Twinkie Town Talk: Casey isn’t feeling Fine edition

Welcome back, its been awhile since we’ve had significant news. In case you’re new, this is our semi-frequent, occasional combination link-dump and open discussion post.

Stuff you may have missed on Twinkie Town:

• John (one of the John/Jon’s) wrote a super stat-based series preview.
• Bob reflects on the fact the season could be cancelled before it even really starts
• Hans (I don’t think he’s the same Hans from the Mighty Ducks) graded the entire team based off three games, because why not?
• Oh, and Bombas are back, and Breaking T has a sweet new shirt for the occasion.
• As a bonus, sandwiches made us a fun new picture:

Elsewhere in Twins Territory

• Casey Fien thinks Nelson Cruz is a big fat cheater or something
• Dustin Morse has managed to collect a whole bunch of Twins home run balls this year. Twins Daily talked to him about it.
• Even though baseball is back, downtown Minneapolis businesses that usually capitalize on gamedays are still struggling, which, under the circumstances is probably not a surprise.
• You can add your face to the cardboard cutouts at Target Field, but it might be a bit pricey:

Around baseball

• Bruce Maxwell, the former As catcher famous for kneeling during the national anthem in 2017, and who believes that those actions cost him jobs in affiliated baseball, will be joining the Mets organization.
• The Miami Marlins season has been put on pause, after 17 members of the organization have tested positive for the Coronavirus. There is a non-zero chance the season will be cancelled.

Discussion topic

How long have you been commenting on the site? When/why did you join? What’s your favorite in-joke/meme?