i watched the boys blow an eight-run lead in the bottom of the eighth inning last night. no joke. two relievers combined to retire zero of the eight men they faced. it was a 14-13 loss.

and here's the funny/sad/a bit cool part: minnesota twins general manager terry ryan is in town, watching them for three games (today being the final one). i got to interview mr. ryan today, and he said two notable things:

"that was probably the worst performance i've seen from one of our affiliates since i've been with the twins"
(he's been g.m. since the inter-strike period of the mid-1990's...he played in the organization for four years and was hired full-time in about 1984 or so


and

when asked about how the players react to his presence..."are they excited?, do they give off an uncomfortable aura?..." he said "i think some people were pretty nervous yesterday."

he's a real nice guy, but he pulls absolutely no punches.

in other news, i'll interview the person who will immediately shoot to the top of my "most famous people interviewed" list tomorrow, future hall-of-famer paul molitor. (buck o'neil is the person that will probably make me most nervous. i was shaking during that one.)

molitor's a baserunning/infield instructor with the twins. but it's not a token title...he actually works, so that's cool