Twinkie town talk: Cheat at Chess edition

In case you missed it:

• Hayden says that the major sports leagues did the right thing in suspending play.
• WE HAVE A PODCAST NOW!!!! This extremely exciting news is courtesy of our own Cooper Carlson and TD’s Matthew Braun.
• Our time machine brought news from the 2020 World Series. Its good-ish news, really.

Elsewhere in Twins Territory

• The Twins, along with the other 29 MLB teams have committed a million dollars towards helping game day workers that are displaced by the suspended season.

• Dick Bremer is an institution for a couple generations of Twins fans, and the long-tenured play-by-play man’s book released yesterday. There are a lot worse things you could be reading while you sit on the couch.
• Yeah, that’s about all we’ve got. Life’s tough right now.

Other baseball links:

• Baseball America has a great look into how MiLB teams and employees have been impacted by the pandemic pushing back opening day. No paywall on it, either.
• Fun fact about yours truly: I played competitive chess in high school. Fun article about chess: a look at the game’s cheating trends that make the Astros look like kindergartners.
• Justin Verlander had groin surgery. He’ll be out for at least six weeks. That’s another way to say he probably won’t actually miss any games, and now I’m sad for two reasons.
• A Utah high school squeezed a last-minute, impromptu baseball tournament in just before their state suspended high school sports. Its a good story, well-written, and a fantastic source for the historians who write about our current time.

Discuss:

Whats the spiciest food you’ve ever eaten, and would you eat it again?

Note: As always, feel free to use this as an open thread