How Did You Find Twins Daily?

[Seth Stohs]

So, as you've seen on social media and from Rena's How We Built It story, Twins Daily is celebrating our 10th Anniversary this weekend. 

Let us know what brought you to Twins Daily. Some came at the beginning after reading one of our original blogs. Some have joined since then. Just curious what brought you to Twins Daily, and maybe more important, what keeps you coming back to Twins Daily. We certainly want to provide content that readers will want to consume. 

1.) What brought you to Twins Daily?
2.) What keeps you at Twins Daily?
3.) And, if you like, what would you like to see more of at Twins Daily?

[scottyc35]

i've been reading since Day One. I was working at a library, and my job was literally "do whatever you have to do, just don't fall asleep at the desk!", so I stumbled across Twins Daily almost out of desperation! What keeps me here is the fact that this is hands-down THE best site dedicated to one team. You rock, Nick rocks, all the writers here are doing a great job! 

 

[scottyc35]

actually, scrolling thru the site today, I found Ted Schwerzler first. HE led me to Twins Daily. 

[chaderic20]

My original entry into Twins blogosphere was following Batgirl.  When she called it quits I ended up following Nick Nelson's blog, and shortly after that he and the others joined forces to create Twins Daily, so I followed him here. What keeps me here is both the depth of the coverage, especially into the minor leagues and prospects, and the breadth of views, from all the contributors and fellow readers.  Reading and seeing that broad range of view points helps provide a more complete picture of any topic.

[Rosterman]

Since the beginning, an offshoot of the Bonnes efforts, Gameday and Seth.

 

I keep coming, daily, because you find interesting ways to keep the baseball conversaion going, especially in the off-season (remember when the dailies did at least a baseball story once a week in the off-season).

 

Plus, never better than of late, with the lockout, limited player movement, spring training on-hold, no Twinsfest, No Caravans.

 

Plus opening it up to so many other spot bloggers!

 

Thanks for keeping it alive and going strong!

[Dman]

I was just starting to get more interested in prospect lists and had heard about Seth Speaks.  After searching I checked out Twins Daily lurked for a bit then joined in 2013.  I have been hooked ever since.

I like the site because collectively via articles and comments you gain so much information about  MLB players, team strategies, and prospects that you get to a point where you feel like you have a mind for being a mini GM.  I really like following the players and seeing how the team is built and what the outcomes are.  You can learn a lot about the other side of baseball on this site.

At any rate I am pretty addicted to the site although when life gets busy sometimes miss out on things but for the most part it is my go to site because the articles keep coming and I like what people have to say in the comments.

[roger]

Your friendship and having worked with John.

The information about the Twins you bring us daily is more than any of us could expect.  Twins Daily may be as important as the team itself in my being a fan of the Twins.  Thank you for the hard work you each have put into this and congrats on the success you have gotten, you've earned it.

[4twinsJA]

Just did google search for "Twins". Get on daily, due to great content. Love the prospect talk, offseason talk-trades, FA possibilities. Really enjoy prospect interviews. Keep up the great work.

[jctwins]

Am I the first to get in a BYTO reference? I'm only here because BYTO is gone. My bookmark reference remains to this day.

That place was the stuff of legends.

 

 

[Squirrel]

Also a BYTO alum, and came here when that site folded into this one. 

[Mike Sixel]

Pretty sure it was following Seth from his old place.......

[Seth Stohs]

48 minutes ago, roger said:

Your friendship and having worked with John.

The information about the Twins you bring us daily is more than any of us could expect.  Twins Daily may be as important as the team itself in my being a fan of the Twins.  Thank you for the hard work you each have put into this and congrats on the success you have gotten, you've earned it.

Roger, I miss when I lived down there and we would do lunch from time to time!! Hope you are doing well. Feel like I've known you most of my 18+ years of blogging! 

[wsnydes]

I don't have any idea how I found this site, but I'm definitely glad that I did!

What keeps me around is the good discussion, commentary and variety of contributor content.  Whether it be the writers or the commenters, there's always good information to be found here.  It's a pretty good community to belong to.

[DocBauer]

So to basically recap what I said in the front page OP, I was reading you, Seth, and John and Aaron and various links introduced me to everyone else. It was a natural progression to follow you all here when TD was created.

I keep coming back because it is the single best reference location for Twins and Twins milb notes. And it's just a tremendous community of fans.

What would I like to more of at Twins Daily? You mean, besides more stories about games won? Lol I really can't think of much of anything. It's already the best site available!

 

[Squirrel]

14 minutes ago, wsnydes said:

I don't have any idea how I found this site, but I'm definitely glad that I did!

Scotch-drunk googling pays off?  

[Richie the Rally Goat]

1 hour ago, Seth Stohs said:

So, as you've seen on social media and from Rena's How We Built It story, Twins Daily is celebrating our 10th Anniversary this weekend. 

Let us know what brought you to Twins Daily. Some came at the beginning after reading one of our original blogs. Some have joined since then. Just curious what brought you to Twins Daily, and maybe more important, what keeps you coming back to Twins Daily. We certainly want to provide content that readers will want to consume. 

1.) What brought you to Twins Daily?
2.) What keeps you at Twins Daily?
3.) And, if you like, what would you like to see more of at Twins Daily?

1) you did, Seth. I followed Seth Speaks to the Strib, to TD. I lurked for about a year and created a login in 2013.

2) the community of posters. I love the endless debate.

3) love the multi-media (video, audio and written). Great to get the formats convenient in several ways

[Squirrel]

3 hours ago, Seth Stohs said:

3.) And, if you like, what would you like to see more of at Twins Daily?

More interested debate participants ... not just interested, but, 'Yes, sign me up!' participants. (PM me ... we'll talk.)

We seem to get people who all want to debate the same side, so, I guess ... more divergent debate participants!  

[wsnydes]

34 minutes ago, Squirrel said:

Scotch-drunk googling pays off?  

I'd argue the point, but you could be correct!

[cHawk]

1) I read Front Page content here for about a year before I registered. I thought the content was really good and I wanted to start commenting on the forums.

2) What keeps me here is forums and the community. I don’t do as many blogs, but they also play a role. I enjoy creating forum topics about the Twins on this site, mainly because I love the Twins.

3) I’m not sure what exactly should be added in terms of new features. I always love new stuff, so some new toys to play with when creating forum topics would be nice.

[bdodge22]

I was looking for more coverage of the twins online and found some of Nick's articles and really enjoyed his writing and point of view. Led me to Twins Daily, (10 years ago?), where the depth of coverage is better than anywhere else. Love the minors/prospect/development/roster construction conversations. I'm a die hard twins fan but you need more than just the major league team to stay engaged when its a down year which most of the 2010's were....

Thanks from all the Twins Daily users!

[Connor Gould]

I googled top Twins prospects to find the MLB.com list and a Twins Daily list had just dropped and was the top result and I was excited to find new prospect lists. Then I read some other articles and liked it, so I lurked for awhile before making an account that I rarely actually use.

[Unwinder]

In 2019 I heard the Twins were good and googled "Minnesota Twins blog." SEO still matters!

[lecroy24fan]

Like a few others I followed Seth, John, Aaron, Nick and others on the interweb and was here on day one.This is the best place to talk Twins.

[Brandon]

It all started I think in 2002.  I don't live in Minnesota and when I visited my sister, my brother in law showed me a Minnesota sports site where I could get info.  I forgot what site that was (1500 espn it turns out) but I went on google and found Twinsgeek.  It was his second season of blogging.  I left his site several times to go back to google to keep looking for the other site and finally gave up and read a few of his articles.  I was hooked.  I actually went back and read all of season 1 articles too. He only released articles every few days So I needed something to read in between articles being published.  I think it was 2003 or 2004 when I started seeing others start up blogging.  There was also the time where John was featured in the Star Tribune.  when others popped up I started following a few others.  Seth Stohs, Nelson and Nelson, Aaron Gleeman, There was another and Batgirl.  Those were my staples and I stayed with them.  I also went on 2 different forums Dickie Thon and i forgot the other I think it was BYO something and Tail Off.  I think that was Brock's thing so he can correct that.  But I have been here since the beginning.  

 

[theBOMisthebomb]

In 2015, I decided I wanted to rekindle my love of the sport of baseball. I  breathed Twins baseball growing up in the 1980s. As life started to wear me down during adulthood due to a failed relationship in the 1990s and early 2000s that left time for very little other than fighting and definitely no time for sports, I moved further away from the sport. The mid to late Gardy years really alienated and frustrated me. When Molitor came along in 2015, I decided to start buying tickets again instead of just a game or two per year and picked up a partial season ticket plan. I decided I needed to learn the modern stats and started scouring the internet and found Twins Daily. 

[tony&rodney]

Growing up I followed baseball via newspapers, radio, Sports Illustrated, and The Sporting News. In the early 1980s (1983) I subscribed to Baseball America but after moving overseas my reading took a little hiatus. The internet revived my addiction and I supported a friend's Philly blog, writing Twins articles for his site. Back in Minnesota in 2000, I began discovering a bunch of interesting writers that I enjoyed. I chuckled at Gleeman's site with the counter and his stories of living in his mom's basement (Highland Park?). Bat Girl was hilarious, but Twins Geek was the perfect name and the links between all of these sure provided plenty of good stories and Twins coverage. I appreciated the work all of those individuals then and their unselfish collaboration that resulted in Twins Daily has provided Twins fans globally with an excellent source for news, analysis, and conversation. Community is what TD has created and young new contributors bring solid energy (Mahlke from St. Johns), while talent like Nash, Cody, Ted, and others meld well with Nick, Seth, Brock, Parker, and the original gang. Twins Daily - congratulations on 10 years, it is quite an accomplishment. Thank you.

Edited February 18, 2022 by tony&rodney
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[Richie the Rally Goat]

4 hours ago, Connor Gould said:

I googled top Twins prospects to find the MLB.com list and a Twins Daily list had just dropped and was the top result and I was excited to find new prospect lists. Then I read some other articles and liked it, so I lurked for awhile before making an account that I rarely actually use.

You should use it more

[Nine of twelve]

1. After a couple years of encouragement from a sibling to become a member I did so and have stayed ever since.

2. The forums. When I am able to actually sit and watch games I enjoy the game threads. That is especially the case either when there is witty repartee or when Chief shares his jokes. I should probably spend more time looking at other things, especially the blogs.

3. Nothing noteworthy comes to mind.

[tarheeltwinsfan]

I don't think I found TD. TD found me. We were made for each other.

[USAFChief]

Another BYTO refugee, washed up here when that commie Beauchamp closed that place down.