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Actually, the Tigers could use assistance on the left side of the infield if they wanted to really go for it.

That means diddly squat. The Athletics have way more history than the Twins, winning 4 WS in Oakland. But, on the other hand, part of that history is their constant movement, now in their 4th city, going on 5.

Makes sense. Things are going great from a business standpoint. They drew nearly 18 thousand tonight on a beautiful summer evening. . . . ...I'm being told that's bad actually.

As dumb as the "don't do slumps" thing was for Royce, this is actually where he lost me last year.

I don't? That's a surprise to me, listening to the 2002 ALCS in high school during class with a wire running up by back. Let's be completely honest, the 2009 163, which is still the best game I've ever been at, was no worse than a Wild Card Series victory.

Feel like this was inevitable. Wallner was never going to be a savior and fans got way too excited about him based on his local boy bona fides more than his skills. He's never going to be a good player cause he's simply terrible in the field and not special enough of a hitter to be valuable as a DH. Great trade candidate. A team in the hunt with a bench space will over pay for someone like him.

I agree, he's not a failure. But I understand the frustration based on expectations of a high-ish 1st round pick. If you want to cheap, decent infielder, great. But you can buy get those on the market for fairly cheap anyways. He's not a great athlete, and has no star potential. While he can still improve some, it seems like he maxes out as a 2 WAR player if things go well. Cost control is great, and so many 1st rounders flame out completely, but hard to get excited about a 1st rounder that has a best case as a decent player that you can see hitting 7th on a good team.

My guy! MLB.TV is $30 a month or if you're in the Minnesota market, Twins TV is $20!

This is a terrible way to build a baseball team. EVERY team has injuries. If you require your team to be a near perfect 100% health in order to just compete for a playoff spot (something that isn't even hard to do) you have a loser organization.

Twins fans have to stop referring to a 2023 Wild Card Series victory as some sort of real accomplishment. It was nice, but celebrating it as if it was meaningful is just sad. Like a Vikings fan praising the 2019 team because they beat the New Orleans Saints in the Wild Card game.

Completely agree. This and last season both. Twins have been a healthier than average team. Anyone that uses injuries as an excuse for this team is no worse using the position of mercury in the astrological tables as an excuse.

He 100% should have been fired immediately after last season. But every other coach was offered up instead.

There is near zero risk of losing fan interest. They drew 21K on a Sunday against a team that typically has a large visiting crowd. For comparison they drew 36K last year against the Brewers Sunday game.

I admit I laughed heartily watching Larnach watch a fastball down the middle. He's a two pitch pitcher, how are you that lost?

Lol. No.

Turns out taking a mediocre to bad team, making almost no changes and just hoping things improve isn't really a great strategy. Oh well. No way to predict that. Bader rocks though.

Tbf, so is the transgender athlete she tied with, seeing as they both finished 5th. But the trans athlete didn't run off to find the nearest camera to constantly **** talk her opponent. Good for her I guess, thanks to her grift and a bunch of bigots she now commands a hefty speaking fee. And I do mean this literally. She initially correctly gendered her opponent, but shortly after was captured by the audience and now refuses to recognize transgender people as legitimate. She tied for fifth in a collegiate meet. And then threw a huge hissy fit about the person she tied with. She sucks. Sort of. About half of Gen Z women believe trans athletes should be able to compete with cis athletes. But even so, gay marriage wasn't favored by a majority when it became legal, nor was interracial marriage. I'm not swayed by the public opinion especially when there's a concerted effort by leading public figures to politicize it like we've seen. Important to note that the same people in power that claim it's about "fairness in sports" banned McBride from using the women's bathroom in congress and intentionally, consistently misgender her. Why? I'm sure they have some ******** excuse but we all know it's just bullying and cruelty. Hence why anyone paying attention can say that it's not about being fair. There are nuanced conversations to he had, absolutely. But Riley Gaines? Nancy Mace? The entire anti trans athlete push we've seen? It's straight up bigotry.

I agree with this. But you yourself, with direct access, noted how the girl directly affected didn't really care and the people that did were the parents.

I have a lot of empathy for the girls. Thankfully we know that you asked one directly how she felt about it and it apparently didn't matter much to her. This seems to be the true story. A bunch of parents that are living vicariously through their kids. Upset over an amateur sporting event. Mad their children were presented with an admittedly difficult challenge. Sadly, a challenge that the POTUS has given them tacit permission to express bigotry towards rather than show any empathy which you clearly value. High School administrations make a lot of mistakes so it's absolutely possible they erred in how they approached this. However, I'd be interested in hearing the actual instructions to the girls involved. There's a difference between being Shut Up and reminding athletes of a code of conduct that forbids certain speech based on gender, race, etc. I don't recall saying that.

Nope. And I bet you haven't either. I really don't care about Minnesota 4A softball results and, if you're being honest, neither do you. I do mostly agree with this, relating more to Professional athletics. But this ignores probably the most valuable purposes of high school sports: camaraderie, teamwork, socialization. Taking this away from trans athletes seems counter productive to both the athletes that wish to compete, and also their communities that need to become more comfortable around that which they're unfamiliar. Like I said, no one outside of the very few people directly impacted care about the results for this years Minnesota State High School 4A softball tournament. And the girls that lost will either get over it like we've all had to get over losses, even some we consider unfair. Or if they're massive losers they'll make excuses their entire life about how one high school girl impacted them. Also, in this situation, let's just think it out a bit. So, let's say this girl was forced to play baseball with the boys instead of playing softball with girls. On its face, that isn't the biggest problem in the world I guess. But do you think a bunch of teenage boys are going to truly respect someone like Hunter Schaefer as one of their teammates? Which seems like the better option for a 16 year old girl? To play baseball with the boys and undoubtedly get teased relentlessly for their gender. Or to play softball with the girls where I'm not even sure how everyone is so sure of the birthed gender of this alleged transgender athlete, considering HIPAA and what not. Quite literally the only boy I have ever heard of trying to compete in women's sports is the POS that is basically in charge of the federal government, Stephen Miller, who infamously jumped into a girl's track meet, halfway through, in order to prove the athletic superiority of boys, like the massive bigoted loser that he is. There is no epidemic of boys wanting to compete against women, and there's no evidence men would rather win against women than lose against men. But even so, there are guide rails against this sort of fraud. So, I go back to my original comment that this is such a tiny issue, that while worthy of discussion, but is such a case-by-case series of events that needs no national attention, and certainly not regulation.

I do think there's a conversation that can be hand about trans women inclusion in sports but it is such a rare occurrence that it shouldn't be a national discussion. There were around 10 transgender athletes out of 500,000 collegiate athletes last year. These should be addressed case by case, and not fear mongered by national bigots. It's important to remember that many, if not most, of those public figures fighting against the inclusion of trans women in sports aren't actually concerned about women and, I'd wager, have never met a trans individual in their life. Take the losers at Daily Wire for example. They tried to make a documentary about men competing in women's basketball, but they had to scrap the idea because no one is doing that. So instead they ended up making a terrible quasi remake of 2002's Juwanna Man. Riley Gaines, another example, is emblematic of the type of loser that publicly fights over this issue. She tied for 5th in a swim competition and turned hating trans women into her entire identity. All because she would have been in 5th place instead of sharing 5th place with another woman that happens to be transgender. No, it's not about fairness for women. They've just dusted off the exact same playbook they used to elect Bush for a second term, fear mongering over an "other" category, all just to win power. And, as an aside, those same lamentable fear mongers are using the exact Iraq War playbook in order to sell a war with Iran.

But it's important to remember that clicks are good for content creators. Even if your intent on clicking something is to express your displeasure, the metrics view that as attention, and attention is good. I think this site posts too many articles, but I try not to click or comment on the ones that are of no interest to me. For example, I love prospects, but I think daily minor league summaries are overkill and actually feed this unhealthy hype surrounding these kids. Those 32 Royce articles on the other hand? I love them. I eat them up like they're candy. As do most everyone else, which is why they keep getting written. Vote with your clicks.

Seems like you didn't even make it to the second paragraph of the post. Kind of proves my point. Willi Castro did something that drew national attention and you're confused why any Twins fan might think it topical. It's really, really easy NOT to click on a link if you don't like the headline. Happy Pride BTW

He had a good game! Great to see. Absolutely possible, but 9 times out of 10 people who make this complaint we know exactly why they are making the complaint. Again, ironically, you clicking and commenting under the article that you don't wish to see will only make it more likely that this content is duplicated. I'm just saying, people need to learn how to just click away instead of complaining about every thing. Anyways, Happy Pride Month!

Ironically, you commented and said nothing relating to the article. If you truly only wanted to come here to read baseball news and commentary, you wouldn't have clicked on this article or read the comments. Methinks you'd not have left this sort of comment if it was more aligned with your personal politics.