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If you're watching the game, I'm unclear on why you would have to go to the app or radio to find out what happened regardless of who was saying what, unless you've truly never watched a baseball game and didn't know how the game is played (shoutout to those TwinsDaily.com fans from Burkina Faso). I understand those who may not care for this kind of commentary, and I totally understand that it's not going to be everybody's cup of tea, but some of the hyperbole here is silly.

Phrases like "the fan base won't tolerate it" and "[they risk] further alienating the fanbase" are laughable and really shouldn't be used when trying to suggest potential motivations for the current ownership group. In what world have the fans ever been a consideration? It's never been a basis for ownership activites, and it's borderline insulting to even suggest that it is at this point. We're all smarter than that.

I'm heading down to Fort Myers in a couple of weeks.... Does anybody know the name of the place where Balazovic got punched in the face last season? I know it was some place downtown, but I don't think I ever saw which place it was, It seems like a must-see for any lifelong Twins fan!

It feels like most are assuming that whatever comes from a new tv/streaming deal is going to be some kind of magical cure-all for the Twins payroll reduction, but even if Amazon/Diamond/Bally are the destination in the end, they've still got the Twins over a barrel because there are no other money generating alternatives, so it won't be anywhere near what they've paid in the past. Plus, at this point, the PR damage the Twins have caused is already done, so what's the motivation for backing off the payroll reduction now? It feels like the free agency ship has sailed for this offseason. But 2025 with another new tv/streaming contract along with half of the league included plus Wheeler, Burnes, Fried, Bieber, etc. available? Go get 'em.

I would've bet the farm that he was 74 years old. Surprised to learn he's only 23.

Good call on the monthly standing room tix. I hadn't considered that.

We've gone down to KC maybe 10-12 times and usually stayed in the Country Club Plaza area, although we stayed downtown a couple blocks from the Power Light district last year which was a nice change of pace. There's a free light rail thingy that runs between KC Live! and the City Market neighborhood - both are spots worth checking out. Sneaky good KC BBQ recommendation that nobody ever mentions when talking KC: Char Bar.

If you're going to do that, why not just re-sign Sano instead to at least get the same player with a right handed bat? I'm not suggesting that either, but honestly... What are we doin' here?

You've pushed an image of Bonnes in a short sparkly dress into my mind. Why would you do that?

Ditto... Except 8:09.

After giving the definition of insanity, two paragraphs later we see: "What would make absolutely zero sense though, is to cut bait over the winter after hanging on through what the Twins did." Then Ted says we shouldn't base decisions off of 13 appearances, after the preceding blog uses those exact 13 appearances as justification for potentially keeping him around. I mean, what what are we doing here? This a crazy blog, man. Wacky. Keeping Pagan around would simply be a move to placate the Falvine ego, not acknowledge another bad bullpen acquisition, and move on from it. The definition of insanity.

I’m also down here in the Fort at what was supposed to be a ball trip, Went to the Gopher game yesterday. Saw Rocco and his big floppy hat being chatted up by a rando outside the team store. Saw Mike Hermann wandering the concourse. That was the extent of our celebrity sightings. No activity anywhere else in the complex.

Hard to call a stadium that's a Soler HR (does he still hit those?) away from a major interstate "the middle of nowhere", but if the point is that it's surrounded by acres of parking lots, then point taken. In that same vein, since you ended up Ubering to the park, this omission is understandable, but for those actually driving to the park, because of the acres of parking, the tailgating experience there is another part of the environment that's great and something we just can't really replicate here for really any sports since the Met was turned to gravel, with the possible exception of Gopher football, but even that can't be replicated. They're good fans down there, and with the Twins fans mixed in, it turns into a "community" feel quickly. #SharedBeer

This. Trevor's trying to get a foot in the media door doing work with Stadium, and he's been pretty good. The Winter Meltdown built on that. He might be a good combo of Morneau analysis and Blyleven personality.

If they even sniff at Grandal, the faith Falvine has earned since their arrival will start to erode. This implication that this would even be something to be considered this offseason given the price tag that he's sure to command with 4/5 of a rotation needing to be filled would be irresponsible at best and bordering on silliness.

Babytown Frolics is the name of my favorite rockabilly band.

Just the opposite. It helps identify inefficiencies in the delivery and provides an opportunity to clean it up.

The Stage 8 fella needs to immediately ban this guy for heresy. #Stage12ForLyfe

Snowshoes. The correct fix is snowshoes.

I don't know if I'd say this "great" news... Or bad news. It's just news. I still feel incredibly itchy and uncomfortable with the whole situation.

Uh, I was told that not only does TD fully endorse HRL Twin Cities, but that the league would have a feature story done and given primo placement on the front page of the site on Twins' opening day... gratis. I don't know where all of this noise is coming from.

Howdy. I'm looking for a wiffleball team. We are HRL Twin Cities, the largest adult wiffleball league in Minnesota, and this upcoming season will be season #12 for us (we're no fly-by-night organization here people). We have 16 teams (well, I'm here looking for #16), we play double headers on hockey rinks in Eagan and Hopkins on Thursday nights (possibly an occasional Monday), and our season runs from the first week in May through the weekend after Labor Day. We play a total of 36 regular season games, and you have an option to play up to 39 total by scheduling 3 extras on your own. Teams are made up of 5-7 people aged 21+ (city booze permits, ya know), with 6 being able to play in any one game (1 pitcher, 2 fielders, and all 6 can hit). Talent is not required - we run the gamut in that area. We have guys who never played past youth baseball on up to one former MLBer (if 4 appearances counts). We use the original yellow bats, original holes-on-one-side wiffle balls, pitch speed limit is (supposed to be) 60 MPH but the mound is 42', bases 45'. On our website, we keep pretty comprehensive stats for such a stupid game, but hey, the people love it. Here's a link to our 2012 "Lowlight Reel" to check out and get a taste of how we do it. It's a dumb kids game, and for the most part, we treat it as such. Click around on our YouTube channel a bit more, and you'll find more of our "intense" gameplay as well. So, there it is. The slot we're looking to fill is in EAGAN. There will be a couple of trips up to Hopkins for inter-league during the season, but this is an Eagan based team that we we're looking for. So, if you can get a gaggle of your buddies together, we'd love to hear from you. E-mail us at hrltwincities@gmail.com, and we'd be happy to answer any questions and fill in more details.

Looks like butt. I think what's really getting me is that there's no number on the front. Makes it look like some kind of cheapo shirsey.

I'm not buying it. I can't. I just can't.