Terry Ryan
Terry Ryan
Terry "Tuff" Ryanwas an American writer, originally from Defiance, Ohio, who resided in San Francisco for most of her adult life. She was best known for her memoir The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio, published in 2001, and released as a film, with the same title, in 2005...
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth14 July 1946
along building bullpen calls closer emerge guy juan quality reliable setup
Building a bullpen calls for going from the back forward. Having an established closer like Nathan along with a reliable setup guy in Juan Rincon is a key. Then we had Jesse Crain emerge as a quality sixth- and seventh-inning reliever.
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I hear those sarcastic remarks throughout the game. People say that the Twins got a bad batch and all that. I hear that stuff. But who cares? All I care about is winning.
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Every club has issues. Whether you have a $30 million payroll or $130 million, you've got issues,
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All he does is drive in runs. If he gets 90 RBI out of the seven or eight hole in the lineup, we'll be receptive to that.
contracts finds ways
He's creative. He finds ways to get contracts done.
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Joe's the type of human being that he's worried about letting someone down. But it was a personal decision that he had to make and do what was in the best interest for him.
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The best example of that is when we added Shannon Stewart. He fit right in. Almost every year, this club has turnover. It's a way of life.
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It was apparent last year that if we would have hit a little bit more and executed a little bit better, our win mark would have been in the 90s.
accustomed anticipate good last numbers type year
Shannon Stewart is a good hitter. Last year he didn't put up the type of numbers he is accustomed to. I anticipate him having a good year.
anybody knew supposed thinking
Anybody that knew Kirby or has been around him, we're all thinking about him. I knew, though, what he'd want us to do. Go out and do what you're supposed to do here. He'd want us to go out and play the game.
huge last longer nine thrilled win won year
Last year we won 83 games, which was a huge disappointment for us. Eight, nine years ago I would have been thrilled to win 83. That's no longer the case.
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He did some damage to us. That was the type of scenario where you could envision him doing that for us. No doubt that will be fresh in many people's minds.
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If he's not stretched out, that's going to be an issue. But we can't request a guy not go. I encourage him to go. Let's take the high road here. This might be a good thing for the young man. He's going to be around very competitive baseball, and hopefully he'll get very meaningful innings.
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It's been an extremely rare year where you saw very little movement, ... I don't have an explanation for it. It was just one of those years where people didn't want to move players. I don't know if it was because more teams were in it, or what.