Riverbrian

I recognize the oddity of having two CF's go down in a week. I don't blame the Twins for that. However... I think it's pretty clear that the Twins luck is karma for the lack of attention paid to the position. We have a big CF problem right now... Even if Hicks and Fuld were healthy... We'd still have a CF problem. Hicks ain't ready and Fuld hasn't earned CF starter over the course of his career... And I'm a huge Fuld fan. I was worried about this day in February when I thought it was gonna be Presley and Hicks in AAA. The Twins approach to CF simply can't be explained. I'd really like Nick... Parker or Seth or someone to try and find out. Who drove the bus on these CF decisions... And why?

Cola mashing in two runs. LOL... How can you not love baseball.

Oh my... That was quick... Raley better be terrible and Guerrier better be good.

Santana behind the plate... It's time to send Santana... Ok a walk... Maybe next time.

Is this actually true?

I wonder if Matt Guerrier is playing OF Today? Find out when the lineup is posted here by ChiTown. / ashburyjohn: I'm not ChiTown but here ya go: Twins Lineup Brian Dozier 2B Eduardo Escobar CF (Originally listed as LF) Trevor Plouffe 3B Chris Colabello 1B Jason Kubel LF (Originally listed as RF) Kurt Suzuki DH Josmil Pinto C Chris Herrmann RF (Originally Sam Fuld listed as CF) Daniel Santana SS (Kevin Correia P) Indians Lineup Michael Bourn CF Nick Swisher 1B Michael Brantley LF Carlos Santana C David Murphy RF Asdrubal Cabrera SS Ryan Raburn DH Lonnie Chisenhall 3B Mike Aviles 2B (Justin Masterson P) ------------------------------------------------------------- Things to Think About: 1. Defense -- Let there be no doubt about it... Defense was the difference in last night's baseball game. Let there also be no doubt that I care more about defense then anybody in a 5 state area. I'm a huge Colabello fan and I do not doubt his effort but that bases loaded TWO OUT double in the 3rd inning by Brantley should have been caught and of course Escobar in LF in the 9th and we just lost a ball game. BTW... Take a look at the box score... I looked in the "E' Column... The Twins didn't make an errors. The official scorer may have to make that declaration depending on the guidelines for such things. Reality is another thing entirely. This is the major leagues... you need players who make those catches. 3 Runs were charged to the pitching staff when they could have been prevented. We made a roster move to address these defensive issues when we called up Matt Guerrier. 2. Escobar in LF -- For a moment... I tried to convince myself that Escobar was doing OK in the OF... He looked to be tracking the ball just fine. Then came the 9th inning. What happened in the 9th inning... I've seen it before. It wasn't a slicing ball that confused him... He tracked it real well. He thought he was close to the wall and he wasn't. He was preparing to make an incredible catch and he didn't have to and the result was a leadoff double. It's called the warning track for a reason. You feel the dirt on your feet and that warns you that the wall is near... Experienced OF'ers know this. Oh Well... Escobar can run and he can track... If the Twins are not going to bring in an experienced OF... I'd like to see Escobar out there again to gain the experience needed to play the position. Playing for the 1st time on May 7th would be my main problem when Thursday morning quarterbacking. Especially in the context of how this team was built. 3. 11:05 Start -- That's Early... but understandable because they have a long flight to Detroit following the game. The plane leaves Cleveland Hopkins International at 3:30PM and arrives at Detroit Metropolitan at 3:36PM. On the West Coast the game starts at 9:05AM... Glunn, Ash, and Chief will be watching in their pajamas. 4. Game 4 -- It's a 4 game series... So let's go for the tie. I am filled with inspiration... None of you ever knew George Gipp... It was a long before your time... The last thing he said to me... RB... Sometime when the boys are up against it... and the breaks are beating the boys... Tell them to go out there and put whoever you want in the OF. 5. Rob Ford -- Nobody knows where Rob Ford is... He claims to be in a rehab facility but nobody knows for sure... He could be rehabbing in a crack house for all we know. He has made contact with a Toronto reporter and he said that "Rehab is amazing... It reminds me of Football Camp". Based on that... He must be in Jacksonville with Justin Blackmon... I don't know and I hardly care but... If he thinks rehab is amazing... He's probably doing it wrong.

You had to drink to calm your nerves... Getting that close to the TV and absorbing the loud static on the Empty Channels 5 6 and 7 as you went from 4 to 8 made you a wreck.

I done gave up on them sort of things awhile ago.

Yeah... That was my first job. Very low wages if I remember right.

It ain't no party until you arrive.

Do you know what's cool about Escobar in LF... When the ball is hit to his left... He runs to his left and when it's hit to his right... He runs to his right,

I love Auto Correct... Lotta times... I just leave it because I like it butter.

If the game is tied after the bottom of the 8th... My response is: ScottyB... You da man... Don't change... It's working. If the Indians are leading after the bottom of the ninth... I'll use my moderator powers and erase the post completely from the game thread like it never existed.

Are you Ok... It's like you stopped mid post.

Remember when there was no remotes... The crap I used to watch because I didn't want to get up.

Yeah but Richard Boone never Sang "You Light Up My Life"

Thats why you have two teams named "Roughriders" in an 9 team league. I know Ottawa changed but I had to pretend they haven't to continue on my chosen path.

So did Pat and Debbie Boone

Thank God you weren't Sam Houston after the Alamo

Yeah... Of Course... I don't know how you do it in Canada but... That's an obvious thing.

Sam Fuld's mom is watching and praying that he stops making that face.

He did the life flashing before your eyes dance.

I laugh at them anyway.

Exactly... The Twins CF OPS is so low... It's under a (blank) It's under a (Blank)... Fannie Flagg... The Twins OPS is so low... It's under a (Blank).

They should have driven a taxi to Washington... And Danny DeVito should have been in there somewhere.