Twinkie Town Talk: The saddest thing I’ve ever seen an ump do edition

In case you missed it

• A look forward at the roster crunch that is coming for the Twins
• The 2019 season previewed in the form of limerick
• Jorge Polanco is one of the ten best players in baseball right now, at least according to WAR.
• The Twins swapped deck chairs on the Titanic
• Last night’s game with the Mets ended in a loss, thanks to walking about 900 batsmen, but at least the Twins fought and tried to come back.

Elsewhere around Twins Territory

That fifth inning walk-a-thon last night is an early contender for the single worst inning of 2019, according to CBS Sports.

Betsy Helfand continues to do awesome work, and profiles third base coach Tony Diaz, who has been a big part of the reconstituted coaching staff the Twins assembled this offseason.

Willians Astudillo has a baseball-playing brother named Wilfred. Wilfred is in the Mets system, and is startlingly similar to his brother. The Astudillo family is a gift that just keeps giving.

And around the world of baseball

• Trevor Rosenthal finally got an out last night, which means his ERA is no longer infinite. Andrew Vasquez, however is not in that club this season.
• This evil, evil umpire (ain’t they all) stole Finn the bat dog’s job. People were not happy.

• There is a great piece at the Hardball Times about Bo Schembechler’s not-so-great tenure running the Detroit Tigers once-upon-a-time. Is there a rule that only guys with Pizza Fortunes can own the Tigers or something?

Today’s discussion question

What’s your favorite pizza? What type of crust, what toppings, etc?