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  1. Vanimal46
    Yep, it is. Rob Manfred can go pound sand.
  2. Vanimal46
    Who comes up with these click bait headlines? Buzzfeed is hiring.
  3. Vanimal46
    Yeah, Glen Taylor getting credit for anything is wild. He’s ran the organization into the ground for 20 years before striking gold with Anthony Edwards. Their multi-year ownership transition is something we’ve never seen in any sport before. Now that Taylor got cold feet because the team is finally great, it’ll never happen again.
  4. Vanimal46
    Yeah I figured it had more to do with their parents’ watching habits. Then once they head off to college it will be out of sight, out of mind for them too.
  5. Vanimal46
    Spot on. There is immense power in out of sight, out of mind. You’ve got insight that others don’t, coaching HS baseball. Do the kids even watch MLB games? Or just the highlights on Twitter or Tik Tok?
  6. Vanimal46
    The Twins have been killing their brand for more than 3 years. DSG pulled Bally Sports from popular cable alternatives like YouTube TV and Hulu TV in 2021. Those folks have new routines now, and watching the Twins isn’t a part of the routine anymore. The relationship with Bally Sports is only getting worse. Beyond the TV disaster, Dave St Peter continues to say tone deaf things every year. Placing the blame on fans not showing up to the ballpark as the reason for trading away players and reducing payroll. That’s not how this works in 2024. Not when there are other sports and entertainment options available in the area.
  7. Vanimal46
    Shameless plug. Join us in the “growing”, pun intended, gardening group in the Other thread category.
  8. Vanimal46
    My formative teenage years were in the golden age of Napster and Limewire so I’m not naive to the other options online. The thing is, I don’t want to do that on a consistent basis. For now I’m giving the Pohlads what they want - one less pair of eyes watching their content.
  9. Vanimal46
    Let the fun begin! - Roma, Cherokee Purple, and San Marzano tomatoes - Row of carrots - 3 rows of white onion - Green and Red Bell Peppers and Jalapeño - 2 romaine, rosemary, basil, and a half row of radishes for my dad
  10. Vanimal46
    Starting to sell assets in early May is peak Marlins behavior. They just can’t get out of their own way no matter who owns the team.
  11. Vanimal46
    Wouldn’t surprise me if that was and still is the plan. MLB just can’t take on the debt Diamond Sports Group has on their books, so MLB is waiting for them to finalize bankruptcy. Amazon coming in to bail out DSG this winter delayed the inevitable.
  12. Vanimal46
    I’m getting excited to plant! We’ve had a lot of rain recently but the weather is supposed to be great on Sunday. I’m planning on at least tilling the ground and taking out as many thistle weeds as I can. Those buggers are sprouting like crazy at the moment. I’m thinking I’ll do another Cherokee Purple heirloom tomato plant, beefsteak tomato plant (I want a lot more salsa this season), 2 rows of white onion, jalapeno pepper plant, bell pepper plant, and a few rows that will change over the season (romaine, radishes, peas) What’s on your planting list this year? @Mike Sixel @davidborton @RpR @gunnarthor
  13. Vanimal46
    The game threads of the glory years rarely discussed the game going on. Maybe 20% of the posts were actually about things happening on the field. I bowed out after my blindfolded meme yesterday because until further notice, I can’t make any comments about what’s happening on the field. I miss the old game threads too. I wrote tons of openers just like RB and tried my best to make the atmosphere fun no matter what was happening on the field. I’ve accepted long ago those days are over.
  14. Vanimal46
    Agreed. This is not going to look good for their next TV/streaming negotiation this winter. Years of mishaps have gotten us to this point today… The Twins have been out of sight, out of mind for cord cutters the last 3 years. Watching the Twins is no longer in their routine. No one besides an RSN is jumping at the opportunity to broadcast 150+ games. Why would an OTA channel spend that kind of money for the broadcast when they can get the same size audience watching a cheaply produced reality show or re-runs of King of Queens? MLB has a big problem on their hands. The pin is inches away from touching the bubble.
  15. Vanimal46
    Concur on all fronts. When I first started on TD nearly a decade ago now all of our news were broken by regular folks like us. And forum topics brewed over time when more information came along. Times have changed now… You might be 29 still, but I’m going to be 34 next week! As much as I enjoy that type of stuff, the forums are mostly dead besides game threads. Because we have over a dozen article writers who will cover it way more than we will in a short amount of time. This site has been cyclical over the years. I’m likely not going to be a guy who posts as much as I did 7-9 years ago. I’m happy to see it grow as much as it has!
  16. Vanimal46
    Dollar for dollar, of course the bloated cable contract is going to be more than what they would have made primarily streaming. But there is no more growth to be had with the old model. People like me in their 30s and 40s aren’t going to go back to cable, ever. I wouldn’t have Comcast today if it wasn’t included in my association fees. The only time I use it is for Bally Sports and the occasional National TV NBA/NHL playoff game. If MLB can’t figure out how to navigate past the old model, the league is doomed.
  17. Vanimal46
    Minnesota residents watching this game today. Thanks MLB!
  18. Vanimal46
    Agreed. MLB would likely get the most bang for their buck making MLB.tv their exclusive platform for TV broadcasts and forgo negotiations with the 300,000 other streaming services. All of this is a mess right now. If the music industry can figure out the transition from physical CDs to streaming, so can sports media.
  19. Vanimal46
    That’s what I’m wondering. Whoever was responsible on the Twins side knew this was a possibility, perhaps a high likelihood of happening. And they took the short term cash anyway. Someone in the C level at 1 Twins Way doesn’t have a forward thinking mindset.
  20. Vanimal46
    Half of the owners in baseball don’t care to put a WS contending team on the field. They want to be profitable, try to get a new stadium fully paid for by tax payers, and watch their franchise valuation skyrocket year over year.
  21. Vanimal46
    I’m no lawyer, but now that the distribution of Bally Sports is cut by, let’s say conservatively 30%, wouldn’t Diamond Sports Group breach the contract so the Twins can opt out? Then again, the Pohlads/DSP knew this was likely to happen and still took the short term cash for 1 year… All of this is a mess. In the year 2024, we shouldn’t have to be pirating streams of our local sports teams.
  22. Vanimal46
    I’m fascinated to know what percentage of in-market fans actually have a service to watch Bally Sports now? Comcast customers (me included) have to make up a pretty size-able percentage. My cable box is essentially worthless to me without Bally Sports this summer.
  23. Vanimal46
    12+ hours later and I’m still flabbergasted by the Penix selection. Atlanta clearly has no direction.
  24. Vanimal46
    Agreed. No hard feelings here. He wasn’t going to figure it out continuing to play for the Twins. He needed the wake up call sitting out all of 2023.
  25. Vanimal46
    Kwesi is COOKING! Love the pick of Turner. The rest of the draft is late round darts then I hope they go wild in UDFA.
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