Comments on: Twins Trivia http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/12343 Minneapolis + St. Paul Sun, 22 Nov 2009 06:28:20 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Visitor http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/12343#comment-219104 Visitor Tue, 05 May 2009 09:56:02 +0000 #comment-219104 I want to be at the Dome when <a href=http://www.pc-urgent.com>Gomez</a> steals Home! I want to be at the Dome when Gomez steals Home!

]]> By: Final Answer http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/12343#comment-163026 Final Answer Fri, 09 May 2008 12:37:30 +0000 #comment-163026 Twins blow. Twins blow.

]]> By: Nagel http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/12343#comment-163002 Nagel Fri, 09 May 2008 03:24:06 +0000 #comment-163002 In defense of Bill Smith...He avoided paying Santana 137.5MIL over six years and got a player who hit for the cycle for the first time in nearly 22 years.<br /> In defense of Bill Smith…He avoided paying Santana 137.5MIL over six years and got a player who hit for the cycle for the first time in nearly 22 years.

]]> By: Ray's Soup. http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/12343#comment-162995 Ray's Soup. Fri, 09 May 2008 01:46:58 +0000 #comment-162995 Shouldn't someone alert Dave Golokhov @ Askmen.com?<br /> <br /> Yes, I'm still ticked about that "Top 10 Worst Franchises" drivel. Shouldn’t someone alert Dave Golokhov @ Askmen.com?

Yes, I’m still ticked about that “Top 10 Worst Franchises” drivel.

]]> By: kurtis http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/12343#comment-162877 kurtis Thu, 08 May 2008 16:21:28 +0000 #comment-162877 I don't go into sports with either a sense of entitlement or obligation. The local teams do not owe me anything, and I don't owe them anything. If they are entertaining, I watch. Last night was entertaining. I don’t go into sports with either a sense of entitlement or obligation. The local teams do not owe me anything, and I don’t owe them anything. If they are entertaining, I watch. Last night was entertaining.

]]> By: Lunch! http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/12343#comment-162870 Lunch! Thu, 08 May 2008 16:16:43 +0000 #comment-162870 I separate my support for the team from my disgust with the business aspects(pohlad you bastard). I grew up in a town without MLB, so I am probably pretty Pollyanna-like about it. But aside from not being able to hold onto Santana, I think management has been very effective at wringing talent out of marginal players and buying low and selling high on the trade market. For every washout free agent like sidney ponson, you get a nice cheap reclaimation project like Dennys Reyes. I separate my support for the team from my disgust with the business aspects(pohlad you bastard). I grew up in a town without MLB, so I am probably pretty Pollyanna-like about it. But aside from not being able to hold onto Santana, I think management has been very effective at wringing talent out of marginal players and buying low and selling high on the trade market. For every washout free agent like sidney ponson, you get a nice cheap reclaimation project like Dennys Reyes.

]]> By: kurtis http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/12343#comment-162861 kurtis Thu, 08 May 2008 16:06:00 +0000 #comment-162861 <em>As soon as we get a talented player, we trade them away or let them lapse into free agency. </em><br /> <br /> Have you noticed that Mauer and Morneau are still here? As soon as we get a talented player, we trade them away or let them lapse into free agency.

Have you noticed that Mauer and Morneau are still here?

]]> By: cdiggity http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/12343#comment-162847 cdiggity Thu, 08 May 2008 15:49:48 +0000 #comment-162847 Lunch!, the reason we aren't really excited about the twinkies as a whole is because of the actions of the management and ownership of the club more than the team itself. As soon as we get a talented player, we trade them away or let them lapse into free agency. Granted, we've had great luck and it's really fun to see a winning team of young guys, it's just really hard when you look so fondly back to the days where you could name the whole team without being a rabid fan, and there were a good chunk of guys that actually stayed with the team after they showed potential. You had the heroes, Puckett, Hrbek, Gladden, Aguilera on the mound....<br /> <br /> Beyond that, the doldrums of the mid-to-late 90s really killed baseball in Minnesota. Baseball in general is running into rough times with fans, and it's hard for a team that lost a major chunk of its fanbase to bring itself back into state identity in this climate.<br /> <br /> I'm sure the reasons are varied and one could write a very long research paper on the subject, but the fact is we used to really embrace the twins, now we don't. So even if they're winning, people really don't identify them as the "home team" anymore.<br /> <br /> Beyond that, it's fucking expensive to see a game. Sure, they'll have cheap seats promos once and a while, but it's insane how much a small-ass pop goes for, or a thing of popcorn. And in this new stadium, you can bet your ass that isn't going to change. Lunch!, the reason we aren’t really excited about the twinkies as a whole is because of the actions of the management and ownership of the club more than the team itself. As soon as we get a talented player, we trade them away or let them lapse into free agency. Granted, we’ve had great luck and it’s really fun to see a winning team of young guys, it’s just really hard when you look so fondly back to the days where you could name the whole team without being a rabid fan, and there were a good chunk of guys that actually stayed with the team after they showed potential. You had the heroes, Puckett, Hrbek, Gladden, Aguilera on the mound….

Beyond that, the doldrums of the mid-to-late 90s really killed baseball in Minnesota. Baseball in general is running into rough times with fans, and it’s hard for a team that lost a major chunk of its fanbase to bring itself back into state identity in this climate.

I’m sure the reasons are varied and one could write a very long research paper on the subject, but the fact is we used to really embrace the twins, now we don’t. So even if they’re winning, people really don’t identify them as the “home team” anymore.

Beyond that, it’s fucking expensive to see a game. Sure, they’ll have cheap seats promos once and a while, but it’s insane how much a small-ass pop goes for, or a thing of popcorn. And in this new stadium, you can bet your ass that isn’t going to change.

]]> By: norm http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/12343#comment-162813 norm Thu, 08 May 2008 15:17:29 +0000 #comment-162813 I want to be at the Dome when Gomez steals Home! I want to be at the Dome when Gomez steals Home!

]]> By: SpellsGood http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/12343#comment-162780 SpellsGood Thu, 08 May 2008 14:26:42 +0000 #comment-162780 Go-Go Gomez!<br /> <br /> *hums 'White Shadow' theme* Go-Go Gomez!

*hums ‘White Shadow’ theme*

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