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
approach career good last people year
We didn't have a good year last year. Some people in-house didn't approach their career numbers.
bit humbling
It was a little bit of a humbling year. We got what we deserved. We didn't play well as a team.
except good losing proud sit
He's prepared. He's done about everything you can do except sit in the (general manager's) chair. I'm proud of him, but we're losing a good man.
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.
becomes class draft entire guy judging mistake pick tough
I know it's tough to justify, but sometimes your 20th draft pick becomes as important as your first. It's a mistake judging an entire draft class by what the first guy does.
bad batch care hear people remarks sarcastic throughout twins
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.
against cause certainly dugout good hope
I hope we get lucky, because we're certainly a good fit. He's going to be over in that dugout and the opposing manager's going to know it and he could cause some havoc. Just like he did against us.
area chance code good hard lefty people strike talk throws wonder
If you look at his numbers, people would say no wonder you talk about him. But the first thing you talk about with him is, No. 1 he's left-handed and No. 2, he throws hard. When you find a lefty who throws hard and can get in the same area code as the strike zone, there is a good chance you are going to talk about him.
sit sudden
If you go out and get an outfielder, and all of a sudden Stewart comes back healthy, then what? ... Do you sit him?
added almost best club example fit
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.
bit gone odd regardless resilient seem
It's been interesting. It's been a little bit of an odd year. Regardless of what we have gone through, we seem to be resilient enough to win. And that's what's happened.
anyone gap great job pictures played players rod tony
Anyone who is around our organization, we have pictures up of (Puckett) and Rod Carew and Harmon Killebrew and Tony Oliva. We've done a great job of bridging the gap between when Kirby played and the players now.
bogged deadlines good
It was complicated -- so many teams, ... I can see why things get bogged down. I don't know if deadlines are a good thing or not, we were real close.
blow earn feeling guy opportunity seeing type worked
It's a blow to us, but there's no better feeling than seeing a guy who has worked to earn this type of opportunity get an opportunity. I know he's ready.