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This is your daily open thread, talk about whatever you want, within the community guidelines!
Good Morning Twinkie Town!
In case you missed it:
- The Twins swept the Royals, with an ugly 7-6 comeback victory that still counts.
- dwintheiser wrote a fanpost that really makes you think: Why are strikeouts paradoxically viewed differently for pitchers than hitters?
- The latest fanpulse results tell us that 93% of Twins fans are confident with the direction of the team.
Elsewhere in Twins Territory:
- The early grades are out for the Twins walkup songs. I’m officially uncool, because I know exactly one song from the list—Mitch Garver goes old school on his selection.
- Judd Zulgad has hawt taykes about Byron Buxton’s habit of crashing into walls and breaking himself.
and around the world of baseball
- A strange play for the Red Sox last night involved Rafael Devers losing his glove and his team losing the lead
Bizarre play...Devers just lost his glove trying to field a line drive at third. Potentially an inning-ending double play. Instead, A's take a 1-0 lead, bases stay juiced with one out.
— Jason Mastrodonato (@JMastrodonato) April 4, 2019
- Our division rivals in Cleveland have extended their manager, Terry Francona through 2022
Oh skipper! My skipper!
— Cleveland Indians (@Indians) April 3, 2019
We have extended future Hall of Fame Manager, Terry Francona, through 2022.#RallyTogether pic.twitter.com/F4456VhjCH
- The Cubs also jumped on the extension train, this time for someone named David Bote. My reaction was “who?”
- From the Athletic’s Dale Murphy, Minor Leaguers make less than they did in 1975, when adjusted for inflation (paywall)
- Over at Lets Go Tribe, Chris Davies chatted with Rob Neyer about his book Power Ball, the changes in baseball, and some other great baseball topics.
Today’s discussion question:
What are some of your favorite board games?