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I agree, sadly the end result is one with not much difference

Oh nice I didn't know he was called up. Big of fan of Pat, sad he isn't with the Twins.

Doesn't feel a whole lot different than Nishi

Well did you get a snappy burger or not? Also how was the attendance and quality of the ballpark, is it midway-like?

I really enjoy seeing him run the bases

Well he sure had a good game tonight

I agree!

Two wins in a single night!

A gamer? He was on the DL every other week.

On the subject of station quality, I think it can be broken down to the appeal of either personality or content, and if you are lucky enough to have both. When it comes to KFAN, my opinion on the shows are: Power Trip - Having a local show on before 9am is nice. Sludge lives up to his name and is hard to listen to, he is very negative and has tastes that don't mesh with mine in the slightest. Hearing about how 311 is better than the Beatles daily - need more be said? Chris I don't have a strong opinion on other than again, very different interests. Mike can have fun stories and in general is fun to listen to, I like him. I never go out of my way to turn this show on however, it just isn't that good. I remember in 2010 when the Twins were playing game 1 vs the Yanks in the post season they didn't mention the Twins ONCE during the entire show when they giggled about it at the end before sign off and said "oh yeah I guess the Twins are playing tonight" after spending hours blabbing about meaningless Vikings preseason minutia. PA - Unlistenable. PA is all about promoting PA. Anything non-Vikings related discussed is most likely due to the partnership with FSN where they send Coom-Dog, Laudner or someone else over to endure him for a segment of Baseball. Judd and Phunn on the other dial however is probably the best sports show in town right now - two fairly normal guys having decent discussions. Nothing too in depth, but at least its something. Common - Common can be a lot of fun, he points out the ridiculous nature of PA and Rosen and others, but in a way they are comfortable with of course. It isn't a sports show even when sports are discussed, but he does tend to break things down on a normal level rather than keep things pedestalized more often than not. The Dark Star segment was always fun for Twins talk, even if Dark was towing the line most obviously for them. Over on the other dial Reusse and Mackey will talk ball more than any other program but Reusse never offers any insight and is usually promoting an agenda. Mackey can sometimes have a fun topic, but more than often will bring up something obnoxious and beat it to death (Obsessed over bringing Punto back, "Mauer-haters" are morons, not focussing on anything other than one aspect of the topic, LeBron love overload, etc....). So it's a tough listen. Baseball will be there but it's not good hosts. Common might not break down last nights game but he can be entertaining at least. Barreiro - See section on PA only add bad politics. I'll take Souch any day of the week over this. Gleeman & the Geek is the only sports related content on KFAN that offers anything insight or fun discussion on baseball.

I agree - more broadly we need to dump the abundance of mediocre utility players and try to focus on acquiring someone who can play the position solidly 100% of the time. A Casilla type guy is fine for when your main guys need a day off or are hurt. Having a fleet of Casilla's that you dance around who is hottest/healthiest isn't something I want to see in 2013 and beyond.

I'd like that, but I'm not sure that this would come out of the Twins pocket, would it? They all seem to be on mobile stands (more on that later). Shock Top, Blue Moon, and Surly are the ones I've seen most often. That would be great, but I wonder how much more they can do in that already fairly cramped space. Such a tease to sell Blue Moon or some other craft beer just outside the gates but not be allowed to bring it in. Speaking of which, did anyone try that monster? I only made it to one game in July and wasn't able to check it out before it was laid to rest. The most realistic change I think they could make that I personally would love to see is more "shelf" space to put drinks, dogs, programs, etc. down for the standing areas. Many sections don't have them, it would be nice to see them all around the ballpark rather than just every few sections or so. I'm not sure what they could do to improve, but another complaint is how cramped the isles are near gate 34 and 29 before a game. It's a zoo until you get past home plate/3rd base to and past gate 14. I also find it annoying that on the second level that The Legends Club blocks access from the left and right field sides. if I want to make it over to the Town Ball Tavern/Budweiser Deck Entrance side from the Gate 29 side, tough luck, you have to go back down the escalator and walk down to Gate 6, take that escalator back up. And Visa Versa. I'd like to be continued to be wow'd, cool new additions that I and others aren't expecting would be great.

Nice write up, thanks. I would love to get over there sometime, have thought about it for a few years. I didn't know it was in jeopardy of moving. "However, the other theme from this discussion was the due to lack of attendance and the need for a new stadium, they would completely understand if the Twins decided to move elsewhere." -- sounds like those are the two reasons they might move? Was attendance poor? Is the stadium midway-ish? I hope I can make it out there next year, if they are still around. I doubt it would ever happen, but I think it would be wonderful if one of the farm teams setup shop in MN. Imagine if the Saints were replaced with a A or AA team and got their downtown St. Paul stadium, what a blast it would be to see Sano and other prospects right here in town.

Now that Cuddyer is gone I don't see why not Be nice to lower it again to 2010 level to you can see easier from center field SRO area too

http://blogs.citypages.com/gimmenoise/2012/07/tony_fly_k_twin_laid_off.php "What I read into that is that the whole radio station's ratings aren't moving and they needed to start doing something."

Good point. Nice idea really, that way every year they can claim they are improving it. Hopefully it means more than just replacing carpet for the elite areas though!

It is pretty bad compared to WCCO, even in downtown Minneapolis. But it could affect other things, like programming before and after the broadcast. I don't think it would affect the during broadcast personalities, but I guess I don't know. And of course it could affect the local shows that are on 1500, if you care about any of that.

Yeah, it should be interesting to see what happens. KFAN was making hints that the Twins will go to a FM radio home when they switched to FM not too long ago. KFAN currently has Vikes, Wild and Gopher Football. WCCO has TWolves. KSTP is ESPN'd but it will be interesting to see if it can survive with just Gopher Basketball & Gopher Hockey. Also if they will dump their local programming and go all ESPN national or not.

Normally yeah, but the media has been creating buzz that it will be announced this year. Selig when in town recently for the RBI was a possible time (didn't happen) but he did say "soon". And FWIW DStP was saying 2013 was a possibility despite that being a National League year during 2010 and 2011, and even in early 2012 around Twins Fest time. *shrug* I just want to know its going to be here so I can feel less bad about keeping my season tickets going

"Pohlads want #TargetField to be first class forever. They're already taking bids for a number of improvements next season." https://twitter.com/SidHartman/status/215585055341412355 This Tweet under Sid's name is the only place I've heard about this - anyone have any additional info on what they are planning for Target Field? 2011 was a big deal with the Twins Tower, 2nd Scoreboard, Tree Trail of Tears, and a few heating lamps.

Whoever writes for Sid lately posted this: http://www.startribune.com/sports/twins/164679806.html?refer=y "The decision isn't final, according to Twins officials, but odds are strong that KTWN, the FM radio station the Pohlad family bought for $28 million in 2007 and has been trying to sell, will carry Twins broadcasts next year and beyond. The word at Hubbard Broadcasting, owner of KSTP, is that it is unlikely 1500-AM will carry Twins broadcasts beyond this season." I thought that was interesting since in 2010 I thought they had locked that up for 6 or 7 years, but doing some googling it looks like it was only 2. http://www.minnpost.com/braublog/2010/08/1500-espn-retains-twins-broadcast-rights-through-2012 http://www.startribune.com/entertainment/tv/96263309.html?refer=y Any thoughts on what, if anything, that might change other than your dial and frequency? also... sure hope that 2014 All Star Game announcement is made soon

Choice comments from AJ on Blackie http://blogs.citypages.com/blotter/2012/08/aj_pierzynski_calls_nick_blackburn_a_piece_of_****_video.php

It stinks to see the trend of getting nothing for the players the team deals continue, but in the case with Liriano I don't think there was much more that could be done. And its amazingly bad timing that Pavano and especially Capps go down on the DL when they did. The stinkage continues as the thing I think everybody wants to feel (I know I do) is that the club is making moves to turn things around, even if its holding out hope on some solid A and AA prospects, but so far nothing has really happened since 99 losses outside of Willingham. Doumit and Carroll have been great too, but they are temporary fixes that play multiple positions. We need to have people locked down in their roles, and, obviously, get some pitching. Now the wait for possible waiver moves begins, but I wouldn't count on that too much - I think winter meetings is the next likely step for a possible move in the right direction. Thats a long time to wait for the chance of a hope that maybe 2014 wont be terrible. Tough times.

For what its worth, I heard Ryan on the radio a few weeks back talking specifically about the scouting process for Nishi, saying that when 'they' went back to the tapes, 'they' still see a guy that they want and feel confident about the offer that was made. For whatever reason that guy never made the trip across the ocean. Clearly it was a huge failure, but it was interesting to hear that comment.