https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/just-for-fun/page/17/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/just-for-fun/minnesota-twins-hoarding-canadian-players-to-beat-new-tariffs-r17725/Every MLB franchise looks for the next "Moneyball" strategy. The Twins might have just discovered a new advantage, in a market that has never been more inefficient. In a move that has left economists scratching their heads and baseball executives chuckling into their Tim Hortons coffee, the...17725Tue, 04 Feb 2025 19:08:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/just-for-fun/twins-leave-wallet-at-home-again-r17700/‘We’ll pick up the tab next time.’ 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 t...17700Fri, 31 Jan 2025 14:10:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/just-for-fun/disappointed-blogger-forced-to-return-bootleg-twins-roki-sasaki-jersey-r17673/With the Japanese phenom selecting the Los Angeles Dodgers as his next club, one Twins blogger was left with a superfluous, yet hilarious, bit of custom team merch.  It was always a longshot for Minnesota to become the new home for 23-year-old phenom Roki Sasaki, but a local Twins blogger is...17673Sun, 26 Jan 2025 12:15:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/just-for-fun/other-universally-beloved-things-non-ichiro-voter-finds-lacking-r17670/'A better name might be the Good Enough Canyon? It’s a hole in the ground. Congratulations, you drove the family 11 hours to visit a dry swimming pool.' The legendary Ichiro Suzuki was overwhelmingly elected to Baseball’s Hall of Fame on Tuesday, nabbing all but one of the 550 votes needed t...17670Fri, 24 Jan 2025 13:12:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/just-for-fun/twins-fest-signature-saturday-to-feature-nothing-but-accountants-consultants-r17638/‘As we bid farewell to the Pohlad era, we hope to celebrate its real heroes.’ The annual Twins Fest extravaganza is next weekend at The Fillmore, hard by Target Field in Minneapolis. As is tradition, Saturday is dedicated to the autograph hounds in Twins Territory, with children and their ad...17638Fri, 17 Jan 2025 14:08:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/just-for-fun/local-shock-jock-seeks-to-purchase-twins-r17596/The Woodbury native is believed to be the only person to ever listen to that much Imagine Dragons without harming himself or others. With the news that the Minnesota Twins may very well have a new owner by Opening Day, speculation has turned toward potential suitors. The Ishbia brothers, own...17596Thu, 09 Jan 2025 13:23:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/just-for-fun/twins-to-decide-starting-first-baseman-with-traditional-72-hour-conclave-r17588/While known for having a forward-thinking and highly analytical front office, the club will decide their next lineup fixture in the holiest of traditions.  As the calendar flipped to 2025, the Minnesota Twins still found themselves without a true heir to their first base position. But by the...17588Tue, 07 Jan 2025 15:24:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/just-for-fun/beat-writers-offseason-twins-notebook-just-drawings-of-cowboys-r17565/The team’s inactivity is pushing some local sports journalists to extremes. In an offseason wherein trading Jovani Morán counts as major news, covering the Minnesota Twins has never been more difficult for the sportswriters assigned to the squad. Nowhere was this more noticeable than Phil Mi...17565Fri, 03 Jan 2025 13:18:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/just-for-fun/twins-front-office-%E2%80%98pretty-sure-free-agency-doesnt-start-until-2025-r17545/‘I think we’d know if it started already, there’s, like, emails and stuff.’ Prior to the holidays, baseball’s hot stove went into overdrive, with players like Patrick Sandoval, Paul Goldschmidt, Walker Buehler, and Sean Manaea all finding homes. With these and other signings occurring in the...17545Fri, 27 Dec 2024 11:07:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/just-for-fun/twas-the-night-before-twinsmas-a-twins-daily-holiday-treat-r17542/He sees you when you're Tweeting, and he knows which players rake. The Twins' beat writers are visited by a familiar friend on the night before Christmas.  ‘Twas the night before Christmas,  And across Target Field,  Came a winter storm roarin’, With snow th't wouldn't yield. ...17542Wed, 25 Dec 2024 00:20:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/just-for-fun/could-the-twins-afford-a-mid-rotation-starter-if-millennials-gave-up-avocado-toast-r17522/It’s time for the most lazy and entitled generation to finally do something for the common good. Or is that too much adulting? There’s an old saying: “The fans pay your salary.” It’s a very wise one typically directed at stuck up athletes who refuse to take criticism from the people who watc...17522Sun, 22 Dec 2024 16:30:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/just-for-fun/pohlads-decry-a-christmas-carol-ending-r17528/‘It starts off strong, but the ending is really bleak.’ A Christmas Carol has spent almost two centuries being one of the holiday season’s most durable stories. Countless films, plays, and television shows have adapted the 1843 Charles Dickens novella faithfully, or updated the beloved tale...17528Fri, 20 Dec 2024 14:10:02 +0000