Twinkie Town Talk: Not how you “light a fire under the team” edition

Good Morning all. Here is your open thread for Saturday

In case you missed it:

• Justin Klugh, the site manager at our sister site the Good Phight, was kind enough to answer some questions about the Phillies.
• Tommy takes us through a rundown of the most- and least-beatable single season Twins records.
• Oh yeah, and the Twins played in Philadelphia last night. It wasn’t pretty. James is here with the recap
• On the plus side, Jorge Polanco hit the first Twins cycle in nearly ten years.

Elsewhere in Twins Territory

• Willians Astudillo is amazing, awesome, and beautiful. And even National guys are noticing. Travis Sawchik looked deeply into the Twins little cult hero for 538
• Nelson Cruz might be an old, but he’s hitting the ball harder than ever. His exit velocity is currently good for third in the majors.
• Cruz also keeps an infielder’s glove handy... just in case. He is, however, prepared to use his outfielder’s gloves at some point on this road trip.

Around the world of baseball

• Park Jong-hoon of the KBO has an absolutely filthy curveball, and MLB ambitions. The most unique thing about him, besides that rising curve, is his nature as a submarine pitcher.
• Robert Arthur noticed that the ball is flying out of the ballyards again. Is the ball just juiced, or is there something else afoot?
• Pinstripe Alley looks at how the Yankees are using VR technology, and it could evolve in the future.
• In an odd attempt to dry out their field, a high school coach found himself under fire for dumping gasoline on the field. This one is just too strange to not be true.

Today’s discussion question:

If you could bring back one former Twin, in their prime, and add them to this year’s team, who would it be and why?