Riverbrian

Ok Deduno had a bad day... Seems like Swarzak and Matty G are also having bad days. Maybe the Tigers are just having a good day. (Ducks behind the couch).

I'm like Will Ferrell running down the street in old school... Very few are behind me now.

How many months?

Forecast: 70 Degrees and No Rain scheduled. Twins SP: Sam Deduno 1. Santana SS 2. Fuld CF 3. Mauer 1B 4. Willingham LF 5. Morales DH 6. Arcia RF 7. Plouffe 3B 8. Fryer C 9. Escobar 2B Tigers SP: Anibel Sanchez 1. Kinsler 2B 2. Hunter RF 3. Cabrera 1B 4. V. Martinez DH 5. J.D. Martinez LF 6. Jackson CF 7. Castellenos 3B 8. Avila C 9. Suarez SS Things to Think About: 1. 3:08PM -- OK... What's the deal? Who is making up these start times. Whoever it is... They are trying just a little too hard to be creative. 3:05 and 3:10 is a nice even start time... 3:08 is just odd(yeah I know it's technically even). If they ever list a start time as 3:08 and 47 Seconds. I'll probably start following a new sport. 2. Sam Deduno -- I'm a loud believer in Sam Deduno and there are times this year that I have been rolling against the tide. My support is not wavering however he has failed to reach 6 innings in his last 4 starts and he will need to increase his IP if he wants to remain a starter in the future. Sam... if you are reading this... Just trust your stuff and attack the strike zone. The walks are your biggest bugaboo. Curb those things and you'll be surprised how happy you are and everyone else is. I stopped walking at night and I'm much happier. 3. Anibel Sanchez -- He's 30 years old and he hails from Maracay on the Caribbean Coast of Venezuela. Bullfighting is popular in Maracay... If you don't know anything about bullfighting... It's a rather simple sport. A matador dresses himself in sparkly Wal-Mart clothing while holding a red blanket. The color Red upsets the bull and he charges. The Matador then attempts to dance the with the bull while stabbing it with a variety of objects. Lances, short spears, needles, pencils, Q-Tips, long fingernails and icicles are thrust into the ball. Eventually the animal and half the audience is bored to death and they all lay down and die. Sanchez has been troublesome to those he has been pitching against. His 2014 ERA sits at 2.24... His WHIP is Below 1. He's actually one of my favorite pitchers to watch because you never know what he's gonna throw in any count. He commands a variety of stuff. I suspect that's why his numbers are very good. 4. Eduardo Escobar -- I know there is a bunch of TD'ers who expect regression. Maybe he will... But last night he convinced me that he's a ball player. That at-bat in the 9th against a struggling Joe Nathan was a thing of beauty. It's something that gamers do. He was fouling off some pretty good pitches to draw a bases loaded walk. We needed an insurance run and he got the job done in a key moment. Tomorrow he may regress to face falling but today... I don't care... Escobar combined with Gibson were all it took for a big victory... He's my SS. (Oops... He's playing 2B again today). 5. The Age of Babies -- A friend has a two year old... You look at the him and you'd obviously guess that he was two years old. But... while small talking and out of things to say... I asked... "How Old"? She replied "25 Months". I immediately wondered why she didn't simply say 2 years old. It was my turn to say something but there was a long pause in the conversation as I was doing math in my head... Finally I said... "We'll... I'm 585 Months old". I figured it was her turn to do the math... So I said... "No calculators... Good seeing you... I'll talk to you later"... And I walked away.

TK for me... He breaks down moments better than all of them combined. He just doesn't fly out of his chair while doing it so he may not play in Peoria. But yeah... For me... Focus groups be damned... Give me TK.

Dear Sam Deduno, You take the mound tomorrow... I know you can do it. Just Pretend it's the WBC. Signed Riverbrian

And you could market it in Minnesota... Kansas City and Tampa Bay.

Esco-Bar Milk Chocolate poured over a Banana with Coconut and Caramel. That would sell.

Yeah... I was thinking Coconut or something.

What would you put in an "Esco Bar"?

Great at bat... Escobar can play SS for the rest of the year. I'm sold!!!

I love this battle... Baseball at its finest... Go get em Escobar.

My goodness... Nathan does not look Nathan like anymore. I can see why he's struggling.

Stlll making those horse blows with his lips.

Ok... Let's get some insurance runs for Nathan to work with... Wait a sec. Umm... Nevermind.

Nathan is coming in.

Almost Cut my Hair... It's getting kinda long. If you do you better cut your hair Its getting to the point... Where I'm no fun anymore. To sing the Blues... You've got to live the tunes. My love is an anchor tied to you... Tied to a silver chain. I can see by your coat my friend... You're from the other side. With Two Cats in the yard... Life used to be so hard. We are stardust... We are golden... We are billion year old carbon. Let the water come and carry us away. Traveling twice the speed of sound... It's easy to get burned. Only to trip at the sound of goodbye. Its a good chance... You'll be singing along.

I've gone 15 years without a sun porch.

GLORM!!! Are you enjoying the California Sunshine? Now You Type: A little more than the Earthquakes, Smog, Traffic and Riots... Yeah.

And to think... How excited Tigers fans were to have Miggy with the bases juiced.

I had a St. Bernard Chihuahua cross.

Ahhh... I'm sure Chief has money in his mattress

Trevor Plouffe played the ball perfectly wrong. Exactly how they teach you not to do it.

Ahh protection... Then I'd recommend Chief... He has access to drones and heavy weapons. He doesn't shed much but cleaning up after him when you take walks will be a lowlight.