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- Updated: July 18, 2016
DETROIT — Following the dismissal of general manager Terry Ryan, there was a quiet, somber mood in the Twins’ clubhouse prior to Monday’s series opener at Comerica Park as players reflected on what Ryan meant to them.
Second baseman Brian Dozier recalled his first Spring Training game in the Twins’ Minor League system after being selected by the ballclub in the eighth round of the 2009 Draft. Dozier remembers being excited to finally meet Ryan as the GM approached him following his walk-off hit that day.
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Thinking he was about to be congratulated, Ryan instead asked Dozier what he thought his time from home to first base was.
“I said, ‘I don’t know. I was just making sure he scores,'” Dozier said. “He still had his stopwatch and he said, ‘Five point seconds. Don’t ever let me see that happen again,’ and he walked away. That goes to show that Terry lets you know when you’ve done something good and lets you know when you need a little pick-me-up.”
Dozier, and every other player currently on the Twins’ roster, was brought into the organization by Ryan, in one way or another, and he said the consensus in the clubhouse was that Monday was a sad day, …
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