coddlenomore

So where the heck is waldo? Everyone who considers themselves a true Twins fan knows who waldo is. He is the fan that has been to every twins game since 2004. He is the guy who sat out in center field at the dome and whore the whit helmet. He is the guy who got acknowledged every game by Torii Hunter and almost always had a ball thrown to him from Torii. His name Greg Dryden and he is almost done with his one year ban from target field. It happened after he caught Jim Thome's HR 596 (?). According to Twins security, he ran over some kid to get the Ball, (he swears he did not touch anyone and after watching the replay over and over, I cant see it!)l and even though he gave the ball to Thome ( in exchange for a signed none game used bat from Mr. Thome) he was giving a one year ban from Target field. Anyone who knows Greg will agree when I say this, I think he would have preferred a bullet in the head! I understand those who say Greg is a bit to obsessive about the twins. In 2010 he was at every game, but he was at every game outside the fence standing on the plaza! He could not afford tickets that year, yet he was at every game! He does go after those baseballs like it is his life (it is!), but I have seen Greg give away at least 100 baseballs to kids over the years. He collects anything he can get from the twins in an almost insane obsessive manner. But these things are his life and trust me, he will not sell damn near any of it because he cherishes these tokens from his heroes. I know that the Twins security can not stand Greg and I never could really understand why. For right or wrong, Greg has made the Twins his passion. If I were the Twins, I would embrace the easily most recognizable fan of them all. Greg will be back the 2nd game this season against the Angel's because that is when his ban ends. He will be on the plaza next to his bike with his back pack full of twins gear. He will be wearing a new white helmet because I hunted one down for him and gave it to him at Twins fest. It is the least I could do for a fan he cares more about my beloved Twins then anyone I know. So stop by and say welcome back Greg, because I have to be honest, it hasn't been the same with out him!

So where the heck is waldo? Everyone who considers themselves a true Twins fan knows who waldo is. He is the fan that has been to every twins game since 2004. He is the guy who sat out in center field at the dome and whore the whit helmet. He is the guy who got acknowledged every game by Torii Hunter and almost always had a ball thrown to him from Torii. His name Greg Dryden and he is almost done with his one year ban from target field. It happened after he caught Jim Thome's HR 596 (?). According to Twins security, he ran over some kid to get the Ball, (he swears he did not touch anyone and after watching the replay over and over, I cant see it!)l and even though he gave the ball to Thome ( in exchange for a signed none game used bat from Mr. Thome) he was giving a one year ban from Target field. Anyone who knows Greg will agree when I say this, I think he would have preferred a bullet in the head! I understand those who say Greg is a bit to obsessive about the twins. In 2010 he was at every game, but he was at every game outside the fence standing on the plaza! He could not afford tickets that year, yet he was at every game! He does go after those baseballs like it is his life (it is!), but I have seen Greg give away at least 100 baseballs to kids over the years. He collects anything he can get from the twins in an almost insane obsessive manner. But these things are his life and trust me, he will not sell damn near any of it because he cherishes these tokens from his heroes. I know that the Twins security can not stand Greg and I never could really understand why. For right or wrong, Greg has made the Twins his passion. If I were the Twins, I would embrace the easily most recognizable fan of them all. Greg will be back the 2nd game this season against the Angel's because that is when his ban ends. He will be on the plaza next to his bike with his back pack full of twins gear. He will be wearing a new white helmet because I hunted one down for him and gave it to him at Twins fest. It is the least I could do for a fan he cares more about my beloved Twins then anyone I know. So stop by and say welcome back Greg, because I have to be honest, it hasn't been the same with out him!

Fellow Twins fans, I can not understand how all of you and especially our ridiculously non-critical Minnesota media misses it, but can anyone see the five year plan the Pohlad crew has in store for you? Lets start by reminding everyone that both the Pohlad boys flat out admitted while pops was alive that they had no interest what so ever in operating or owning the Minnesota Twins......But then the money machine that runs the blood of the Pohlad's pointed out the cash cow that could be achieved if they were able to coax a new stadium out of us silly tax payers, they were instantly "huge" baseball fans. Now seeing there five year plan, i cant blame them! Its a simple plan really....and it goes like this. Convince the silly state that you live in that to compete and play on a level field in MLB you need the revenue that a new stadium will generate. Once said stadium is built, start counting the simply unbelievable amount of money you are making and KNOW that every stadium has a wonderful grace period where expectations are Nil and the stadium itself will draw people to empty there wallets to you. Next, fire the general manager who admittedly had a bad year but actually wanted to increase payroll to go out and upgrade the team and put a decent product on the Field. Next, rehire the media darling who refers to all media members by first name, as your GM and quickly announce you are cutting the payroll my 15 million and amazingly have no one criticize you at all! Then continue to cut payroll for the next three years all the while listen to Mr. Ryan say that payroll is no object (ya right....remember Luis Castillo and how Alexi was ready and it had nothing to do with money???) and that he will make moves that make sense...unless that increases payroll of course. Next cash in on that all-star game and finally have the Pohlad boys announce they are selling the team and watch them walk away with a half billion dollars in revenue! Only in Minnesota can this be done while nobody criticizes it.....Goodness people, this is your baseball team and this is the Pohlad plan for all of us! Enjoy!

Fellow Twins fans, I can not understand how all of you and especially our ridiculously non-critical Minnesota media misses it, but can anyone see the five year plan the Pohlad crew has in store for you? Lets start by reminding everyone that both the Pohlad boys flat out admitted while pops was alive that they had no interest what so ever in operating or owning the Minnesota Twins......But then the money machine that runs the blood of the Pohlad's pointed out the cash cow that could be achieved if they were able to coax a new stadium out of us silly tax payers, they were instantly "huge" baseball fans. Now seeing there five year plan, i cant blame them! Its a simple plan really....and it goes like this. Convince the silly state that you live in that to compete and play on a level field in MLB you need the revenue that a new stadium will generate. Once said stadium is built, start counting the simply unbelievable amount of money you are making and KNOW that every stadium has a wonderful grace period where expectations are Nil and the stadium itself will draw people to empty there wallets to you. Next, fire the general manager who admittedly had a bad year but actually wanted to increase payroll to go out and upgrade the team and put a decent product on the Field. Next, rehire the media darling who refers to all media members by first name, as your GM and quickly announce you are cutting the payroll my 15 million and amazingly have no one criticize you at all! Then continue to cut payroll for the next three years all the while listen to Mr. Ryan say that payroll is no object (ya right....remember Luis Castillo and how Alexi was ready and it had nothing to do with money???) and that he will make moves that make sense...unless that increases payroll of course. Next cash in on that all-star game and finally have the Pohlad boys announce they are selling the team and watch them walk away with a half billion dollars in revenue! Only in Minnesota can this be done while nobody criticizes it.....Goodness people, this is your baseball team and this is the Pohlad plan for all of us! Enjoy!

Fellow Twins fans, I can not understand how all of you and especially our ridiculously non-critical minnesota media misses it, but can anyone see the five year plan the Pohlad crew has in store for you? Lets start by reminding everyone that both the Pohlad boys flat out addmittied while pops was alive that they had no interest what so ever in opperating or owning the Minnesota Twins......But then the money machine that runs the blood of the Pohlad's pointed out the cash cow that could be achieved if they were able to coax a new stadium out of us slly tax payers, they were instantly "huge" baseball fans. Now seeeing there five year plan, i cant blame them! Its a simple plan really....and it goes like this. Convince the silly state that you live in that to compete and play on a level field in MLB you need the revenue that a new stadium will generate. Once said stadium is built, start counting the simply unbeliveable amount of money you are making and KNOW that every stadium has a wonderfull grace period where expectations are nill and the stadium itself will draw people to empty there wallets to you. Next, fire the general manager who addmittingly had a bad year but actually wanted to increase payroll to go out and upgrade the team and put a decent product on the fiield. Next, rehire the medai darling who refers to all media memebers by first name, as your GM and quickly announce you are

Fellow Twins fans, I can not understand how all of you and especially our ridiculously non-critical minnesota media misses it, but can anyone see the five year plan the Pohlad crew has in store for you? Lets start by reminding everyone that both the Pohlad boys flat out addmittied while pops was alive that they had no interest what so ever in opperating or owning the Minnesota Twins......But then the money machine that runs the blood of the Pohlad's pointed out the cash cow that could be achieved if they were able to coax a new stadium out of us slly tax payers, they were instantly "huge" baseball fans. Now seeeing there five year plan, i cant blame them! Its a simple plan really....and it goes like this. Convince the silly state that you live in that to compete and play on a level field in MLB you need the revenue that a new stadium will generate. Once said stadium is built, start counting the simply unbeliveable amount of money you are making and KNOW that every stadium has a wonderfull grace period where expectations are nill and the stadium itself will draw people to empty there wallets to you. Next, fire the general manager who addmittingly had a bad year but actually wanted to increase payroll to go out and upgrade the team and put a decent product on the fiield. Next, rehire the medai darling who refers to all media memebers by first name, as your GM and quickly announce you are