Squirrel

This is the sports bar, where a wide range of topics exist. There are plenty of places across the internet to post about gardening, too, yet you post about it here. At one time, several years back, we removed all political discussion from this forum because it got too rancorous and difficult to moderate. We had a ‘private club’ where we moved political talk to, but it went unused. Fairness in moderation … we DO remove all political posts in the Twins forums, from both sides; at least I do, when I see them. Usually they get reported. And some of those have been pointed, others not; it varies depending on the level of disrespect. People always perceive a bias when it’s their post(s) removed, yet they don’t realize what else we’ve removed and who else we’ve pointed. But some things will never be handled, by your perception, evenly, and that’s spelled out in the comments policy. Racism, misogyny, targeted language, to name a few. But you know all of this. As I said, I wanted to see if we could handle it again. If not, it will go away. But, if you don’t like it, just don’t click in.

If you don’t like something, move on. Part of the posting was an experiment to see if we could manage it again. Since we don’t have a private area any longer for political discussion and people have mostly been avoiding the name calling and disrespect, present company excepted, thought we’d give it a try. But as soon as anyone starts in with the name calling, it will get hidden. I always have hope people can be adults.

Let it wash all over us! Cleanse the scourge that has infiltrated!

I’d love a Brewers-White Sox series … not quite a subway series, but pretty close

Safari

For about the last month, every time I check the site on my phone, I’m logged out. It doesn’t happen on any other device I have. It’s an iphone 17, using Safari, latest version. Any ideas? Not a huge deal, but I’d rather not log in every single time … I check the site several times a day on my phone so it gets a little annoying.

Hope EmRod will be in the lineup!

Yeah, it’s a no frills nothing concrete stadium. It won’t win any awards for ambiance. But, if this matters, food and drink is better at the Sox field. Gotta make up for it a little bit, I guess. But no matter where you sit you have good sight lines. Not so at Wrigley. Fenway is a much better park than Wrigley, imo. I tell people to go to Wrigley at least once. It is an iconic place. But over all I think it lacks and I avoid it

How long ago was that? It’s not any more a rough area than Wrigley. More muggings happen in Wrigleyville around Cubs games because of all the bars. The crime in that neighborhood spikes quite a bit around games, otherwise it’s not so bad. It’s always been the perception that the Sox stadium was a in bad area of town, but it’s not anymore. Not since they’ve torn down the Robert Taylor Homes in the 90s. I’ve lived in Chicago more than 25 yrs and have gone to many games there by myself, on the L or ridden my bike. I’ve never once been bothered by anyone or felt unsafe. And I’m a female. If you were mugged in the parking lot there, it was more random and not because the area is bad. Sorry that happened to you and understand how that drives your perception of the neighborhood. But it’s not at all like it was back in the 70s, 80s and 90s, and during game time, no worse, and probably better, than Wrigleyville during games.

I’d still rather watch a game there than Wrigley. Way better sightlines for starters. It’s a nothing, concrete stadium, but I’d much rather see the whole field to partial view seats at Wrigley.

If someone uses the rumor function, or one of the staff writers post an article in the Twins Talk forum, usually after a poster has already started a thread, it can’t be merged. There’s one TD writer in particular who often posts articles well after a thread has become popular with lots of comments. Make of that what you will. I sometimes wish the writers wouldn’t post an article after a poster has gone to the trouble of getting a forum discussion going, but I don’t think limiting the writers is the answer, either. I will sometimes post a link in the article comments to the original forum thread, but that gets a little tedious.

I flew to Australia first … Ottawa to Toronto to LA to Sydney. Was long enough. Two weeks in Australia then flew to NZ, two weeks there, then home … Auckland to LA to Toronto to Ottawa. I arrived home a couple hours after I left. Or something like that.