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
began issues knee mountain needed quickly realized riding roads steady
I was having knee issues and began riding. I started out with a mountain bike; (I) started riding on the roads and quickly realized I needed a road bike. It's been a very steady progression from there.
might suspect
Unfortunately, I suspect he might end up in the bullpen. We'll adjust.
aware gone tremendous tribute
We're aware of what he's gone through and overcome. It's a tremendous tribute to him that he's here.
areas certainly definitely formidable history rotation work
There are certainly areas in the rotation at which we can improve, like any club. But you look at what we have and it's something definitely we can work with. We have history and we have depth. Those two things give us a chance, once again, to be a formidable staff.
clubs
When you take clubs like Minnesota, Oakland, many of these small-market teams, you're going to have some changeover,
opportunity process somebody tender
I was not going to go through the tender process with him in December, and I wanted to give him every opportunity to get on with somebody else.
amateur good kid lucky rule system ways whine win
Well, ... we're not going to whine about it. What good does that do? You can find ways to say, 'Woe is me.' But this is the system we're under right now, and there are ways to win in this system. You can do it through the Amateur Draft. You can do it through the Rule 5 draft. You can get lucky with a kid from Venezuela.
ball execute hit improve learn small
We need to improve in many areas. If we aren't going to hit it over the fence, which we have not, we need to execute the fundamentals of small ball ... which have been not very good. We've got to learn our game.
decide market
We'll let the market decide where he's going to be at.
extremely move people rare saw teams year
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.
days ended sad saddest twins
It's sad that it has ended this way. This is one of the saddest days in Twins history. Only 45 years old. . . . That's way too early.
good light tough
It's tough to take. When you're around him, he makes you feel pretty good about yourself. He can make you laugh. He can do a lot of things that can light up a room. He's a beauty.
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.
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.