https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/just-for-fun/page/32/?d=1News: Minnesota Twins Satireenhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/just-for-fun/potential-lockout-already-impacting-beat-writer-shirt-purchases-r11496/The prospect of a Major League Baseball lockout is growing by the day. While impacts on free agency and the 2022 season are only speculative at this point, some segments of the economy are already facing the consequences of a potential work stoppage head-on. “The male beat writers aren’t bu...11496Fri, 05 Nov 2021 11:06:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/just-for-fun/twins-nostalgia-what-is-your-all-time-favorite-twins-baseball-card-r11485/Baseball card collecting has become much more intense than it was in my childhood. Our biggest choice was whether to spend the 75 cents on a standard pack of Topps or spring for the $1.25 pack of glossy, flashy, hologram-y Upper Deck. Or, if we were really feeling fancy, we could go to KB Toys a...11485Thu, 04 Nov 2021 16:17:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/just-for-fun/joe-mauer-reviews-dune-r11467/Twins Daily usually stays between the lines as regards content. However, when the best catcher in team history sends a movie review to our Friday correspondent, we disregard the baseball aspect. What follows is Joe Mauer’s review of the 2021 film Dune, now available on HBO Max and in theaters na...11467Fri, 29 Oct 2021 11:19:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/just-for-fun/i-will-always-miss-the-metrodome-r11464/I would imagine most of my love for the Dome is simply based in nostalgia. After all, it opened the year I was born and hosted many of my favorite team’s best moments throughout my childhood and beyond. But there are many other things I miss about the place. For starters, the ticket prices...11464Thu, 28 Oct 2021 17:32:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/just-for-fun/how-does-the-2021-eddie-rosario-experience-end-r11445/Atlanta is getting their first taste of the very best part of the ERE, as he demolishes whatever Los Angeles throws at him and puts the Dodgers on the brink of elimination. This is the Eddie that we all grew to love in Minnesota. HOWEVER. We know what comes next. I shouldn’t say w...11445Fri, 22 Oct 2021 11:29:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/just-for-fun/also-receiving-votes-r11429/1977 Rod Carew A sturdy and stylish neck fan for hot press box nights. “Porge Jolanco” A screenshot of the happy hour menu at The Loon Justin Fields The cool dark of the grave A pre-owned 1990 Toyota Celica that’s paid off and can still get you around...11429Fri, 15 Oct 2021 11:57:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/just-for-fun/12-different-things-to-disappoint-you-this-winter-r11410/The Minnesota Vikings. They looked incredible in one game and lost the other three games in unique and frustrating ways. It’s the platonic ideal of four Vikings games and there’s no reason to think it won’t continue.   The Minnesota Timberwolves. They have a talented young core and...11410Fri, 08 Oct 2021 10:40:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/just-for-fun/simmons-wants-to-know-the-real-story-behind-reliever%E2%80%99s-broken-hand-r11384/When Milwaukee’s ace setup man Devin Williams fractured his pitching hand after celebrating the team’s playoff clinching victory, reactions were pretty much uniform: that’s some real bad luck for the Brewers and/or worse decision making by Williams. For one shortstop, it only led to more questio...11384Fri, 01 Oct 2021 10:42:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/just-for-fun/who-will-be-the-next-first-pitch-legend-r11356/Watching MMA superstar/whiskey pitchman/gross person Conor MacGregor fail gloriously at the task of heaving a ceremonial first pitch somewhere towards Schaumberg at Tuesday’s Twins/Cubs game led to two thoughts: 1. This guy who could choke me out in ten seconds has never, not ever, encounte...11356Fri, 24 Sep 2021 11:25:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/just-for-fun/sources-injury-gods-also-surprised-by-lack-of-joe-ryan-injury-r11327/As entities that predate recorded history, it’s very hard to get something by the Injury Gods. Yet that’s exactly what happened on Tuesday afternoon, as a wicked comebacker found Joe Ryan’s pitching hand without causing lasting damage. “Ryan’s a big part of their future plans so it seems li...11327Fri, 17 Sep 2021 11:29:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/just-for-fun/a-celebration-of-joe-ryans-hair-r11275/Some might say the promise of Joe Ryan's debut (An 8-pitch, all-strikes first inning! Five innings of relative competency!) was marred by the 3-run dinger he surrendered to Frank Schwindel, the only runs scored in yet another Twins loss, this one 3-0 to the Chicago Cubs. Some are full of cr...11275Fri, 03 Sep 2021 11:02:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/just-for-fun/yankees-move-make-up-game-to-2022-r11241/The New York Yankees have petitioned Major League Baseball to reschedule last Sunday’s postponed game versus the Minnesota Twins to 2022. While make-up games are ordinarily played in the same season, the Yankees claim that there are special circumstances about this matchup that make it more...11241Fri, 27 Aug 2021 10:49:02 +0000