Twinkie Town Talk: Christmas Day Links

Merry Christmas!

Best of Twinkie Town lately:

• The Twins signed a couple relievers
• They might also be contenders to sign the best remaining position player
• Zach and Matt both gave us historical content to discuss
• And finally, Kyle and Cooper both gave us some idea of what might happen now that all the good free agent pitchers are gone.

Around the rest of Twins-dom:

• CBS sports suggested a few new names in the Twins pitching search.
• The Detroit Gardys upgraded at two positions, by signing two former Twins to two matching, $6.1 million dollar deals.

• Some jerks out there need to take a chill pill. Seriously, who is actually suggesting the Pohlads should sell based off the first half of this off season?
• Newlywed Randy Dobnak and his wife directed a wedding registry towards St. Jude Children’s hospital, and now are getting even more involved. Good for everyone’s favorite Uber driver turned MLB pitcher.

Elsewhere in baseball

• The fascinating story of how one of the nation’s leading art museums also preserves a world-class baseball card collection.
• Yesterday was the 50th anniversary of Curt Flood’s game-changing letter to the commissioner, which eventually led to MLB free agency.
• SI is suggesting the reason free agency isn’t broken this year is because of... the juiceball?
• In the recently agreed to contract between the MLB and their umps, the “blues” agreed to cooperate with a robotic strike zone. But just how might that change the game?

Discuss:

• What, if anything, are your traditions for Christmas Day?