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  1. Dr. Evil
    Let me start by saying I love the Twins. But sometimes things go so bad you have to try to find supplementary reasons to watch. An alternate way to track the Twins and maybe generate some interest and fun is now here.
     
    According to my not always accurate research, in the past 81 years the teams that finished with the worst records were as follows.
     
    1945 Phillies 46-108
    1952 Pirates 42-112
    1962 Mets 40-120
    2003 Tigers 43-119
     
    Why did I pick 81 years? Well, because it makes for a nice sized division of 5.
     
    I will leave it to you to name this glorious division.
     
    Current standings after 38 games for this unnamed division are as follows.
     
    1962 Mets 12-26
    2016 Twins 10-28
    1945 Phillies 10-28
    2003 Tigers 9-29
    1952 Pirates 7-31
  4. Dr. Evil
    This will make things interesting for the bad teams and puts something in front of them that they have a reasonable chance of achieving. If your record gets too good you get relegated to a major league division and replaced with the next worst team.
     
    MLB "AAAA" Division Standings
    Team Wins Losses GB
    Diamondbacks 3 8 0
    Astros 3 6 1
    Twins 3 6 1
    Padres 3 6 1
    Reds 3 6 1
    Cubs 3 5 1.5
    Mets 3 5 1.5
    Phillies 3 5 1.5
     
    As you can see, the Twins are already in the thick of the race. They will remain in contention throughout the season! Now I can cheer every time they rearrange the lineup to put Mastro batting leadoff or try to make a reliever out of "Wild Thing" while Tonkin remains in the minors. Bartlett making the team out of camp is now actually a good thing! The boys can really "get after it" and get guys "runnin all over the place" out there like field mice and still remain competitive in this division! It's a win - win as far as I'm concerned.
  5. Dr. Evil
    Some of my fondest childhood memories were with the Twins game playing on the radio in the background. I remember going to bed early on school nights against my will and catching the end of the game on my transistor radio laying there in the dark in my bed.
     
    I remember laying elbows down on the living room carpet in front of a black and white tv on a Saturday afternoon watching a ball game while sorting my Topps baseball cards in to piles by team and wishing I had a few bucks to buy some more wax packs to try and complete my collection for that year. At school all my buddies knew who was closest to completing their collection and that person was the envy of all others. Many important trades took place on the playground. All were carefully calculated and afterwards discussed for value just like actual big league trades.
     
    One family evening has always repeated itself in my mind....
     
    After a day of walleye fishing on Lake Mille Lacs, I spent an hour wading in the water tipping rocks looking for crawdads until dark. My dad came down to tell me it was time to come back to the camp site down the road from lakeside about 75 yards. It was just deep enough in to the woods to where the forest shadowed total darkness on to the campsite. Except for the flickering of the orange fire.
     
    I laid flat on my back on one of those folding lawn chairs looking up at the sky through the opening in the trees. Void of any city lights I could pick out great detail in the stars. Even an occasional shooting star or tiny bit of faint movement that I speculated must be from another world.
     
    My parents had beers and chatted by the fire while I tuned them out and listened to the closing innings of the Twins game on the radio.
     
    The way I remember it, Mike Marshall threw 120 mph fastballs in the 9th to secure the win for the Twins.
     
    I went in to the tent and slid in to my flannel sleeping bag and zipped it up tightly to keep the crisp night air out. Best nights sleep I ever had.
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