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RE: General Twins Talk - 6/19/2026 9:49:49 AM

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In those last couple of seasons he was our neighbor in Bloomington. He and his family rented a house two doors down from us and, I have to say, this was a very middle, middle-class neighborhood. The only fanciness was a house at the end of the block that added a pool (we thought they must be super rich).

Al Worthington was just your average neighbor, putting a slip 'n slide in his backyard for his kids, mowing his lawn in ratty shorts and t-shirts... He was patient when we kids would knock on his door asking for an autograph, but in every other way he was just a guy. If my memory is correct, they were there until he retired.

I believe you. This would be tough to make up.

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RE: General Twins Talk - 6/19/2026 9:52:00 AM

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Well, considering I make my living writing fiction - it wouldn't be remotely tough for me to make up. But why would I? That would be weird.

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RE: General Twins Talk - 6/19/2026 9:57:37 AM

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When I was a teenager, I was at a game at the Metrodome with my cousin from California. We were standing by the Twins dugout before the game, watching the players warm up. My cousin accidentally dropped his glove and it landed just outside the dugout. Chuck Knoblauch popped his head out, looked up and said "Shouldn't have dropped it," then kicked it as he ran onto the field to stretch. Eventually one of the coaches picked it up and tossed it to us.

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RE: General Twins Talk - 6/19/2026 2:33:11 PM

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ORIGINAL: Karl Juhnke

Attendance this year is at an all time low for Target Field, is it not?

And the actual attendance appears to be much lower than the announced attendance. There were games where it appeared you could have nobody sitting within 40 feet of you if you so chose. And that’s first deck, not nosebleed.

If you count actual attendance, easily. Reason why the promo. People buying tix aren’t showing. The early season Tiger game had at most 400 and they announce 12000 fans.

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RE: General Twins Talk - 6/20/2026 12:48:34 AM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: Lynn G.

In those last couple of seasons he was our neighbor in Bloomington. He and his family rented a house two doors down from us and, I have to say, this was a very middle, middle-class neighborhood. The only fanciness was a house at the end of the block that added a pool (we thought they must be super rich).

Al Worthington was just your average neighbor, putting a slip 'n slide in his backyard for his kids, mowing his lawn in ratty shorts and t-shirts... He was patient when we kids would knock on his door asking for an autograph, but in every other way he was just a guy. If my memory is correct, they were there until he retired.

He looked every bit like what you’d imagine an average Bloomington neighbor would look like.

He played before free agency and before salaries exploded. Players were pretty much at the mercy of owners and Calvin Griffith was an infamous tightwad. I’m sure Worthington made a comfortable upper middle class salary. But nothing like the multimillionaire ball players of today.

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RE: General Twins Talk - 6/21/2026 7:43:07 AM

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Twins win 2 touchdowns to 1 (with 2 point conversions). I have to say this lineup is coming together. Too bad ownership showed they didn’t care about pitching when they jettisoned the staff last year at trading deadline and replaced them with castoffs.

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RE: General Twins Talk - 6/22/2026 5:51:33 AM

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Since the Twins have been playing poorly I haven't been paying attention, but I am playing fantasy baseball and a Twins pitcher very much intrigues me. Andrew Morris. He has a terrible season long ERA and WHIP, but on the other hand he is a RP with SP eligibility which is very valuable, he seems to be turning the corner on the ERA and WHIP and his K rate is insane. Would you advise me to pick him up?

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RE: General Twins Talk - 6/22/2026 9:16:11 AM

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ORIGINAL: Phil Riewer

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ORIGINAL: Karl Juhnke

Attendance this year is at an all time low for Target Field, is it not?

And the actual attendance appears to be much lower than the announced attendance. There were games where it appeared you could have nobody sitting within 40 feet of you if you so chose. And that’s first deck, not nosebleed.

If you count actual attendance, easily. Reason why the promo. People buying tix aren’t showing. The early season Tiger game had at most 400 and they announce 12000 fans.

Way more than 400

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RE: General Twins Talk - 6/22/2026 9:18:25 AM

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ORIGINAL: kgdabom

Since the Twins have been playing poorly I haven't been paying attention, but I am playing fantasy baseball and a Twins pitcher very much intrigues me. Andrew Morris. He has a terrible season long ERA and WHIP, but on the other hand he is a RP with SP eligibility which is very valuable, he seems to be turning the corner on the ERA and WHIP and his K rate is insane. Would you advise me to pick him up?

He has good stuff, but he's a mess. I'd compare him to early career LaTroy Hawkins. Gomez is the only Twins reliever I would put on a fantasy roster.

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RE: General Twins Talk - 6/22/2026 11:47:09 AM

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ORIGINAL: twinsfan

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ORIGINAL: Phil Riewer

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ORIGINAL: Karl Juhnke

Attendance this year is at an all time low for Target Field, is it not?

And the actual attendance appears to be much lower than the announced attendance. There were games where it appeared you could have nobody sitting within 40 feet of you if you so chose. And that’s first deck, not nosebleed.

If you count actual attendance, easily. Reason why the promo. People buying tix aren’t showing. The early season Tiger game had at most 400 and they announce 12000 fans.

Way more than 400

425?

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RE: General Twins Talk - 6/22/2026 11:58:32 AM

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ORIGINAL: Phil Riewer

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ORIGINAL: twinsfan

quote:

ORIGINAL: Phil Riewer

quote:

ORIGINAL: Karl Juhnke

Attendance this year is at an all time low for Target Field, is it not?

And the actual attendance appears to be much lower than the announced attendance. There were games where it appeared you could have nobody sitting within 40 feet of you if you so chose. And that’s first deck, not nosebleed.

If you count actual attendance, easily. Reason why the promo. People buying tix aren’t showing. The early season Tiger game had at most 400 and they announce 12000 fans.

Way more than 400

425?

More like 6,000.

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RE: General Twins Talk - 6/22/2026 1:40:16 PM

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ORIGINAL: twinsfan

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ORIGINAL: Phil Riewer

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ORIGINAL: twinsfan

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ORIGINAL: Phil Riewer

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ORIGINAL: Karl Juhnke

Attendance this year is at an all time low for Target Field, is it not?

And the actual attendance appears to be much lower than the announced attendance. There were games where it appeared you could have nobody sitting within 40 feet of you if you so chose. And that’s first deck, not nosebleed.

If you count actual attendance, easily. Reason why the promo. People buying tix aren’t showing. The early season Tiger game had at most 400 and they announce 12000 fans.

Way more than 400

425?

More like 6,000.

There wasn't 500 there let alone 6k...

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RE: General Twins Talk - 6/23/2026 7:11:43 PM

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ORIGINAL: twinsfan

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ORIGINAL: kgdabom

Since the Twins have been playing poorly I haven't been paying attention, but I am playing fantasy baseball and a Twins pitcher very much intrigues me. Andrew Morris. He has a terrible season long ERA and WHIP, but on the other hand he is a RP with SP eligibility which is very valuable, he seems to be turning the corner on the ERA and WHIP and his K rate is insane. Would you advise me to pick him up?

He has good stuff, but he's a mess. I'd compare him to early career LaTroy Hawkins. Gomez is the only Twins reliever I would put on a fantasy roster.

Thanks for the advice. For now I'm going to keep an eye on him.

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RE: General Twins Talk - 6/24/2026 12:07:33 PM

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RE: General Twins Talk - 6/24/2026 12:45:29 PM

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Marco Raya and Kody Funderburk are on the way. Twins optioned Kendry Rojas and DFA’d Austin Voth.

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RE: General Twins Talk - 6/25/2026 6:54:24 AM

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ORIGINAL: twinsfan

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ORIGINAL: kgdabom

Since the Twins have been playing poorly I haven't been paying attention, but I am playing fantasy baseball and a Twins pitcher very much intrigues me. Andrew Morris. He has a terrible season long ERA and WHIP, but on the other hand he is a RP with SP eligibility which is very valuable, he seems to be turning the corner on the ERA and WHIP and his K rate is insane. Would you advise me to pick him up?

He has good stuff, but he's a mess. I'd compare him to early career LaTroy Hawkins. Gomez is the only Twins reliever I would put on a fantasy roster.

Morris has the most potential of the current mess that is the Twins bullpen. But I agree, at this point it’s too early to tell which way it could go.

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