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A little Twins trivia to lighten the darkness…in 1981, the Twins had three players receive votes in the Rookie of the Year balloting, two of whom became future All-Stars. Name those players.

Veteran move on your part, the Padres are tough in that category—outside of Gwynn, it seems every player of note for that franchise was renting, not owning. Btw, a tip on churning up some new names for unique players—take a look at Rookie of the Year voting-plenty of obscurities on those...

My unique Twins yesterday were Erasmo Ramirez and James Outman-I thought it wise to utilize them now, as I don’t see them long for the franchise, before they are forgotten. Ron Davis, shockingly, reached 30 saves for the Twins 😳

Jonah Bride takes exception to this comment.

It’s a banner day on the Grid for using current Twins who may not be long for wearing the uniform.

I hit 1500 today with a player I've been keeping in my pocket for awhile--Julie (Julian) Wera, born in Winona, third baseman for the '27 Yankees, who was the manager of the Piggly Wiggly meat department in Rochester, which was visited by former teammate Lou Gehrig while at the Mayo Clinic...

Ope, I recall you completed the ‘27 Murderer’s Row Yankees a couple weeks ago; today I finished off the historic Pirates starting 9 from ‘71, the first all black/Hispanic starting lineup with the use of Gene Clines.

It was a middling day for my overall score and unique players, but I was able to use all three St.Paul Hall of Famers, so it was a pretty good day on the Grid.

Josh Allen polluted a lot of brains, from the fan on the couch all the way up the chain to NFL GM's.

With the Twins on the grid today, I had the quickest turnaround for a player debuting with the team, Genesis Cabrera, who was a surprise in the box score from yesterday. It was a hell of a day for me on the unique players-I’m at 1475 thanks to seven new additions today; the entire top row of...

Ope, you recently mentioned your deep dive on All-Star rosters, so I went down that rabbit hole today and just mining the ‘70s was a boon to my unique player pursuit-step on up Pat Kelly and Don Buford! The expansion in 1969 and 1977 brought some dubious All-Stars into the fold throughout...

While there's been a drumbeat to get Mickey Gasper out of the lineup, I say leave him in--in this season of suckiness, embrace the suck, as something historic could be afoot. Here are the 10 lowest batting averages in Twins history (minimum 50 AB's): 1988 Tom Nieto .067 (60 AB's) 2014 Pedro...

Morton is a 41 year old whose ERA coming into this game was nearly 5.50. Jamie Moyer’s thinking about coming out of retirement to get a crack at this lineup.

The timing of ESPN rolling out the fan misery index today is eerie: https://www.espn.com/espn/feature/story/_/id/45344992/sports-misery-index

Well, this is f’ing depressing: https://www.startribune.com/live-pohlad-family-will-not-sell-minnesota-twins/601454306

All Hail Tony Fernandez, one of the underrated IG gods! 2000 hits: check 40+ WAR (career): check All-Star: check (with Toronto and San Diego) 200 hits: check (with Toronto) .300 average: check (with Toronto) Gold Glove: check (Toronto) 5+ WAR (season): check (Toronto) Teams played for: Blue...

It’s a really small sample size, but Griffin Jax’s start with the Rays has been inauspicious. He gave up a 3 run home run to Cal Raleigh the other night, which lost the game for the Rays and in another outing he gave up a run, so his ERA’s over 10 with the Rays and pushing near 5.00 for the...

A fascinating subplot of this season for me, particularly following the fire sale, has been the makeup of the bullpen and the mysterious journeymen that have found their way into a Twins uniform. I'm not including any homegrown products in the following list, this is a compilation of the veteran...

Today's board frustrated me, as the combination of Gold Glove, Silver Slugger and pitching categories really elevates my score and doesn't typically bring about new players--I really need to do some deep diving on that triad so I can move away from using Jim Kaat, Mike Hampton, Greg Maddux, and...

I It’d be wise for one/both to do so-Walker Jenkins is knocking on the door: https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/mlb/twins-top-prospects-walker-jenkins-kaelen-culpepper-are-crushing-double-a/ar-AA1K28od