Recent content by forever a gopher

Their 5/32 performance today at the plate will bring their .195 average down further. Excelsior!

Twins currently sitting dead last in team batting average, and below the Mendoza line. Woof. Braves as a team are hitting .302!! Twins are also second-to-last in SB's with a grand total of 4 on the year. Can't hit and don't run. Have only 5 more runs scored than the garbage White Sox (who are...

After his start yesterday, Sonny Gray is 2-0 with 0 ER's, 11k's and 9 hits allowed in 11 innings. Glad to see him getting off to a good start; he was an easy guy to cheer for.

I'm skeptical SWR is ever going to be better than a journeyman call-up used for spot-starts. Hope I'm wrong; the Detroit game was impressive. Baseball is the epitome of the long game, however. One game does not make a player. Varland's stuff is better. That doesn't always translate into on-field...

You can't have it both ways, Hock. Defensive players have to be able to hit you somewhere. Where I'm sure we'll end up going is "no high hits", "no low hits", and a ton of flags on defensive players that don't manage to hit a moving target within a 12" zone at the mid-section, all while not...

Absolutely no idea. I do know a guy with a sorted injury history (playing in only 21 games at Indiana over 4 years, with never more than 7 games in one season) does not instill me with a ton of confidence he'll hold up over 17 games in the NFL. Based on that history alone, I'm not touching him...

I've said this before, but you simply cannot gauge how he will do in the NFL when using his 2 years at UW when it comes to his health. When you have the OL in front of you awarded as the best OL in college football, I sure hope you stay upright and healthy. In 2023, he was sacked only 11 times...

You're going to be the face of a historic franchise and very rich in a short time. Don't go on social media, don't put out dumbass quotes, and you can rake in endorsement deals. But nope, trying to get the last word over Twitter is way more important. The more I see of this gives me some hope he...

Definitely. GG is a good player. But she needs to hit the gym in the offseason. She needs to get stronger and lose 15+ pounds of "bad" weight. Because she's a good player, she could get away with that in HS but that's not the case in B1G. She'll be a much more nimble and quicker player because...

I'm assuming a cap casualty? Looks like cap savings is $21MM for 2024 season by getting rid of him. His guaranteed money only goes through 2024, so may as well get something for him if you're not planning on re-signing him. However, they are most certainly in a "win now" window, so still a bit...

In just his short run so far, it is obvious that Lewis is a clutch player that shines in big spots and is a natural leader. You cannot teach this, and you either have it or you don't. He does. There have been many years where the Twins are sorely lacking in that department. For that reason...

Not realizing what day it was, the first thing that popped into my head was how him moving to be a top assistant at a P6 school would be a pretty good mutual parting of ways. But nope, you got me.

100% The main thesis of my ramble was the fact that coaches now have to treat players WAY differently than they did pre-NIL/transfer portal. Any whiff of adversity and kids jump ship.

Slightly non-sequitur to the OP, but NIL is paid directly to the athletes, no? So each athlete has to be accountable themselves and self-report income to the IRS, as they are essentially self-employed? How many of these kids are going to be getting slammed with tax bills/fines in years to come...

USBank Stadium was partially funded by the state ($348MM) and the city ($150MM). The state is covering their end through e-pulltabs. The city is covering their end through a hospitality tax. So yes, there is plenty of state dollars tied up in the stadium.