Hosken Bombo Disco

My memory doesn’t go back very far, but if I recall, Dobbs and Mullens had bad first halfs then picked it up in the 2nd half Honestly just call a dump off to the halfback to get this guy a completion

Nobody should be that wide open unless you are playing a throwaround during recess back in 5th grade

1st & 5, an insurmountable challenge

Offsides is offsides but I think encroachment means contact is made?

Honest question, who was assigned QB2 for this game lol

I was just about to say, this was looking a lot like a Dobbs led offense

Just think of this as a tryout for third string QB for 2024– 1. Free agent, 2. Draft choice, 3. Hall/Dobbs/Mullens

Oh my, not on the sidelines, but in a suite and naked? *boom*

Would be nice to see #8 on the sideline tonight cheering on the boyz

Just read that the officiating crew who did the Detroit-Dallas game last night was the same one that did the Packers-Chiefs, which was basically one of the worst officiated games in a long time. MLB umpires have nothing on NFL officials as far as affecting an outcome.

It was foreseeable that the handling of Buxton in 2023 might not work. A ton of fans questioned the approach to Buxton in real time, from the very beginning when he didn’t play in live games in spring training, all the way through to activating him for Game 4 of the ALDS. The bottom line is if a player is hurt, he probably belongs on the injury list. That was the assumption of many people including me in 2023. Some people made an exception for Buxton despite evidence, because we have all seen how good he can be at times. Fair enough.

The feeling and medical opinion must have changed when they put Buxton in the OF in September.

Thoracic Outlet, Schmoracic Outlet (seriously, though, good luck to him)

I’m already my spot inline reserve1 sitting outside the ticket booth in lawn chair Come to front & say hi! (I’m wearing the Vikings jersey)

are we entertained… EDIT: yeah but fun while it lasted.

Well, it IS a noon game on a Sunday 🤣 Seriously though, a couple more weeks of this and I might be sold, I may set up a GoFundme to help the Wilfs bring back Cousins next year

I really appreciate how you broke down those final plate appearances, pitch by pitch. That is often how pitchers and catchers see it—when to waste a pitch, when to try to steal a strike, what to throw on the first pitch, what to follow after a fastball or curve, etc. Now the trigger warning. Even aside from the strikeout debate, there is too much magical thinking going on. The best example is Buxton. The whole Buxton saga was a disaster, all the way back from the start of spring training not playing in any games, to that final at bat in the 8th when he hit a fly ball to the first baseman at a 51mph exit velocity off a 98mph fastball. And everything in between. Remember everyone lauded and took credit for the plan to have Buxton DH when wit was working through April and early May. In September they gave Toby Gardenhire the go-ahead to play Buxton for 7 full innings in the field in his first rehab appearance, when so many of us were expecting them to ease in Buxton an inning at a time. I didn’t even realize Buxton’s plate appearance in Game 4 was the last one a Twin put a ball in play. None of us on the outside knew it at the time, but Buxton was completely unprepared to take that at bat in the 8th when they only had six outs left give. I’d love to know if there have been private conversations about this in the front office or owner’s suite, or owner’s supper table. That said, there were a lot of highlights and fun moments to go along with the long stretches of badness. Beating Toronto. There was an exciting Julien pinch hit homer at a game I was at. Royce Lewis. The pitching staff. The bullpen was fine but the rotation was great, and healthy, and that will be the key again in 2024.

Didn’t know the weather was so crappy. Makes more sense.

That attendance is like back in the 1990s when I was attending college baseball games in the Metrodome in March

Yikes:

These numbers seem really, really low. Falvey would be offering Lewis low arbitration salaries, then $15 million out in 2028 in what would be his first free agency season. In contrast, Falvey offered Joey Gallo $11 million last year. $15 million of 2028 dollars versus $11 million 2023 dollars. I think the best move for both sides is to just play it out Lewis’s free agency approaches.

It’s crazy that we are seeing calls for O’Connell’s job already, not even through his second full season. I will get to that point eventually, but this is waaaay too soon. Where are these passionate voices for accountability when it comes to the proven mediocrities still running the Twins? 🤣 There is going to be an adjustment period transitioning to life without Kirk. Montana to Young and Favre to Rodgers are the exceptions not the rule. The difference for me this year is if they do make the playoffs, I will have no expectations whatsoever. I do think it’s fair to call the season a failure if they don’t.

Then probably not a play you can expect to run effectively a second time

That was another entertaining game. I have had more fun watching Vikings games this season than in a long time. The other team is allowed to be good, and Higgins made an unbelievable play on that catch.

The Dream of resigning Mahle has died, RIP the dream, season over