twins player on my fantasy team so I don't watch." Ole Larson from Oslo: "It doesn't matter what I say... Someone is going to twist my words into a joke about my wife and me." Lena Larson from Oslo: "Ole... Da Turn Signals are Vorking... No Der Not... Yes Day are... no der not... yes day are... no der not... yes... no... yes... no." Terry Ryan from 1 Twins Way: "Playoff Contention Smatention... Blah Blah Blah... What's the use?" 4. Miguel Sano -- We may be upset with the bullpen... We may be upset with Joe Mauer... We may be upset with Shane Robinson... but... not many are upset with Miquel Sano. Nine home runs now in 137 at bats... that's a home run every 15.22222 at bats for the rookie. To put that in perspective... Sano is out pacing Jonathan Schoop who has 9 home runs in 153 at bats. 5. Catching Crabs -- I went to Baltimore just a few months ago on my epic road trip. To get a true Baltimore experience I decided to do some crabbing. I rented a boat and went out on the Chesapeake Bay and I caught one. Much to my surprise you need a license and I didn't have one. A DNR official floated by and came on to my boat. He asked for my license and was ready to handcuff me when I couldn't produce one. I told him that I wasn't crabbing... I was just boating which caused him to point at my crab and ask, "What's that?" I told him that it was my Pet Crab and to prove it was my pet... I told him that I would put him in the water and he would come back to me. The DNR guy agreed to witness this... So I did and the crab didn't come back. This caused the DNR official to say... "So Where's your Crab?" and I replied, "What Crab?" -------------------- Game-time forecast: 82 deg F, humid, 69% chance of precipitation (thunderstorms), winds from the SSE at 8mph. Hmm, I see a doubleheader in our future perhaps. Lineups: TWINS Buxton CF Dozier 2B Mauer 1B Sano DH Plouffe 3B Rosario LF Hunter RF Suzuki C Escobar SS Duffey P ORIOLES Machado 3B Parra RF Jones CF Davis 1B Wieters C Schoop 2B Clevenger DH Hardy SS Urretia LF Gonzalez P Play ball! Go Twins! 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I think Terry Ryan's position is more complex than simply finding 25 players for a MLB Roster. That's just the part that we see. I don't have enough information to say he should go or say. I just know that I was tremendously disappointed by the failure to address the bullpen.The need was alarming so I can't understand it. I can understand passing on higher priced acquisitions... But a decent bullpen arm has proven to be not that expensive. Would I fire him if I was the owner. I assume it would be easier to answer as the owner because I'd have more information.

Yes... Mike Patton Lead Vocals Chief was quoting Patton and I thought that I could to.

That would have been unreal... Surprised it didn't happen because that trip was amazing to begin with. Not only did we stumble upon Luckenbach... On the way to Texas... We stopped to eat in Kansas City... Just picked a restaurant because it was on Triple D. We saw all these people coming and going out the back door. Some with Credentials hanging around their neck. So I decided to look what was out back. It was a big open area with a Stage and there was Ben Harper doing a sound check for a concert later that night. We got to eat some sandwiches while watching Ben Harper play a couple of tunes. Ben Harper... Maybe 10 roadies and my family eating a long way from North Dakota.

I've been to Luckenbach Texas. Was driving the Texas Hill Country when I saw a sign saying Luckenbach just a few miles that way. Couldn't pass it up so we turned and drove the few extra miles and I'm glad I did. It's literally two buildings... A Dance Hall and a Souvenir shop. A Bunch of Picnic tables and people (tourists) sitting at them watching some average singer just strumming on his acoustic and singing away... and... and... Chickens... Just running around loose for no reason at all. I loved it. I found it completely charming.

I can't argue with any of this. It was pretty clear that the bullpen needed upgradin and more then just Jepsen. And if you look at the prices paid for bullpen arms at the trade deadline... I can't imagine why we couldn't meet or comfortably exceed those prices. I'm at a loss and it appears the bullpen is also at another loss.

Well... That song is now stuck in my head.

I think the Royals have taught some GM's the value of a great bullpen. Some... Not all.