https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/just-for-fun/page/37/?d=1News: Minnesota Twins Satireenhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/just-for-fun/twins-maintain-division-lead-as-memorial-day-weekend-begins-r9363/Minnesota fans had every reason to be optimistic entering the 2020 season. A relatively easy division, a potent 1-9 lineup, and improved rotation options all led to confident predictions of postseason baseball. Still, things sometimes just don’t work, be it a due to injury or regression or clubhou...9363Fri, 22 May 2020 11:41:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/just-for-fun/desperate-twins-fan-turns-to-nascar-r9337/Motorsports have never been Mike Holmberg’s thing. “I was never a car guy,” said the Minneapolis accountant. “I didn’t even own one until after college. That people raced them for money just seemed like one of those weird little subcultures that some people get wildly enthusiastic about. Like anti...9337Fri, 15 May 2020 11:44:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/just-for-fun/trevor-plouffe-latest-twins-third-baseman-to-be-gifted-with-the-second-sight-r9318/When Trevor Plouffe broke news of baseball’s potential 2020 comeback on Tuesday night, he was both mocked and ridiculed. Vindication soon arrived, as ESPN’s Jeff Passan confirmed much of what Plouffe tweeted about the next day. Left unsaid was Plouffe’s source: His fearsome ability to see the futu...9318Fri, 08 May 2020 11:42:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/just-for-fun/despondent-statistician-creates-metrics-for-real-housewives-r9296/John De Vries loves doing the math. Baseball’s endless supply of statistics has led the local data analyst down pleasurable wormholes about launch angles, exit velocity, and win shares. MLB shutting down amid the COVID-19 outbreak prevents new inputs and has caused a minor crisis in the De Vries h...9296Fri, 01 May 2020 11:48:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/just-for-fun/what-to-watch-while-you-wait-for-baseball-part-v-r9273/The evolution of the NFL Draft doubles as a history of ESPN. What started as a janky, beige vehicle for middle-management types doing their jobs in sport coats at card tables is now its own industry. Draft analyst is a real job that people have. MULTIPLE PEOPLE. If you had shown up at the NFL Draf...9273Fri, 24 Apr 2020 11:55:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/just-for-fun/only-baseball-blogger-not-doing-a-simulated-season-takes-up-pottery-r9250/Corey Bulow, 36, has written about baseball his entire adult life. Even in the off-season, he’s found enough material in winter baseball and hot stove speculation to keep posting. The COVID-19 outbreak has proven to be a content challenge he can’t surmount. “There’s just nothing to write about,” s...9250Fri, 17 Apr 2020 11:23:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/just-for-fun/8-year-old-child-asked-for-another-plan-to-resume-baseball-r9219/Major League Baseball’s proposal to start the season in May in front of empty Arizona stadiums received a mixed response earlier this week. Some, understandably desperate for baseball/any kind of sports, were enthusiastic. Others, including players themselves, were much more skeptical, citing issu...9219Fri, 10 Apr 2020 11:22:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/just-for-fun/what-to-watch-while-you-wait-for-baseball-part-iv-r9190/I should note that it should not be a just a two-hour endeavor. There should be multiple, bloated sequels with unnecessary cameos and soundtrack contributions from, say, Post Malone. There should be t-shirts in Target with quotes from it. There should be midnight showings of it at the kind of movi...9190Fri, 03 Apr 2020 11:33:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/just-for-fun/what-to-watch-while-you-wait-for-baseball-part-iii-r9160/Which brings us to Tiger King. The 7-part Netflix documentary is the thing the internet has decided will distract us from the slow-motion horror of the current moment. The internet, which is almost never right, is completely right about this. (Fox Sports tanning bed mishap Colin Cowherd called the...9160Fri, 27 Mar 2020 11:59:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/just-for-fun/an-introduction-to-the-twins-daily-writers-fantasy-league-r9149/This article will look to give you the details of the league and, more interestingly, provide an analysis of the draft. This piece will be, at times, objective using FantasyPros as a reference to assess how teams drafted. At other times, you will see “Commish Commentary” which is more subjective a...9149Wed, 25 Mar 2020 16:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/just-for-fun/what-to-watch-while-you-wait-for-baseball-part-ii-r9125/The show is Patriot. It’s unlike anything I’ve ever seen. You might hate it. You might love it more than your childhood pet. There’s no in-between. The most straightforward description of the show is that it involves a government intelligence officer attempting to prevent a foreign country from ge...9125Fri, 20 Mar 2020 11:59:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/just-for-fun/what-to-watch-while-you-wait-for-baseball-r9102/You all know from sources more reliable for health information than this one about flattening the curves, washing your hands, and distancing your socials. What you don’t know is what you’re going to watch now that there’s no baseball (or any other sport—they canceled golf for pity’s sake) for a go...9102Fri, 13 Mar 2020 11:31:00 +0000