Blake

In looking through the article, it doesn't seem to touch on the national fan base of teams. I live in CA and watch a lot of Twins games, via mlb.tv. Local reach may be somewhat stagnant but national reach has to be incredible for MLB.

Jorge Polanco. Team friendly contract. Retain Schoop and move him to Short.

What is best in life? Hearing the lamentations of Yankee fans...

Or, teams will off-shore some of the minor league teams. Think the DR wouldn't mind have a few minor league teams? How about S. Korea? Mexico?

The part in bold is key. It will be interesting to watch what happens next year. Hopefully, the team isn't fooled by short term success.

You think Maddon still has the time it's going to take to clear the Angel system of dead weight? Any chance they eat Pujol's contract? Maybe a couple of other guys like LuCroy? I have to think that eating a couple of contracts while playing guys making the minimum isn't going to hurt much from a salary standpoint.

You called that one.

Maybe we could get the guy who does the Phanatic. The Phanatic has some serious chops.

The ball is back to what it was? The Twins record has a chance of standing for many years? Cool.

Bounce back candidate? When did you start advocating for the return of Kyle Gibson? *I'll show myself out, thanks.

I have to believe that money, and wins, talks. A 101 win team has to be more attractive than a 70 win team.

As a wise sage once pointed out, "The Internet is Forever."

It was a fun year. And yes, the mods do a great job.

As I've posted elsewhere, FA pitching acquisitions need one thing on their resume: Good numbers against the Yankees. Jake Odorizzi falls into this category, believe it or not. Great season and I hope the FO looks at this season as something to build on.

Wile E. Coyote would be proud of that one.

Hey, in two years, the Twins have gone from a 90 loss season, to winning the division and making the playoffs. This wasn't a baby step, it was a huge step. Remains to be seen if the FO makes some moves to take the next even bigger step.

Doesn't make me like them any better, though.

Yo! And what a great game we witnessed against KC! I've got some excellent memories of the year, one of which I made my first trip to Target Field with most excellent company.

Missed it by that | | much.

Darn it.

It's still been a great season and there is a lot for this team to build on. Yeah, this series was bad but, realistically, the Twins really didn't have the pitching to compete. Hopefully, the pitching holes are filled in the off-season. I was at least hoping the Twins would make a better showing, but, as of right now, it isn't going to happen. Ah well.

"Let's eat, Grandpa!" "Let's eat Grandpa!"

Just keep it close, all the Twins need to do and it looks like it isn't going to happen. The Twins just have to give up a crooked number to the Yankees.

And that's what made it so astounding the Twins swept the Orioles this year.