Melissa

Thanks for this story and series, Ted, I appreciate it. But also, I will say that I resonate most with this line of Britt's from the interview: "I’d love to get to a point where I do an entire interview and my gender never comes up."

I hope that all of MLB will adopt the DH for the future. Or else they should eliminate it for both leagues.

So well deserved!

So fun to watch. The joy!!

Man, that 1999 show. I can't believe all those Twins greats came up as rookies that same season: Dougie M., Christian Guzman, Corey Koskie, Jacque Jones, Torii Hunter, Joe Mays ... Fun how these household names are interspersed with players and pitchers I don't even remember (after 21 years, to be fair).

Thanks, Lucas! Do have any comment on what you see in Thorpe's motion?

Sorry to see that, Mike. I'm working remotely myself, a couple of days a week, but I was already only a part-timer anyway. I agree with your take on how we really won't know much until the season schedule is released (if we have a season).

At least Burt got to stick his tongue out at National League batters for two seasons ...

I have a passion for outdoor baseball, and never felt comfortable in the Dome (even for the few football games I attended there). I grew up in Milwaukee and have very fond memories from my childhood of games at County Stadium and the Braves (Henry Aaron, Warren Spahn, Eddie Matthews, Joe Alcock ...) until the team was carpet-bagged away to Atlanta when I was 12. Lost my team. My one trip to Wrigley field with my Grampa was when I was four years old, so the memory is quite vague. I lived in Boston from 1975-1984, arriving just in time for the '75 World Series, and for this girl without a team it was so easy to fall in love with the Red Sox. Fenway Park. Carleton Fisk, Jim Ed Rice, Fred Lynn, George 'Boomer' Scott, Carl Yaztzremski, Dwight 'Dewey' Evans. I got to see the rookie Roger Clemons pitch a couple of times just before I moved to Minnesota. Other outdoor parks where I've attended games include Oakland Coliseum (yech), Candlestick Park ('interesting,' in that Minnesota meaning). and Coors Field (can't get a decent beer there, at least not for a Milwaukee native). But starting in 1985 I became a die-hard Twins fan. I was SO pleased when the team was freed from the Dome to play on God's green grass. :-) Yes, I've shivered my way through some games, gotten burnt to a crisp sitting in the upper deck on sunny afternoons, but I wouldn't trade it for indoor baseball for the world. Yes, I'm a grumpy Boomer. So it goes ...

From this gal, the rankings would be (1) Max (2) Eddie (3) Sergio (4) Nellie

Thank you for this story! Maybe I'll venture down from the Twin Cities one summer day to catch a gannon Beloit.

Aerodeleria can correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe Japanese uses Chinese-based characters.

I like how there are no hitters in the AL Central better than #16 (excluding the Twins).

Well, I find it to be a very rich and enjoyable site. As said above, they sometimes offer half-price deals. Currently doing in-depth biographical stories on the top 100 baseball players of all time. Lots of good content in various sports, a few clunkers. I follow their writers on the Twins, Gopher basketball and football, baseball in general, Packers, 49s (my fiancée's team).

Just chiming in to say how much I enjoyed the quality writing on this post, Mr. Bonnes!

I gotta love it when two of my loves combine like this: baseball and Dylan.

Hard to ignore these data.

Hiring Rocco Baldelli was a savvy move by this FO, I would suggest!

Oh my heavens, watching those Pillar highlights .... wow.

I enjoyed the article, but in a way "the next" Arraez will by definition be a surprise, so super difficult to predict.

I enjoyed your article, Renabanena. Welcome to the Twins Daily front page! I like the idea of Bird as a minor league signing in case of need.

I watched several A's games on tv and was very impressed by Chapman. Excellent ability to snag hard-hit balls to his right and his left. Clutch hitting.

This is what I need to hear, too: “My best advice it to tell them you love them, regardless of what the next day may bring. And that the Twins should sign at least two starting pitchers so we can all sleep better. Maybe three.”

I think this observation from Matt's OP is quite insightful: "Sometimes we have to remember that player development is not linear and this is a very difficult sport where even just being slightly off in a small facet of your game can be the difference between being a star and being AAA fodder."

So good to see reflections by women on this thread. I played tennis and volleyball into my thirties and a bit in my forties. Some softball, too. Also, as a relative newcomer, it's been fun to see now that there are other women behind some of these cool usernames!