Vanimal46

As a former Minnesotan now living in the south, they're wildly unprepared for any ice/snow in the forecast. No snow plows, salt, or any materials that we take for granted up north. Even if there's a threat of ice, schools are already cancelled, and most people are calling in to work that they won't be able to make it.

Unless there's a plan to trade Park or Vargas, I'd avoid adding more to the 1B/DH logjam. Rajai Davis, Tyson Ross (iffy because of TOS surgery), Jason Hammel, Chris Couglan, and Luis Valbuena are solid potentials. Wouldn't mind any of those on a 1 year contract.

Perfect, that's exactly what I was thinking! Thanks North!

So I have a Christmas gift question that's food related! My mom is big into making her own salad dressings, and I'm trying to find a nice looking salad dressing container/holder for her homemade dressings. Any idea on where to look for one of those?

Hitchhiker's thumb really freaks me out....

Thank you for all that you do, Moderators!

Who says Dozier has to move his family to LA or wherever he goes? What he's worth is the highest bidder of FA. Could be the Dodgers, could be whoever else in the league. Do you think the Twins are paying $18-20 million for multiple years when he's entering his age 32 season?

$10-12 million isn't going to do it. If he's as great as you say, he's an $18-20 million player.

In the 2nd half of 2015 he hit .210 with a .639 OPS... Then started out the first 2 months of 2016 hitting .202 with a .624 OPS. I would consider those numbers very bad. There are peaks and valleys in baseball production. Not too many players come to mind who are ice cold for months at a time.

What markets would you say do it better than Minneapolis? It's certainly not down here in Austin, TX.... Where they spew nothing but vomit inducing hot Texas football takes 365 days a year.

A Common Man rant about the Twins/Vikings is classic... My all-time favorite bits of his are the preposterous statement tournament, and Halloween costumes.... Especially after a bad Twins season, the Halloween costume bit is comedy gold. Much like you, I don't seek the 9 to noon program on KFAN. Too much sports sports sports... PAs life is just sports.

Each beat writer has their strengths and weaknesses for sure. Lavelle is great on the radio, as him and Barreiro have a good working relationship.. also, whenever Common Man gets him going that's pretty funny too. Berardino wasn't even on my radar until I came here to TD... But he seems to be at his best on Twitter breaking stories and overall staying on top of things. Russo is the complete package. Great on radio, Twitter, writing columns. We're pretty spoiled to have a beat writer as plugged in as him. Zero Vikings beat writers come to mind to be honest... But I don't really seek it when there's so many NFL hot takes out there.

Stupid Marlins... They had to go out and offer extraordinary money to multiple closers and ruin it for our Twins!

Ken Rosenthal tweets that CF Dexter Fowler signed a 5 year, $82.5 million contract with the St. Louis Cardinals... Also includes a full no-trade clause.

Great point Mike... It's time to get back to our ROOTS here at Whine Line.... We've gone so far off the rails that I can't remember what made this radio show good! So here's some HOT Twins takes of the day: - Falvey and Co slow-playing their activity to please the past regime? When the new guys were hired, we were all THRILLED to have 2 young, analytical minds join the team. Maybe they would make faster decisions, and get the team turned around quickly! Well, since they joined, there's been minimal moves to address the roster.... Could it be a request to work slowly by the guy formerly in charge?! Everyone, even beer vendors at sporting events, give the illusion that their job is harder than it really is..... Take it from me! Someone who drinks vodka and speaks into a microphone. If Falvey and Co. come in and starts making moves left and right, then the illusion is GONE! - Dave-Gate 2016: Everything associated with the Twins is losing money.... Jim Pohlad himself says that they'll be lucky to break even in 2017. Even our sacred Twins Daily is at risk... So Dave had a plan, you see? A plan to bring historic revenues to Twins Daily, and for the moderators to capture this treasure. Dave and the moderators came together to discuss a plan to bring everyone back to Twins Daily, and generate enough views on a forum to make them all rich! In order to bring credibility to the thread, he said a "source" confirmed that a Dozier trade was on the horizon. This was HUGE news! It brought everyone back to the site to refresh 1,000 times, and generate enormous amounts of money! We did some investigating of our own to determine who the mystery source was.... After tapping into Dave's phone, and reverse engineering the phone number of the source, we found who the culprit was... And that person, was ChiTown's DAD! So you see, it was all in good fun. We turned the thread into a December game thread, Dave and the moderators cashed in, and we all learned more about the Dodgers' farm system than we would ever care to know.

Today is National Pastry Day! I sure could go for an apple turnover right about now! Happy 100th birthday Kirk Douglas! That guy could certainly be on the Mount Rushmore of movie stars... What's your favorite Kirk Douglas flick? On this day in 1965, "A Charlie Brown Christmas" made its' debut on TV! The BIG executives at CBS were anticipating disaster for the movie.... No laugh track?! JAZZ music?! A depressed lead character?! Preposterous, this will never work they say..... Well, not only did it work, it's played on TV every year since then.

I'll be looking forward to following (channeling my inner Paul Harvey voice) The rest of the story... Also, whoever in the future decides your kitchen design is inferior will find a cool surprise in the ceiling just like you. That's pretty neat!

Same! Sadly the only 'buried treasure' in apartment life is when the last person forgets to change their forwarding address... Maybe that treasure is a 30% off Kohl's coupon!

The question is... What treasure are you going to store away for someone to find in 2086?

I like to think of Dave as a TD Santa Clause... Working his magic to bring us all together before the new year! Or maybe he's the TD Krampus! The guy who dangled a delicious Dozier trade rumor right in front of our salivating mouths, and yanked it away...

I would consider this offseason a huge success if both Erv and Dozier are traded. The Rangers and Blue Jays both showed interest in him at the July trade deadline. Can't imagine that has changed. There should be multiple teams to speak with about Erv.

I remember that one. We were on a 2 page per hour pace that day. Couldn't tell you what the topic was that day, but good times.

Me too.

Me too.

Concur. At the very least, you brought the gang back together before the holiday break! You're like the grandpa who announces that him and grandma are getting a "divorce" in order to get everyone back under one roof for Christmas.