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  1. theBOMisthebomb
    "...the White Sox, who've already made themselves irrelevant with a truly pathetic opening month, and the Guardians, who are worth taking somewhat seriously despite also looking quite egregiously bad thus far." It's too early for statements like this. We are Minnesota and all the losing and choking in this town the last 30+ years has trained me to not even use terms line irrelevant and egregiously bad on May 1 when talking about the competition. This is Minnesota.
  2. theBOMisthebomb
    While I can certainly understand the frustration with technical issues and would ask for a credit or refund if I were in your situation, I have to wonder if there isn't room to gain some perspective. If you are that deeply engrossed in an April matchup between the Mariners and Cubs, possibly it's time to reevaluate priorities. I'm not trying to be judgmental, just making a suggestion. It's okay to miss an occasional play, or even miss an entire game.
  3. theBOMisthebomb
    MLB.com has their X-W/L at 12-8. BB Ref has their pythW-L% at .555 compared to actual of .524. I personally like the starting rotation and depth. The bats have been concerning so far.
  4. theBOMisthebomb
    Is CTA the plural version of CYA? That's hilarious, I've never seen that before.
  5. theBOMisthebomb
    Being a season ticket holder (flex pack), you get the Sweet Spot barcode scanned at the season ticket holder booth. Then, I asked for upgrades both times because the Twins said upgrades were available via email the week before the home opener. Both times the rep reached into a drawer and pulled out a stack of paper tickets, free upgrades. They gave me enough on Monday to cover my entire group even though I hadn't purchased all five of the tickets.
  6. theBOMisthebomb
    I'm not going to rant any longer against the Twins moving the opener to Friday. I do agree it essentially worked out for the most part. The Twins also ended the partnership with Budweiser for the Good Sport program. Pre- pandemic you could sign up before each game and get a free soda. They took away the free soda the past few seasons, though you could still win a bagful of Twins gear (which I did last season). The new scoreboard is awesome and amazing. The attendance has been a major downer when you take the weather into consideration. Only 14,316 on Sunday? It has lead to amazing upgrades from the season ticket holder booth for my friends and me. I was upgraded to right behind home plate, row 15 for both Saturday and Monday (I had $4 SRO tickets). My friend was given free suite access on Monday. As always, great work Melissa. You have your finger on the pulse of Target Field.
  7. theBOMisthebomb
    The nonexistent security lines were amazing for the home opener. I've stood in line for what felt like hours at previous home openers, so this was a definite upgrade to the fan experience. The scoreboard was rather impressive. I did notice about halfway through the game that a portion of the scoreboard wasn't working. I'm sitting in Target Field pregame Saturday and it appears fixed. As usual, the Twins have made upgrades to Target Field that really enhance the fan experience.
  8. theBOMisthebomb
    No, actually I was able to easily get Friday afternoon off and not unnecessarily use vacation on Thursday afternoon. I had to jump through a hoop to cancel parking for Thursday and purchase the same lot for Friday at the same price, so that was a wash except for the hassle. I know many that don't have the job flexibility that I do and would have been up a creek had they been in the same position.
  9. theBOMisthebomb
    You have no sympathy for a working person who had to burn vacation time for Thursday afternoon, most likely spent a minimum of $100+ on tickets and now cannot get Friday off and is now stuck all because the Twins moved the game for 10 degrees. Yet, you are going to play the feel sorry for me violins for (mostly) millionaires playing in cold weather?
  10. theBOMisthebomb
    I think this is a lame move that is a sad commentary on how soft our society has become on some topics. That being said, if it truly will be a much more pleasant weather experience in Friday over Thursday, I guess I'll take it. It would be hilarious if the weather gods flipped things and Friday turned out worse than Thursday. My weather app shows a high of 38 Thursday with 10 % chance of snow, high of 48 on Friday with 27 % chance of rain. I fortunately have some flexibility in my job so switching from Thursday to Friday is not an issue. I have friends and family where that kind of change most likely means they could not get Friday afternoon off on such short notice.
  11. theBOMisthebomb
    He seems like a super nice, great guy. His BB Ref page says: Full Name: Hyun Choi Conger Twitter: @PandaCrusher35 SUMMARY Career WAR 2.0 AB 1013 H 224 HR 31 BA .221 He played with the Angels and Houston, so with Trout, Pujols, and Altuve. It would be fun to get some stories from Hank.
  12. theBOMisthebomb
    No thank you, still a hard pass on Gallo. The one game I've seen him in a Twins uniform is one game too many. I do hope he hits 38+ home runs and I'm wrong with egg on my face.
  13. theBOMisthebomb
    Saturday and Sunday day games in the World Series with the pitch clock sound like a grand experiment worth it to me.
  14. theBOMisthebomb
    The same thing that gets me through every Minnesota winter at this stage of my life - faith that God will change the seasons and finally bless us with warm weather. Those blessings will come in His time and we must be patient.
  15. theBOMisthebomb
    Wouldn't it just be pleasant if Buxton played 100 games in center field and another 30-40 at DH for a few years straight so we don't need to have these types of discussions. Dare to dream.
  16. theBOMisthebomb
    I have heartburn now.
  17. theBOMisthebomb
    From the Strib article, it appears both are participating in baseball activities and there have been no setbacks. There could have been much worse news.
  18. theBOMisthebomb
    How does this work for you as far as good reasons for hand-wringing? https://www.mlb.com/news/jorge-polanco-knee-injury-update "FORT MYERS, Fla. -- Jorge Polanco might not be ready to start the regular season on time, Twins president of baseball operations Derek Falvey announced Sunday."
  19. theBOMisthebomb
    Correa just seems like a good teammate. From mentoring Miranda to promoting the new hitting coach, he seems to reach out and try to make the team better. Now, the guy isn't perfect or an angel with the trash can scandal always on his resume. Still, he appears to be a good clubhouse teammate.
  20. theBOMisthebomb
    Yes, it's the time of year for optimism. I agree the franchise needed a brand refresh and they did a good job of threading the needle between old school and new school. The playoffs are a reasonable goal for this club. I have 20 home games on my personal schedule and can't wait to spend the time at Target Field. Life is good.
  21. theBOMisthebomb
    I'm not sure where the narrative of 'Correa didn't get hot in 2022 until the Twins were out of it' started. Here's what my research says happened. If you have evidence to the contrary, please enlighten me. I believe it's reasonable that the Twins were still in the divisional race through the final game against Cleveland on September 19. The Guardians won 11-4 that day to move 7 games ahead of the Twins in the standings, effectively ending the Twins season. Correa went 2 for 3, ending the day with a .285 average and .829 OPS. His season ending line was a .291 average and .834 OPS. In the 15 remaining games after September 19, Correa had 1 HR, 4 doubles, and 6 RBI - not exactly padding those stats during garbage time as suggested. FYI, the Twins started that 5 game Cleveland series on September 16 behind Cleveland in the standings by 4 games, so I'm not sure how you could have counted the Twins out of the race before then.
  22. theBOMisthebomb
    Sadly, it's a familiar story for this organization.
  23. theBOMisthebomb
    No worries. Someone jumped my case at work yesterday about a simple error and my response was, "I'm not perfect". At least it can be said you are not living in the past.
  24. theBOMisthebomb
    Why 2024? What about 2023?
  25. theBOMisthebomb
    It's another example of how much time we became accustomed to watching baseball players simply waste. Get in there and play baseball, you aren't performing brain surgery.
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