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William Malone IV blogs about Twins

It's time to retire the "angry for the sake of it" gimmick

Hello, fellow humans! My name is William Malone IV. Son of William Malone III. And I come with great news! The baseball season is in full swing and the Minnesota Twins are back in action. I know some of the frontrunners are angry at their record, but the real fans are just happy to watch their favorite team play baseball. It's such a wonderful sport, and many of us have missed the greatness of the Twins for the winter months. These negative fans have some reason to be negative. Minnesota ha
Blog Brandon

Dobnak's value, What does he need to do to justify this season's 3 million salary?

Dobnak is set to earn 3 million in salary this season.  He has value in that if he is sent to the minors, it's doubtful someone would claim his contract.  He can be optioned for a fresh arm and brought back up again later in the season.  There is value in that.  as a reliever and maybe a spot start here or there, I am guessing he is the bulk reliever for multi-inning assignments.  I wouldn't be surprised if he is pitching well for the Twins that he would get a spot start or two.  So what would a
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March To October

Cardinals 5, Twins 3: Bad start to the season

As we all know opening day is a very important day. Also it can maybe decide the whole season but Yesterday the twins did not succeed in winning.  Here is the early season off-season projection with the twins on top: Overall Score: 7/10: They had some good moments but overall not a very great start  Pitching:  Not a great performance  by Pablo Lopez I was kind of disappointed. As for the bullpen it was ok It kept more runs from scoring in the late innings 
C-Gangster

C-Gangster in March To October

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William Malone IV blogs about Twins

Remembering the ultra brilliance of Max Kepler

Hello, fellow humans! My name is William Malone IV. Son of William Malone III. And I come with great news! The baseball season has finally arrived. These games count, and it is glorious. A new season comes with new player. The Minnesota Twins have added wonderful players such as Harrison Bader and Ty France. They both impressed in their regular season debuts for the team, although in a losing effort. Sadly, roster space is not unlimited. New players means you need to say goodbye to others.
The Baseball Movie Scorecard: Hits, Strikeouts, and Classics

Bull Durham (1988)

Happy Opening Day 2025! It's a day full of hope and excitement where every team not named the White Sox still has hope for a fun and successful season. It's a day I loof forward to each year like a 7-year-old looks forward to Christmas morning. And, much like other beloved holidays, Opening Day comes with honored traditions. For well over a decade, I've opened my baseball season by watching a baseball movie before the actual games get going. And, it's not just any movie, it's my favorite of all
Tyler Omoth

Tyler Omoth in Baseball Movies

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The Baseball Movie Scorecard: Hits, Strikeouts, and Classics

The Natural (1984)

In the pantheon of baseball movies, like most genres, there are a few examples that have reached such a legendary status that they are almost untouchable and beyond criticism. 1984's "The Natural" may be the most iconic and most revered baseball movie of all time. That being said, does it still live up to that status today? Let's take a look.   "The Natural" is the tale of Roy Hobbs, a 19-year-old kid who seems destined for baseball greatness. In a fantastic scene, the kid is challenged
Tyler Omoth

Tyler Omoth in Baseball Movies

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Giles Ferrell's Blog

What Needs To Happen If The Pohlads Do Not Sell The Twins

In baseball, timing is everything. Yet, the Minnesota Twins front office has displayed some of the worst timing for news in the last 18 months, and they have let fan morale reach new lows because of it. On Monday, just a mere three days before the start of the 2025 season - the 41st full season under the ownership of the Pohlad estate – word got out that the Twins owners were looking for at least $200 million more than the $1.5 billion valuation/offers they were getting over the winter from
LA Vikes Fan

Keirsey, Julien and Gaspar Make Opening Day Roster

MIB trade Rumors is reporting (from Betsy Helfand ) that Keirsey and Gaspar made the team to open 2025.  They also speculate that locks in Julien on the team. Martin is being sent to St. Paul. Good decisions in my view. I hope all three get enough playing time while Lee and Lewis are out so we can make an intelligent decision as to who to send down when the time comes. 
Fantasy GM

Twins interest in Dom Smith

If there is NOT interest in Dom Smith on the Twins part, there SHOULD be. With Lewis to start the season on the IL, this means Brooks Lee will... oops maybe not... I mean Miranda will most likely start out at 3B. Our injury history shows we will need depth. Hopefully Lewis can overcome the latest lower body injury miss little time and play at a high level the rest of the year. Broosk Lee has a known chronic back issue, an dhas missed time every year because of it. He should be use
Doc Munson

Doc Munson in Twins Moves

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William Malone IV blogs about Twins

A random list of Twins who played college baseball for schools that are competing in March Madness

Hello, fellow humans! My name is William Malone IV. Son of William Malone III. And I come with great news! March Madness is here. While March Madness isn't as wonderful as watching the Minnesota Twins compete in baseball games, the rituals of a college basketball tournament signal that baseball is near. Countless players on the Minnesota Twins, past and present, played college baseball. Many of those schools also have a basketball team, and some of those basketball teams are competing in th
The Baseball Movie Scorecard: Hits, Strikeouts, and Classics

Angels in the Outfield (1994)

Forgive me baseball movie fans, for I may have sinned. I've gone my whole life, until tonight, without watching the 1994 remake of "Angels in the Outfield." I confess. I've avoided it for years because I feared the over-the-top cheesiness that I was sure would make it too much to stomach. I wasn't entirely wrong, but not completely right, either. Fun fact: the owner of the Angels in the film, Hank Murphy, is a cowboy-hat wearing, straight-talking fella that's loosly based on the real-life owner
Tyler Omoth

Tyler Omoth in Baseball Movies

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stringer bell's Blog

Survivors

A while ago, one of the last of the original Minnesota Twins passed away. His name was José Valdivielso, who had an unremarkable major league career mostly with the original Senators. While noting his passing, I checked on how many of the Opening Day Minnesota Twins were still living. That total is five, or seven if you count players who played for the team sometime during their inaugural season. The next step down the rabbit hole for me was to see how many Griffith family Senators (the Twins pr
William Malone IV blogs about Twins

Ranking every Joe Mauer season

Hello, fellow humans! My name is William Malone IV. Son of William Malone III. And I come with great news! While the Minnesota Twins do not have a baseball game today, they will play one against the Boston Red Sox tomorrow. Off days stink, but it only means we are one day closer to more baseball. And that's pretty cool. You know what else is pretty cool? Reminiscing about the greatness of Joe Mauer. He was awesome. You don't win five Silver Sluggers and three Gold Gloves by accident! These
Shallow Thoughts - bean5302

Frank Viola vs. Johan Santana

This is a comparison I’ve been wanting to tackle for a long time. In part due to the legendary status of Johan Santana amongst Twins fans. Santana was the greatest pitcher in MLB for a very short time, and a lot of Twins fans look back with a fascination focused on a Twins starter who was a legitimate ace posting up historically impressive ERAs for years in a row. A pitcher who was nationally recognized as peerless. What about Frank Viola, though? While fans recognize the name and revere the Wor
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bean5302 in Twins Players

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The Baseball Movie Scorecard: Hits, Strikeouts, and Classics

Long Gone (1987)

"Long Gone" is a bit of a deep-dive that I saw last year for the first time and liked it. It held up a second time. It has one of the highest ratings of all baseball movies on IMDB.com, 7.7 to Moneyball's 7.6. Now, I wouldn't go so far as to say that it's as good or better than Moneyball, but it's definetly a hidden gem.  This is a made-for-tv movie by HBO that has a very Bull Durham feel to it. William Peterson, who has been in a bunch of CSI stuff, plays the lead, Stud Cantrell. Thi
Tyler Omoth

Tyler Omoth in Baseball Movies

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William Malone IV blogs about Twins

Naming the best player drafted by the Twins in every round

Hello, fellow humans! My name is William Malone IV. Son of William Malone III. And I come with great news! The Minnesota Twins had a wonderful game this week featuring only prospects. Many of these prospects were acquired through a magical process wildly known as the MLB Draft. The MLB Draft is only 20 round these days, but it used to have an infinite number of rounds. Teams would keep picking for as long as they wanted, and then drop out once they were happy with who they had. The Minnesot
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Lineup Construction

The article of Harrison Bader in right field foreshadowed for me a line up against left handed pitching that will be entirely right handed. That might make sense if you look at the numbers in any individual pairing. It might make sense if games are simulated in a computer. I don’t think it makes sense in the play of the game. I recently read some thoughts about line up construction in the San Diego Union Tribune from Padres’ manager Mike Schildt. He was asked about his line up that alternat
jorgenswest

jorgenswest in Batting order

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William Malone IV blogs about Twins

Ranking every single Opening Day first baseman in Twins history

Hello, fellow humans! My name is William Malone IV. Son of William Malone III. And I come with great news! Opening Day is almost here. It will be here within the month. Opening Day will come with an Opening Day lineup! Throughout the brilliant history of the Minnesota Twins, they have started 24 men at first base on Opening Day. It appears the wonderful Ty France will be the 25th such player when the season commences later in March. But who are these other 24 amazing baseball players w
William Malone IV blogs about Twins

Remembering a random one run win from each year under Rocco Baldelli

Hello, fellow humans! My name is William Malone IV. Son of William Malone III. And I come with great news! The Minnesota Twins play a spring training baseball game against the Boston Red Sox today. How awesome is baseball? Man, it's the coolest. Right? Even the stressful times are cool. Some of these stressful times come in tightly contested one run games. Under the managerial tenure of Rocco Baldelli, the Twins are 118-111 in these one run games, including a 22-20 record last season.
Doctor Gast's Blog

Present Catching Situation & Possible Present & Future Solutions

Right now we have Vazquez & Jeffers as our MLB catching depth. Our MiLB prospects are not MLB-ready and will not contribute to the Twins this season. Jeffers is very good as a weak side tandem, anything more, he has proven that the more he is extended beyond that, the greater his production digresses. Vazquez can handle the greater catching duties & his hitting IMO can resemble his stats at BOS that he had while he was settled in there. Twins hoping that Jeffers & Vazquez keep being
The Baseball Movie Scorecard: Hits, Strikeouts, and Classics

Everyone's Hero (2006)

Did you know that when Joe Dimaggio was chasing the consecutive games hit streak record in 1941, someone stole his bat? It was a Saturday double-header in the Bronx and in between games a fan managed get his mits on "Betsy Ann." This was well into the streak, so it was a pretty big deal. Luckily for Joe, his buddy and driver, Jimmy "Peanuts" Ceres, had some small-time mob connections. He spent five days looking for the bat and eventually found the culprit and "negotiated" for its return. True st
Tyler Omoth

Tyler Omoth in Baseball Movies

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William Malone IV blogs about Twins

Ranking the post-2019 careers of Bomba Squad members

Hello, fellow humans! My name is William Malone IV. Son of William Malone III. And I come with great news! Opening Day for Major League Baseball is only a week away. Granted, the Minnesota Twins will not be playing a week from today. The Los Angeles Dodgers and Chicago Cubs will be opening the season in Japan. Even without the mighty Twins, it is still a most exciting time for baseball fans everywhere. A new season comes with hope! Many of the 30 teams will be awesome! Many of the 30 t
Fantasy GM

Updated Twins/Yankees Moves

The Twins would be remiss if they didnt inquire on a Yankees trade involving Pablo Lopez. I have mentioned this  before in other ramblings. But with both the Gerrit Cole TJ confirmation and Stanton looking toast, The Twins owe it to themselves to try and go big. Lopez last year had an up and down year, a bad first 3 months then a good july and August, followed by an average September.  I love Lopez, I think we all love Lopez. While it was just 1 year, and it wasn't a HORRIBLE year, it
Doc Munson

Doc Munson in Twins Moves

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