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spoiler alert: He didn't. Every few months we come across him going nuts on the Twins Facebook page.

yeah BYtO was on the way out, but that was because we were all too busy (let's be honest, lazy) to create any sort of real "content" for the site. It was a great forum though I do think forums like this are a great thing though, Twitter is a complete cesspool of humanity, why anyone would try to seriously discuss sports on it blows my mind! It's nothing but trolls and nasty folks as far as the eye can see. FB is a little better, still not ideal though.

Hmmm who?

Yeah the interviews were awesome. Also Glen was(and remains) the man: @glenperkins/status/216374422330806272

Would have kept Stat around for sure.

I like to call them #alternativefacts

Add Lambo to the list. Jew is on life support, I see him pop up in T Pups chat from time to time, just not the same though....

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My favorite Bit was that after itstimetomeltdownandkickbabies got banned (or quit?) he came back as justanotherfan, us mods knew it instantly and basically told everyone else via PM. We let him do his bit for a few weeks about he was some lawyer from Maine, eventually of course he had another meltdown. Also LoL to him contacting the Twins about copyright infringement

I would honor this momentous occasion with an act of Rocketpigging, but then I realized that London has some pretty strict obscenity laws...

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File this under "meh" I don't understand why Santana remains on the 40 man roster at this point though. This guy is a better replacement IMO. Still think they messed up by DFA Park though. If Light was gonna be let go anyways, why not just let Light go last week and DannyS today?

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What prospects do we actually have that could be "blocked" in 2017? Berrios is the only SP that could be "blocked" IMO Kepler/Buxton have already gotten starting gigs. Who could potentially be blocked? Park or Vargas? Rosario? Duffey? 4 guys who have been well below average players thus far in the majors?

Very well said. It's insane anyone is just "cool" with what this team has done, worst team in baseball and one of the worst teams in all of sports the las 6 years, the fact people want to continue to give these losers the benefit of the doubt when they literally make no impact moves to help 2017...but much more importantly 2018/2019 and beyond is insane. I said it a few times before, the Pohlads are very very lucky that they own a team in Minnesota which is just used to losing and doesn't care at this point, put them in a city that has a passionate/smart fan base and people wouldn't be showing up to the stadium to watch this 95 million dollar garbage at all! At some point the fans, media, etc need to demand for results better than "worst team in baseball" unfortunately that doesn't exist currently in Minnie. I'm sure Dave St Peter and co will try to play off the fact that they are raising tix again for a crap product by saying "Look at us! We just opened another 3 bars at Target Field!" I'm a diehard Twins fan/Wild fan and Vikes fan and a New York Islanders season ticket holder (don't even care for the Isles) but I can say without a doubt that even if I lived a few blocks from target field I wouldnt be a season ticket holder and would be hard pressed to goto more than 10 games a year with this current "team". Front office has been a joke for 6 years and have been a joke so far this year as well.

Yes Sano will give us better results at 3rd then Plouffe...but now we have a ton of question marks at DH. Park was a disaster, Vargas has a 103 career OPS+ Not good.

Ideally he can start out strong and the Twins can flip him, I just don't see it though, not with this current defense.

I'd keep Sano, Buxton and Berrios and I would look to trade anyone else in order to acquire high upside pitching. Would have to be blown away to trade Kepler Would do all I could to trade: Rosario, Santana, Santiago, Kintzler, Escobar etc If Hughes "comes back" he's traded as well, if Gibson starts off decent, he's on the block. If Perkins comes back healthy, as much as he is my favorite player he should be moved as well. This team is a couple years away, there is zero reason to keep anyone at this point that won't contribute it 2019 and later.

Ditto, but then again, why did we just waste a bunch of money and starts on Santiago? Who was terrible in Minnesota last year? It's like we continue this stupid cycle of over paying for mediocrity and being afraid of actually making a meaningful "splash"

When it comes to current pitching, IMO without a doubt the Twins are the worst team in baseball when talking from a talent standpoint.

I'm not sure how anyone can say the lineup will be fine. Sano and Dozier are the only two who have a very good chance to be above average at the dish. I was impressed with Kepler last year, but he only had a 98 OPS+, which is well below average for a corner OF. So those three I feel "ok" with The rest? Lots of question marks up and down the roster. I certainly don't think everyone knows it will be fine...

Yeah, this excuse of "FA won't sign with losing teams" is a falsehood. Good players sign with bad teams all the time! Padres and Mariners have been doing it for years