myjah

My boyfriend actually told me I should write a "Twins should sign Manny Machado" post earlier tonight as a joke... :/

I'm not surprised MLB made this decision, given the length of time since the incident and lack of evidence that could provide them an objective justification for a suspension. I still believe the accuser, but I'm not surprised at the outcome. It's... whatever. What makes me more mad is people thinking this exonerates Miguel Sano somehow, or that this proves the accuser lied. It does not at all.

myjah here from Twinkie Town... just going to say I struggle with this exact problem myself over at TT. The biggest problem is just that, frankly, there aren't a whole lot of great, prolific writers who want to keep writing for little to nothing into perpetuity. I end up spending an immense amount of time trying to help my writers (which, honestly, is something I have a lot of experience in and LOVE doing), but I only have so much time in my life. I wish I could do this as my full time job, but instead I get paid pennies on the hour to write the majority of articles, train all of the writers, edit all the posts, help come up with ideas and direction, maximize the SEO, talk to management at VOX (because I also have people above me to answer to in all this, yikes), try to recruit new writers, read and promote FanPosts, respond to inquiries, moderate a lot of the posts, etc. etc. in the little free time I have. I have a handful of writers I absolute cherish, but as far as management... no one wants to take on that responsibility for like the measly $20 a month I can offer, and I don't blame them. So I have to do it myself, and there are lots of areas I'm lacking. I know not everyone here is a fan of TT either, which is perfectly fine and expected. Our site and community is a little different than here, with some overlap. I purposefully try to make it more humorous, as it's always been sort of the Twinkie Town brand (and to whoever said it before: I didn't get to name the site and don't have a choice in re-naming it, so, welp). I guess my main point is -- there is no silver arrow to this stuff. It's really, really, really hard to find good, willing writers who want to help build your site and wait for the payout. It's really, really, really hard to give the consistent feedback required to help grow good writers. I think Twins Daily has been doing great, personally, most likely better than me. Don't be so hard on yourself, John!

As others have pointed out, Johan Santana lacks the signature post-season moments that make Koufax and Puckett so memorable. I wouldn't mind if Johan made the HOF, and as much as I love him, I don't think he'll be elected.

Some observations: I read a rumor somewhere (can't remember exactly where) that Ohtani would actually prefer to be the only Japanese star on his team. That stuck out to me because it seems to go against common assumptions.The Yankees have less flexibility at DH than the Twins, so I think that is one area where the Twins have the upper hand over the Yankees (and it seems like a particularly important thing to Ohtani).

I need the hrbek beer glass

It bugs me to no end that Alexi hardly ever gets playing time. He's improved a lot from what I've seen from him. He's better than Dozier, who will most likely never grow beyond a sub-average major league shortstop, yet they sit Dozier out there everyday...