https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/just-for-fun/page/31/?d=1News: Minnesota Twins Satireenhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/just-for-fun/a-minnesota-twins-christmas-carol-part-one-r11676/Interior: Target Field. It is December 24th. The snow is falling. It is dark outside and the staff is working in candlelight. A Houston Astros-logoed trash can burns in the corner of the room for heat. Derek Falvey and Thad Levine are at their desks, tired and nodding off, poring over the B...11676Wed, 22 Dec 2021 21:50:09 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/just-for-fun/lockout-lookup-carl-pavano-r11648/Subject: Carl Pavano Why You Remember Him: Oh, man. Carl Pavano. Won a title with the Marlins, signed a big free agent deal with the Yankees, then promptly spent the entirety of that deal plagued by injuries (145 innings over four years!). He acquired tabloid nicknames like “American Idle”...11648Fri, 17 Dec 2021 12:20:15 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/just-for-fun/twins%E2%80%99-beat-writer-do-hyoung-park-to-compete-on-jeopardy-on-monday-r11649/The show was taped earlier this offseason, but until today Park has been forbidden from admitting he was a contestant, and is still bound to secrecy about how the episode turns out. He prepared throughout spring training and the season for the competition, and even coaxed the producers of t...11649Thu, 16 Dec 2021 21:29:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/just-for-fun/12-days-of-twinsmas-12-torii-hunter-r11640/There have been plenty of great players in the history of the Minnesota Twins. From Killebrew to Buxton and many in-between, it is tough to narrow it down to the top twelve players in the history of the Twins. One player who had a huge impact on me growing up was the electrifying Torii Hunter. T...11640Tue, 14 Dec 2021 17:40:15 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/just-for-fun/tony-o%E2%80%99s-hall-of-fame-election-a-meaningful-moment-for-even-youngest-of-twins-fans-r11630/Tony Oliva is finally a Hall of Famer, something Minnesota Twins fans have been waiting to see officially since 1982. By the time I was born, Oliva’s best chance of getting into the hall of fame was the same way he got in this last week, through the veteran’s committee vote. I was born too late...11630Sat, 11 Dec 2021 13:15:07 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/just-for-fun/lockout-lookup-matt-capps-r11628/Subject: Matt Capps Why You Remember Him: Once upon a time, the Twins had a promising catcher named Wilson Ramos stuck behind Joe Mauer. They didn’t have a closer. Joe Nathan was hurt. Terrifying actual giant man Jon Rauch was ineffective. This was also right about the time when people were...11628Fri, 10 Dec 2021 12:05:10 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/just-for-fun/local-man-angrier-at-millionaires-than-billionaires-r11607/The owners of Major League Baseball locked out the players just after midnight on Thursday morning, ensuring baseball’s first work stoppage in over a quarter century. And Shad Browne knows who to blame. “These players are greedy and entitled, I’m sick of ‘em,” said the Fairmont landscaper....11607Fri, 03 Dec 2021 11:30:12 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/just-for-fun/dog-in-christmas-sweater-urges-twins-to-sign-byron-buxton-r11575/Roxy, a 5-year-old dog in a festive Christmas sweater, has two messages this holiday season. “I would very much like a treat, and the Minnesota Twins should sign Byron Buxton to an extension,” said Roxy. The dog, a Staffordshire bull terrier, hopes the gaudy garment draws attention to...11575Fri, 26 Nov 2021 12:50:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/just-for-fun/anoka-man-thinks-buxton-should-pay-twins-r11555/Classic North Metro halfwit Tom Hanson has seen enough. With the Twins allegedly looking to move Byron Buxton, the self-taught expert on epidemiology thinks the franchise is overlooking the best path forward. “He oughta pay them to play centerfield,” said the frequently-divorced electrician...11555Fri, 19 Nov 2021 11:07:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/just-for-fun/building-the-twins-all-time-dream-team-part-1-r11541/This discrepancy is beautifully highlighted in Moneyball when Brad Pitt is talking with his scouts. “There are rich teams and there are poor teams. Then there’s 50 feet of crap, and then there’s us. It’s an unfair game,” said Pitt. When the Twins last won the World Series in 1991,...11541Tue, 16 Nov 2021 22:24:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/just-for-fun/dave-st-peters-meteoric-rise-and-how-to-get-a-job-in-sports-r11527/On Monday, Dave St. Peter was kind enough to speak about his rapid ascension through the Twins front office and his career at Saint John’s University in Collegeville, MN. Now, this was a very cool opportunity. St. Peter’s late father, Dom, was a 1954 graduate of Saint John’s, making this opportu...11527Sun, 14 Nov 2021 13:10:03 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/just-for-fun/parting-ways-with-colome-leaves-some-troubled-r11524/“When I was growing up, we didn’t just cut a guy loose after a bad year, we kept him on the team for years,” said Stephen Gilchrest, an electrician from Castle Rock Township. “It sucked. I hated every minute of it.” The 50-year-old father of two was in the prime of his Twins-loving life whe...11524Fri, 12 Nov 2021 11:04:01 +0000