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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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RE: General Twins Talk - 6/19/2026 9:57:37 AM   
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RE: General Twins Talk - 6/19/2026 2:33:11 PM   
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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.

< Message edited by Phil Riewer -- 6/19/2026 2:37:37 PM >

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RE: General Twins Talk - 6/20/2026 12:48:34 AM   
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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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RE: General Twins Talk - 6/22/2026 5:51:33 AM   
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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

quote:

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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Status: offline 		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: 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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RE: General Twins Talk - 7/7/2026 12:05:11 PM   
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Status: offline 		Joe Ryan's ERA just dropped from 3.36 to 2.85. They gave Royce Lewis an error on a play from June 30th.

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RE: General Twins Talk - 7/8/2026 9:35:29 AM   
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RE: General Twins Talk - 7/11/2026 9:42:51 AM   
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Joe Ryan's ERA just dropped from 3.36 to 2.85. They gave Royce Lewis an error on a play from June 30th.


6 earned runs wiped off the board. That’s crazy.

Prior to his last start his ERA was 3.6 something and I thought, if he has a bad game he’s in danger of being an all star with a ERA over 4. But then he had a great game, brought his ERA down to 3.3 something and that was more befitting of an all star. And now this gift makes him really legit.

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RE: General Twins Talk - 7/11/2026 3:39:22 PM   
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Status: offline 		Twins take 21 year old Georgia Tech catcher Vahn Lackey with the #3 overall pick in the MLB draft. This was probably the most consistently mocked selection heading into the draft. He is considered a gold caliber catcher. His bat kept getting better and better in college. He finished this season with a .397 average, 20 homers, 16 doubles, 78 RBI, 85 runs and a 1.291 OPS over 61 games.

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RE: General Twins Talk - 7/11/2026 5:17:31 PM   
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Twins take 21 year old Georgia Tech catcher Vahn Lackey with the #3 overall pick in the MLB draft. This was probably the most consistently mocked selection heading into the draft. He is considered a gold caliber catcher. His bat kept getting better and better in college. He finished this season with a .397 average, 20 homers, 16 doubles, 78 RBI, 85 runs and a 1.291 OPS over 61 games.

So 3 or 4 years with the Twins and he should be ready for the big leagues in New York or LA huh.....
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RE: General Twins Talk - 7/12/2026 7:01:27 AM   
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Twins take 21 year old Georgia Tech catcher Vahn Lackey with the #3 overall pick in the MLB draft. This was probably the most consistently mocked selection heading into the draft. He is considered a gold caliber catcher. His bat kept getting better and better in college. He finished this season with a .397 average, 20 homers, 16 doubles, 78 RBI, 85 runs and a 1.291 OPS over 61 games.

So 3 or 4 years with the Twins and he should be ready for the big leagues in New York or LA huh.....


No he’ll make it to the bigs with the Twins. Then when he’s ready to bank his first big contract, we’ll deal at the trading deadline for more prospects.

And the cycle continues.

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RE: General Twins Talk - 7/12/2026 7:04:36 AM   
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ORIGINAL: Karl Juhnke

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ORIGINAL: stfrank

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ORIGINAL: TJSweens

Twins take 21 year old Georgia Tech catcher Vahn Lackey with the #3 overall pick in the MLB draft. This was probably the most consistently mocked selection heading into the draft. He is considered a gold caliber catcher. His bat kept getting better and better in college. He finished this season with a .397 average, 20 homers, 16 doubles, 78 RBI, 85 runs and a 1.291 OPS over 61 games.

So 3 or 4 years with the Twins and he should be ready for the big leagues in New York or LA huh.....


No he’ll make it to the bigs with the Twins. Then when he’ ready to bank his first big contract, we’ll deal at the trading deadline for more prospects.

And the cycle continues.

Exactly why I lost all respect for that organization years ago and don't follow or watch them at all.
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RE: General Twins Talk - 7/12/2026 7:24:15 AM   
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RE: General Twins Talk - 7/13/2026 8:45:03 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.

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

I'm afraid we failed kg. Pick up Andrew Morris on your fantasy team if he's still available.

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