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Eliminate the regular season. All 30 teams qualify for the playoffs Round 1 is a 162 game round-robin weighted towards league and divisional match-ups. At the end of Round 1, the team with the most wins in each league advances to Round 2 Round 2 is a best of seven series

No one would have provided more length in the bullpen than Loek van Mil, may he rest in peace.

It would be difficult economically. There would have to be a lower scale for player salaries and broadcast contracts. The municipalities that are trying to pay off stadium debt might have some issues as well since they draw from ticket taxes, taxes on concessions, hotel rooms, etc. Also, the neighboring businesses, bars and restaurants dependent on stadium traffic would suffer.

Just for the record, I heard that Property Brothers Drew and Jonathan Scott are none too pleased with the way Minnie and Paul characterize twins as egg-shaped persons with exaggerated torsos and spindly little legs.

Perhaps Twins minor leaguer Akil Badoo can be an early adopter - then you can go from Bombas to bamboo to Badoo.

Having the most effective pitchers pitch in the highest-leverage situations should be the design of the bullpen, not holding your lights-out guy in reserve to finish off a 2 or 3-run lead in the 9th inning.

Whenever the next meaningful Major League baseball is played, the ball is likely to be more juiced as the MLB 'braintrust' responds to the current situation with the ol' reliable "more home runs are a magic cure" ploy.

I think a better test of survival skills would be if they could find decent toilet paper anywhere.

On May 12th 1978, Twins third baseman Mike Cubbage, annoyed that his recovery from his latest batting slump was going to get interrupted by an inevitable rain-out, remarked to Bob Fowler of the Minneapolis Star while dabbing at raindrops on his tinted aviator glasses, "That weather guy at Channel 4 is going to get fired one of these days!"

One pitcher is worth 1000 words.

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Actually Out Of The Park (OOTP) baseball is a very detailed and immersive PC sim that's been out for years and upgrades their product each season. They have complete MLB and Minor league rosters down to short season leagues - plus full customization, league building, historic replays, exporting of data, online leagues, etc. MLB the Show is truly fantastic - but is a console experience while OOTP goes into much more depth. Two very different kinds of experiences. I recommend both.

The regional Twins games broadcast on TV in my teen years were heavy on Dave Goltz pitching in his road blues so seeing him in Dodger white on national TV was as if he had ascended to a higher realm.

Wrigley Field in Los Angeles was 340 to LF with a 14.5 foot wall so wasn't a gimme for for right-handers. If you quantum lept 1959-era Mays and Killebrew to Camden Yards, gave them Sammy Sosa Home Run Derby bats and threw them Rob Manfred atomic baseballs they'd fare a little better.

The Great American Novel by Philip Roth chronicles the demise and cover-up of America's third major league, the Patriot League, and the particular travails of the 1943 Ruppert Mundys who played the entire season on the road after their owners rented Mundy Stadium to the US Government. I enjoy the hyper-detailed picture Roth paints of the era, the colorful characters populating the league and, of course, Roth's sense of humor. I re-read this book every spring as a prelude to baseball.

With pronounced IF shifts and 4-outfielder alignments, 3B requires more range. While Sano may be the size of a Range Rover he's not a range rover.

The second choice was the Patriot 107.5 so this is still acceptable.

Odd coincidence. When the Teflon roof of the Metrodome was sealed up, large quantities of pigeons were trapped inside. The Metropolitan Sports Commission hired a company to "deal with the issue." Shortly thereafter, Dome Dogs first appeared.

Fortunately Graterol should be ready to step up soon if Berrios falls off.

I keep waiting for a photon of hope to escape baseball's accelerating death spiral into the black hole of absurdity and irrelevance.

Kenta Maeda has only 33 quality starts out of 103 total starts over four seasons - a 32% rate. (The MLB average is 42%.) Maeda's W-L record in games started is 42-32 with 20 of the 42 being "Cheap wins" (A non-quality start) while only 4 of his losses were "Tough" losses. (Quality starts) Seems like Vance Worley logic being applied here. Certainly not worth giving up Graterol.

Interesting fact: Duran throws a "Splinker" as his fourth pitch, according to Baseball America. Twins' Jhoan Duran Uses 'Splinker' To Flummox Hitters

What best describes the Twins organizational intent for 2020? Glory! All in for a World Series run.Optimization. Win the most games possible while maintaining a bottom line return on investment. Keeping Up Appearances. Generate the greatest possible profit while remaining competitive enough to avoid alienating the fan base.Rebuilding. Regress while stripping away veteran salaries and developing young players at the MLB level.Other - please specifyWhat should the Twins intent be? Under what circumstances should teams go all-in? Has going all-in become more of a trade deadline strategy than an off-season strategy?

Depends which baseball MLB decides to use next year - the Mitch Garver 30 HR ball or the Mitch Garver 12 HR ball.

It's a toss-up between Minnie and Paul.