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
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.
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This opportunity to compete for the right-field spot might give Michael a chance to relax a little bit. It's been the opinion of those around him that he is better at the plate when he is in the outfield. This might be just the key for him.
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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.
opportunity win
They are all here for a reason, because there is every opportunity here for a left-hander to win a job.
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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,
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.