Twins Leave Wallet at Home Again

RandBalls Stu · January 31, 2025

‘We’ll pick up the tab next time.’

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In what has become an ongoing storyline this offseason, the Minnesota Twins once again forgot their wallet at home after going out with friends, per multiple sources with knowledge of the incidents.

Twins Daily has confirmed that this is at least the third time since the end of the 2024 season that the Twins have attended a gathering with other major-league teams and claimed they were unable to pay for their appetizer, dinner, and drinks.

“We went out with them over the holidays at one of those high-end steakhouses where everything is dark wood and leather,” said the Cincinnati Reds. “It was us, the Mets, the Orioles, and the Twins. We’re all laughing, talking shop, having a good time, then the check comes. Minnesota starts rummaging around for their wallet and says they must have left it at the hotel.

“That kinda thing happens, right? Mets covered it, Twins said they’d get them back down the line. The thing is, the Orioles took us aside afterward and said the same thing happened at the Winter Meetings.”

Sources confirmed that the Twins also claimed to forget a method of payment at Green Point Seafood and Oyster Bar in Dallas on the first night of the 2024 Winter Meetings.

“They ordered oysters on the half shell and caviar for the table,” said the Los Angeles Angels. “At the end of the night, our server comes around, and they get all frantic about not being able to find their billfold. The Dodgers picked the tab up, and Minnesota said they’d Venmo them as soon as they could get the app to work.

“I ran into the Dodgers at the mall last week. They haven’t heard from (the Twins) since.”

The most recent incident happened last week, at a happy hour in Fort Myers with the Boston Red Sox, who also hold Spring Training there.

“They were sitting at the bar, and it sounded like they were planning some back-fields games,” said Avery Quintero, a bartender at The Boathouse Tiki Bar & Grill. “Our happy hour ends at 6 PM, but the Twins kept ordering rounds of margaritas and grouper bites. They start wrapping up around 7:30, I drop the check off, and their eyes get wide as saucers. They ask me if I’m sure about the total and I confirm that it’s right. They start fumbling around with their hands, look at the Red Sox, and say they’re crazy sorry but they must have left their wallet at home, and ApplePay doesn’t work on their new phone. Boston gives them a look, if you know what I mean, but they picked up the tab anyway.

“The funny part is, the Twins got up to use the bathroom before they left, and I could see the wallet in their back pocket. It’s super messed-up.”

In a statement released to the media on Thursday, the Twins said they’re “Totally good for it, we just gotta wait for a couple checks to clear.”

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