Couchbound Fan Still Did More Over the Holidays Than Twins

[RandBalls Stu]

Image courtesy of Unsplash/Chris Lynch

Adam Pietrich is what some would call an avid indoorsman. The Minneapolis native and Twins fan enjoys hunkering down for the winter in his one-bedroom apartment with his cat, Brad Radke. He orders a lot of take out, takes PTO from his IT gig from Christmas Eve through New Year’s Day, and generally does a whole lot of nothing beyond playing his Switch and binging various streaming series.

And yet, this lazy man, wearing the same hoodie and pajama pants for a third consecutive day, logged more activity in the back half of December than the Minnesota Twins.

“Went over to my Dad’s house for Christmas dinner, took Brad Radke to the vet, even went to Rosedale to exchange a gift,” said Pietrich, 31. “Those are the three times I left the house this week.”

By contrast, news of the Twins signing Josh Bell broke on December 15th. Since then, it’s been radio silence from a team that does not have a bullpen as of press time.

“I checked Twins Daily and the local papers and MLB.com to see if I missed anything over the holidays,” said the bachelor. “Crickets, brother. I respect their commitment to leisure, but even I would’ve signed someone to a minor-league deal just for appearances.”

Pietrich’s family remains disappointed in him.

“He was late for dinner and was wearing those damn PJ pants again,” said Charlie Pietrich, Adam’s father. “I understand he did more than the Twins, but would a shower and clean pair of khakis be too much to ask?”

For his part, Pietrich said he had even more things planned over the holidays, but circumstances conspired to keep him from further activity.

“I was going to get up and check my mailbox in the lobby today but my foot fell asleep, so I figured that was an errand for Tomorrow Adam,” said Pietrich.

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[ashbury]

2029 Falvey is going to be pissed at what errands Current Falvey is not running..

[Parfigliano]

This Pietrich guy did far more then me.

[Mike Sixel]

Falvey is Ryan 2.0. Not the first Ryan, exactly, but the second version. 

[mikelink45]

I believe the Twins will take credit for letting their fans snooze and celebrate the holidays from Halloween to New Years without disturbing them with big news like the amazing trade they pulled off to start the year.  Thank you Twins!

[sampleSizeOfOne]

On 1/2/2026 at 10:38 AM, ashbury said:

2029 Falvey is going to be pissed at what errands Current Falvey is not running..

Not so sure of that...

Seems to assume 2029 Falvey is still in a position to appreciate the labors of Current Falvey.

Whatever. As long as they let him keep the PJs, i'm sure he'll be happy.

[sampleSizeOfOne]

On 1/2/2026 at 2:13 PM, Mike Sixel said:

Falvey is Ryan 2.0. Not the first Ryan, exactly, but the second version. 

Someone should have submitted bug reports...

[sampleSizeOfOne]

On 1/2/2026 at 9:45 AM, RandBalls Stu said:

Image courtesy of Unsplash/Chris Lynch

Adam Pietrich

 

I am curious though about the foreground of the image...

What is the brown stuff that looks like a pile of fries blown off the plate?

[goulik]

On 1/5/2026 at 2:18 PM, sampleSizeOfOne said:

I am curious though about the foreground of the image...

What is the brown stuff that looks like a pile of fries blown off the plate?

I was also wanting an explanation for this and some more detail about other aspects of the story like "what did he play on the Switch?" So many details were left out and the article felt so short I wondered if the author also took too much time off during the holidays. I decided not to complain when I realized, the author did more than Adam.