Twinkie Town Talk: It’s been awhile, edition

Hi, uhm, these fell by the wayside lately. I am sorry, real life has been hectic to say the least.

In case you missed it:

• An updated and totally fact-based injury report
• We previewed up the Twins games coming up this week
• Some context on just how amazing the Bomba Squad is in relation to Twins history
• What it might be like to be a Twins’ fan at Fenway park. Maybe.
• Some of the keys to the Twins success this season
• And to top it all off, the TWINS WON!!!

Other things about the Twins, written by other people at other websites:

• Jay Jaffe analyzed the impact of Michael Pineda’s suspension on the Twins. It is not a small impact.
• Cody Christie explored some of the off-field personnel for the Twins that other teams could be looking at this offseason.
• The Twins drafted Cody Laweryson in the 14th round of the draft this summer, and his local paper wrote a nice summary of his great professional debut.
• Rookie fireballer Brusdar Graterol found a pitcher to look up to, and maybe even a mentor in the Twins clubhouse. Bromances are great, so follow this story.

Things about the 29 inferior baseball teams”

• Brewers outfielder Christian Yelich is out for the rest of the season, after fracturing his kneecap. That sounds incredibly painful.
• Dave Dombrowski has been relieved of his role as President of Baseball Operations for the Boston Red Sox
• While players representing other nations in things like the WBC and the Olympics is nothing new, the Wall Street Journal provides a look at what makes the guys playing for the Israeli baseball program unique (community guidelines reminder here, feel free to discuss the topic, but keep it relatively apolitical, thanks.)
• 538 argues that Minor League baseball is unnecessary in this day and age. Deadspin (yeah, sorry) provides the counter-argument.

Discussion topic:

Who do you think is the best “bad team” in baseball right now, and why?