https://twinsdaily.com/blogs/entry/24096-%E2%80%9Cbuy%E2%80%9D-the-team/I’ll make a proposal that we do indeed start a GoFundMe to “buy” the team.    No, our little group of middle-class folks could never be able to raise the requisite $1.4-$1.7 billion.  And we’d likely be just as miserable and incompetent as the Pohlad heirs.     And yet, we could aim t...24096Mon, 03 Nov 2025 16:38:11 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/blogs/entry/23839-the-st-paul-saintsapostles/The note in the MLB Power Rankings for the Twins included mention of the 1884 St Paul White Caps, a team that hit below .200 for a season.    Further research showed that “White Caps”, “Saints” and “Apostles” were all used for the St Paul franchise.  Some standardization to “Saints” came in...23839Mon, 22 Apr 2024 15:05:49 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/blogs/entry/23709-pickoff-play-as-turning-point/1987 - Laudner to Gaetti nabs Darrell Evans at third base.  Twins were ahead 4-3 in bottom of the 6th, 1 out, runners on 2nd and 3rd.  Our team goes on to clinch the series and bring a title back to a raucous party at the Metrodome.  Read the New York Times article about it here. 2023 - G...23709Thu, 05 Oct 2023 07:33:12 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/blogs/entry/23708-2-hrs-in-first-2-postseason-abs/1987 - Gary Gaetti stepped up and smashed two homers to get us going against the favored AL East Detroit Tigers.    Lays claim to ALCS MVP.    2023 - Royce Lewis drives in all three Twins RBI with his pair of roundtrippers vs. the (slightly) favored AL East Toronto Blue Jays.   Fans choice f...23708Thu, 05 Oct 2023 07:21:10 +0000