First-time poster. This thread made me want to sign up and give my two cents.
I’m also a new baseball fan.
Prior to this season, I’d only ever watched one full baseball game in my life. I’ve had such a fun time cheering on the Twins, having watched nearly every game so far (except for a couple network exclusives), that I regret waiting this long to get into the sport!
I’ve also lurked various Twins communities, including TwinsDaily. I was reading this site in the preseason when many folks were warning this would be an embarrassing year, a guaranteed 100-loss year, a sell-off year, a bottom-of-the-league year, etc.
I think it’s clear that those things are no longer the case. Yet, a bit amusingly, I see many of the same names still speaking so confidently of the future of this season!
Maybe it’s because I’m a newbie to the sport and haven’t gotten too jaded yet, and apparently I missed a lot of drama from last season, but this article captured many of the thoughts I’ve had this year so far about the fandom.
I’m surprised every day by the self-flagellation of Twins fans. Those who despise the decisions of the front office of last year now essentially asking for a return to that status quo: let’s sell our best players again! (And we promise we won’t complain about it next year…)
Those who watch a win streak and act like it’s an unfortunate anomaly. After all, they have a 100-loss prediction to maintain!
Those who watch players climb out of a slump and use the opportunity to remind everyone of the slump!
From my outside view, it hasn’t come across like merely having lost hope in your team. It’s come across like you’re actively looking for ways to preserve your lost hope even when the team is trying to give you some.
I was happy to hear from management that they are looking to get some good pickups this coming deadline and, thankfully, still “go for it!”
What else could I possibly want from them? I’m not watching the 2027 or 2028 Twins right now. I’m watching the 2026 Twins.
