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    Riverbrian

    By Riverbrian

    These are the days that test who you are as a Minnesota Twins Fan. Rough Start... Expectations not being met... and a small sample size. Do you start throwing babies out with the bath water or do you just keep washing this baby.

    All I know is that many of you have got the baby by both ankles and are looking for a place to dispose of it.

    I'm saying not yet because that's what Molly Ringwald would have done.

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    1. 0-6 -- I like to keep things loose. I'm not the type of guy who likes to focus on the bad stuff and I am constantly in search of the good stuff. It's just the way I am... I don't like feeling bad... I like feeling good. I like people who are happy and that's the table I want to sit at. If the other tables are complaining about things. I'd rather sit somewhere else. So here is what I have to say about an 0-6 start. Nothing... I'm going to stay quiet and whistle past the graveyard. I actually don't know how to whistle and that is a little awkward because everybody seems to be able to whistle at the table I sit at. So in order to keep up... I bring an actual whistle to blow into and this does get the waiter/waitress to the cool kids table faster.

    2 0-6 (Part 2) -- I didn't do any research on it but I'm willing to assume that nearly every team has gone through a 6 game losing streak at some point during a 162 game schedule since the beginning of time. We just got ours out of the way early. When the Twins go 100-56 the rest of the way. I was talking about this at the cool kids table and even the cool kids want me to sit somewhere else.

    3. What has gone wrong -- Well... It's all players that we were dying to see. Sano, Park, Buxton,Rosario and Dozier. The players who were supposed to lead us to the promised land can't make contact with the baseball. Those 5 have struck out 49 times in 6 games.

    4. Trucking -- When you go to Best Buy and purchase a new 98 foot television. This is possible because of truckers. Truckers are the backbone of America... they keep the economy moving and in order for you to buy that TV. Someone has to be willing to leave their family for extended periods of time... sleep in a small space in the back of the cab... shower when you can in a truck stop and walk out in the cold to get back to truck with your hair all wet... give up your home court advantage when using the bathroom... eat truck stop food... and I would imagine you spend a lot of time talking to yourself because of the solitude of mile after mile. I'm thinking about trucking because I got me a 16 foot Budget Truck and I'm driving that thing through Northern Michigan, Upper Michigan, Northern Wisconsin and Northern Minnesota today and tomorrow. I'm gonna stop at the truck stops along the way and share my story of the road with my trucking brethren and I'm sure that they will except me as one of their own. Hopefully.. they can give me some advice on how to get this 98 foot television into this 16 foot truck. I'm struggling with that right now.

    5. The White Sox win the World Series!!! -- And when this happens... the first thing that the White Sox fan will do is... Turn off the Play Station.

    One last thing... North Dakota. National Champions in Hockey!!! Woo Hoo!!!

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    Lineups:

    WHITE SOX

    Adam Eaton(L) RF

    Jimmy Rollins(S) SS

    Jose Abreu(R ) 1B

    Todd Frazier(R ) 3B

    Melky Cabrera(S) LF

    Brett Lawrie(R ) 2B

    Avisail Garcia(R ) DH

    Dioner Navarro(S) C

    Austin Jackson(R ) CF

    Quintana P

    TWINS

    Brian Dozier(R ) 2B

    Joe Mauer(L) 1B

    Miguel Sano(R ) RF

    Trevor Plouffe(R ) 3B

    Byung-ho Park(R ) DH

    Eddie Rosario(L) LF

    Eduardo Escobar(S) SS

    Kurt Suzuki(R ) C

    Byron Buxton(R ) CF

    Gibson P

    Game-time forecast: partly cloudy, 40 deg F (brrrr!), winds from the NW at 18mph (more brrrrr!)

    Go Twins!

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    ScrapTheNickname

    ScrapTheNickname 3,577

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    Sox announcers are saying that the Twins miss Torii Hunter's presence. At first I thought, come on, he was just here a year. Then I thought, well, you know, I think they might be right. Who in that clubhouse is capable of putting this broken plate back together?

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    Aggies7

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    You're right, that's why TR still has a job.  Because not enough fans booed.

    Partially, in a way. Continuing to show up, buy tickets, food and merchandise clearly is not the message of a dissatisfied fan base. TR would have been gone years ago in a market that desires a winner. Same could have been said (and was said) for Gardy.

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    Aggies7

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    Never thought I'd see it this bad. I remember the 2000 season opener when a Devil Ray homered off a Radke first pitch. Of all the horrible clubs the twins have put together, this is the one that starts 0-7. Wow.

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    Dr. Evil

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    We needed one of these today.....

     

     

    http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-oULt45Vgx_Q/VnnrBSkdJnI/AAAAAAAAAZI/W3pglK2JLyA/s1600/Star-wars-baseball-gif.gif

    we need Darth Vader not fart trader.
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    LaBombo

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    This or listening to Dave St Peter tout the "Target Field experience" and brag about the food. The two most nauseating things about Twins baseball Bremer and St Peter bragging,  besides the Twins being 0-7. 

    #RetireBremer

     

    I freely admit to having a very serious dislike for St. Peter, and on top of that, also acknowledge there's a certain amount of glad-handing and shameless, brainless promotion that goes into his job that can't really be avoided.

     

    That being said, the Twins are reaching a point where his NOT plugging the "experience" would have more value to the franchise, because of its implication that he    A)   is physiologically capable of experiencing embarrassment,    and    B}    is too busy doing something,  ANYTHING, really, behind the scenes to help right the ship that he doesn't have time to sell bratwurst to the public.

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    notoriousgod71

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    I freely admit to having a very serious dislike for St. Peter, and on top of that, there's a certain amount of glad-handing and shameless, brainless promotion that goes into his job that can't really be avoided.

     

    That being said, the Twins are reaching a point where his NOT plugging the "experience" would have more value the franchise, because of its implication that he   A)  is physiologically capable of experiencing embarrassment,    and   B}   is too busy doing something,  ANYTHING, really, behind the scenes to help right the ship that he doesn't have time to sell bratwurst to the public.

     

    St. Peter would like you to know that the Twins will debut their new red uniforms on Wednesday as they try to avoid an 0-8 start.

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    Darius

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    There isn't another organization in any sport that has been ran this hysterically bad over two-plus decades, with no changes to top front office personnel.

     

    I wouldn't go down to that stadium this year if they paid me. It's unbelievable that there are big enough suckers out there to pay these prices to go watch this garbage. As long as that continues, nothing will change.

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    Aggies7

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    St. Peter would like you to know that the Twins will debut their new red uniforms on Wednesday as they try to avoid an 0-8 start.

    Will they be wearing yellow pants to hide the urine stains? Think we're dealing with a pretty mentally weak club. Waiting for the bad thing to happen.

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    Dr. Evil

    Dr. Evil 1,014

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    There isn't another organization in any sport that has been ran this hysterically bad over two-plus decades, with no changes to top front office personnel.

    I wouldn't go down to that stadium this year if they paid me. It's unbelievable that there are big enough suckers out there to pay these prices to go watch this garbage. As long as that continues, nothing will change.

    Im gunna mark you down for a swear word and kicking something over at your house. Welcome aboard!
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    Hosken Bombo Disco

    Hosken Bombo Disco 15,870

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    There isn't another organization in any sport that has been ran this hysterically bad over two-plus decades, with no changes to top front office personnel.

    I wouldn't go down to that stadium this year if they paid me. It's unbelievable that there are big enough suckers out there to pay these prices to go watch this garbage. As long as that continues, nothing will change.

    I'll buy your ticket and give you $20 bucks spending money. PM me. :)

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    Hosken Bombo Disco

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    What should be done: Park to AAA, Sano to DH, Kepler to RF, Arcia to Waivers, Polanco to the Big League club

    What will be done: nothing until at least Sunday.

    I really don't like the idea of losing Arcia's bat, and Sano deserves at least a fighting chance to show he can or cannot become a serviceable 3B, but as an omnibus legislative bill, all or none, take it or leave it, I will accept your changes and vote in favor.

     

    Now get to work on bullpen legislation. :)

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