Shaun in Chicago

That's strange-never had any issues watching live Twins games on the At Bat app. Did you ever contact support? As for this year I ponied up for MLB.TV premium again. Very much considered not getting it again or waiting a few months since I am not convinced the Twins will be much better this season. But I enjoy baseball too much and am intrigued to see how the boys do this season.

http://minnesota.twins.mlb.com/schedule/index.jsp?c_id=min#y=2013&m=4&calendar=DEFAULT Reunited with Ozzie in a home and home with the Marlins...

Butera would be a fairly cheap option for the rotation, right?

100% agree Thrylos. I don't understand why the Twins waste time with addressing injuries properly right away.

Out 6 months...get the feeling his Twins career is over.

Since Baker is going to be there, I don't think this is good news.

Twitter is a good source for getting lineup cards quickly.

I used a proxy a few times when the Twins were playing the White Sox (didn't want to listen to the Hawk during the broadcast). Kind of a pain to find a good enough proxy for the initial connection. But once you have the game loaded, you can turn off the proxy and stream without problem as long as you don't close the MLB Media Player.

If that happens, thankfully it won't be Bill Smith doing the trading. He would trade Morneau for some scrub like Koji Uehara.

I was thinking the same thing this morning Auggie about Hardy. They knew what they were getting when they traded for him so they should have know to work with Hardy's strengths than change them. Of course the trainers not being able to figure out how to keep Hardy on the field was another problem (which Hardy also addressed that O's figured out his wrist issue). Still, a new guy on the Twins is going to have a hard time not listening to someone like Carew-he commends respect. But as others have said, he was never a good hitting coach. Some players just can't teach their skills that well.

Great discussion guys and thanks for the Vavra quote!

My of us should be familiar with the story of David Ortiz. When Ortiz was a Twin, he was told to hit to all fields, since the Twins preach that philosophy. Of course, Ortiz goes to Boston where he is told to just swing the bat (i.e. pull the ball) and he morphs into Big Papi (with some PED help of course). Today I see this on Twitter from Jon Krawczynski: "Talked to O's SS JJ Hardy today. Gave same story Ortiz did after leaving Twins. O's told him not to mess around and pull the ball. 30 HRs" "Hardy said when he took 1st BP w/Twins, Carew told him to use whole field. 1st BP w/O's hit coach: "I want you to hit homers." " "Hardy didn't say one approach was better than the others, just said he tried to do what each coaching staff wanted." Anyone else slightly frustrated the Twins don't just let guys who can pull the ball well just do that? Not saying it would be the second coming of Ortiz but sometimes you have to just work with a guy's strength and just let him pull the ball or strike guys out!

I've been watching the Twins on MLB.TV now for 7 years. The quality is pretty good, depending on your ISP of course. I've been getting the premium version recently. Initially it was the only way to get the "HD" quality, but now it's main feature is having the ability to select the home or away feed. Plus this year the At Bat app is included free, which I use to listen to games when I can't watch or even throw it on my iPod Touch. Worth the money.