Top 25 Most-Viewed Twins Daily Articles of 2024 (Part 5: 1-5)

[Seth Stohs]

It's time to see what the Top 5 articles of 2024 were at Twins Daily. I sense a pattern. 

Over the past several days, we have been counting down the Top 25 most-viewed articles in 2024. As I've written, I personally really enjoy looking back and seeing what our readers most enjoyed and what articles brought people to the site. I think that you will notice an interesting trend in the top five. 

If you have missed any of the previous installments, check them out here: 
Part 1: 21-25
Part 2: 16-20
Part 3: 11-15
Part 4: 6-10 
 

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#5: Twins Prepping Audra Martin to Make Pivotal Start Against Guardians
Lou Hennessy 
August 8 

Twins fans have enjoyed seeing Audra Martin reporting before and during Twins games. Her postgame interviews are great. Her interviews with fans at their first Twins game are great. Her in-game interviews with the parents of players making their MLB debuts are amazing. She joined the Moorhead Orchestra and played the National Anthem with her fiddle before a game a few years ago. In early August, she brought the house down when she sang ‘God Bless America’ at Target Field. However, with the Twins needing a starter for a huge series against the Guardians in mid-August, Rocco Baldelli and Pete Maki strongly contemplated turning to Martin to make a crucial start. While clicking around the rabbit holes of YouTube, they found a video of a Catch with Audra segment. Strong arm. Good mechanics. Athletic. Good control. They were also aware of her love of hockey and figured she must have a ‘tough guy’ mentality. Ultimately, the Twins used a combination of David Festa and Zebby Matthews. Even Ronny Henriquez and Steven Okert got starts. Maybe going with Audra would have been a good idea. 

“I just want to help the team however I can. Now, if you’ll excuse me, I’m about to make a breakthrough here,” she said as she turned back to her microscope, where she has been researching a cure for cancer. “It’s all in a day’s work.”

#4: Twins Apologize for New Sing-a-Long Song
RandBalls Stu 
April 12

Those that have gone to Target Field in recent years know that during the 7th inning stretch, Take Me Out to the Ballgame is played. Later, a crowd-picked song plays and fans sing and dance in an attempt to get on the big screen. The songs can be across genres, but they are known to all audience members. According to RandBalls Stu, the team’s in-game production staff hoped to add some new options. A couple were tried out, and one song in particular created quite the fire storm. 

#3: With TV Rights in Flux, Twins Close Target Field to Spectators and Media
RandBalls Stu 
May 3

“The best way to experience Twins baseball is with the mind’s eye,” said a team spokesperson. “That’s why we’re closing Target Field to all spectators and media, effective immediately.”

As more and more fans (specifically Comcast subscribers at the time of this article) were unable to watch, it became important for us to put RandBalls Stu on the case and see what he could find out. Being fair is really important, and if some Twins fans can’t watch their favorite team, maybe the ‘right’ thing to do was to not let anyone see the games. No fans. No media. No TV or radio. 

“As for how fans can follow the team going forward, the spokesperson said, ‘The oral tradition predates the printing press. Stories will travel from person to person, strengthening the bonds of family and enriching our neighborhoods. If you want to know if Austin Martin is getting called up, put down your phone and ask someone.’”

#2: On Royce Lewis, Quadriceps Strain, and the Twins’ Options  
Lucas Seehafer 
March 29

Opening Day in Kansas City. First at-bat of the season for Royce Lewis? A home run. Second at-bat of the season? Solid single. Unfortunately, Carlos Correa followed with a double. Lewis took off, hoping to score on the play. Unfortunately, he pulled up at third base limping. He came out of the game with a quadriceps injury that cost him about six weeks. Lucas has been writing at Twins Daily for several seasons. In his “real” job, he is a professor and a physical therapist. When there are injuries, we really appreciate him letting us know what we need to know about the injury. What happened? What happened to the body part? What does the diagnosis or grade of injury mean in practical terms. What is a typical return timeline from that injury, and how or why could that vary?   

#1: Congress Votes to Shut Down Cleveland Guardians Until We Can All Figure Out What’s Going On
RandBalls Stu 
June 28

Every year, it seems as if Twins fans look at the Cleveland Guardians roster, and aside from Jose Ramirez in the lineup and a Tanner Bibee or Shane Bieber in the pitching staff, they never seem like a clear-cut top team in the division. And yet every year, there they are, at or near the top of the division. I’ve mentioned several times that from mid-April through the end of July, the Twins had one of the top records in MLB. And yet they were barely able to make up any ground against Cleveland. In late June, RandBalls Stu wrote about the government investigating the Guardians and trying to figure out what was happening. 

“‘There’s no way their record can be that good,’ said (Amy) Klobuchar. ‘We’ll get to the bottom of it.’”

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There you have it. The Top 25 most-viewed articles of 2024. What does it mean that four of the top five articles were satirical? Do we normally just take things too seriously and people just want to have fun with it all? As always, we appreciate RandBalls Stu, and “Sweet Lou” Hennessy has added several really good pieces as well. 

Happy New Year to all!

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[Fatbat]

Balls writes the beat articles because they are the truth.

[Blyleven2011]

Cubs sign theilbar to a major league contract , so he won't be coming back to the twins on a cheap minor league  signing ...

[Danchat]

Twins Daily is gonna be a satire website before you know it! It’s what we’ll have to do to survive… until we’re under new ownership.

[Fire Dan Gladden]

If there was ever an argument for quality over quantity on this site...

[dxpavelka]

6 hours ago, Danchat said:

Twins Daily is gonna be a satire website before you know it! It’s what we’ll have to do to survive… until we’re under new ownership.

careful what you wish for