Happy Halloween Twins Fans

I hope everyone has a safe and Happy Halloween. I promise to count up the number of baseball players I get at my door and report back next week!

Here is what my pumpkins looked like....

just kidding.

Delmon Young Retraction

OK, I need to retract my statement from October 22nd when I said that Delmon Young was here to stay. Here’s why: I happened to take a call from a local sports caster at work on Monday and I asked him if he would give me some good dirt on the Minnesota Twins for my blog. The only way he would talk is if I promised not to use his name, I said sure (thinking that a good journalist never reveals her sources.)

Since I was just some stranger answering the phone, I think he was leery to give me anything too juicy, but he said that Delmon Young will NOT be with the Minnesota Twins next year. Why? Young is not a good fit personally for the team. I guess Delmon Young spends more time in the strip club than he does in the batting cages and that has the Minnesota managers unhappy (well that and the fact he can’t seem to see a ball coming at him.)

Young also has issues playing day games after night games thanks to his afterhours activities. My source was implying that Delmon Young is still drunk at those day games or at least extremely hung over. My conclusion is that Delmon Young does not fit in with the “Minnesota Nice” image of the Minnesota Twins and he is not enough of an asset to look over the strip club and alcohol addiction. I remember the days when Justin Morneau liked to hit the bottle, good thing he came around to the bright side and look how well he has been doing. Too bad Delmon Young couldn’t change, I think he has potential, but potential is often wasted on evil addictions.

Minnesota Twins Stencils

I can’t imagine that any one is really going to do this, but you can download Pumpkin stencils from the Minnesota Twins web site. Ok, well maybe Aaron Gleeman might do this – LOL!

Check out the stencils:
http://minnesota.twins.mlb.com/min/fan_forum/pumpkin_stencils.jsp

Twins Trading Delmon Young

Oh yeah, by the way the Twins are not going to trade Delmon Young – because they don’t want to admit they blew a deal.

Other Twins Blogs – Don’t worry this isn’t a Slam Book

If you google Minnesota Twins Blogs, here are the top five results:

1. Nick & Nick's Twins Blog www.twinsfanatnicks.blogspot.com/

2. Twinkie Town www.twinkietown.com/

3. Twins Nation www.mntwinsnation.com/

4. AaronGleeman.com www.aarongleeman.com/

5. Twins Locker www.twinslocker.com/


Now, my blog is not top 5 worthy, I get that and I am not out to bash any one else or any other blog, but let me give you my quick synopsis of each of these blogs . . . please don’t get any hurt feelings, if you own one of these blogs, read my post about the 23 questions before becoming a blogger – one of them is to have a thick skin:

N&N – good basic blog – it’s not a commercialized site, just a blogger site (like mine) lots of good information including stats, but also good commentary. I would prefer to see more pictures. My favorite segment? post season review vs the pre-season predictions. Nick predicted way more home runs than the Twins could ever actually hit.

Twinkie Town – part of the SBNation blogs, but I think Jesse is a local writer which is nice. Lately I have been randomly voting on their prospects poll. I am not sure any one really cares about the Twins #12 prospect, do they? OK, maybe these guys do – they do have a lot of comments, but I am willing to bet a lot of those voters are just like me, random voters. Whose name sounds the coolest, let’s pick them. I like Shooter Hunt the best.

Twins Nation – Hasn’t been updated since June 23rd, maybe Kris got sick of blogging, too. Google should take it off the top 5.

AG – AaronGleeman is practically famous in the world of baseball. If you need a stat, go see him. I even heard him on the radio the other day, I almost spit out my coffee. My favorite segment: Gleeman is good at conspiracy theory and I love it. Example: the Walters Hartman Minnesota Twins trading Delmon Young story.

Twins Locker – this site is not even operational – Google, hello? Is there a place where you can submit suggestions to Google for them to revise their search results?

World Series Favorite? Vote Now!

I added a poll to my blog! I don’t think I have ever had a poll on here before, but after having a long conversation with my dad about why I think the Tampa Bay Rays are more deserving of the World Series pennant than the Philadelphia Phillies, I decided to put up a little poll on my blog to see what other people are feeling.

Do Minnesota Twins Fans Like the Rays

I am listening to KFAN right now and apparently there is a guy working at the Minnesota Twins Pro Shop (in Roseville, Rosemount – Rose some where) wearing his Tampa Bay Rays jersey today – what?!?! Where is your loyalty? If I worked at the Minnesota Twins Pro Shop, I would wear my Twins gear every day (wouldn’t that be the uniform any way?) and I would love it. I bet the Minnesota Twins Pro Shop would pay me to have a Twins blog, too!

Blogging is Work

I was reading an article on blogging tips (there are a million of them out there) to try and get inspired to keep this Minnesota Twins blog and one of the articles created a list of “23 Questions for Prospective Bloggers - Is a Blog Right for You?” – After I stopped analyzing why they picked 23 questions (I love baseball so, of course, numbers are important to me) I read over a few of the questions and decided that blogging is indeed the right thing for me – just an average Minnesota girl with an average knowledge of the Minnesota Twins and an average desire to write about it, but I can answer yes to most, if not all, of these questions. Check it out!

Minnesota Twins pictures

This blog needs a little spicing up so I am going to post a few pictures of my favorite Minnesota Twins. They always say a picture is worth a million words – what do these pictures say to you?

Minnesota Twins Blog through 1/1/09

I was thinking about giving up this Minnesota Twins blog, why? I just don’t have as much time as I used to and I don’t feel as passionate about the Minnesota Twins as I used to, but after a lot of consideration, I am going to give it until….drum roll, please….the new year. That means, I will be dedicated to updating this site at least once a week until January 1st, 2009. But if I find I am dreading it more times than I am enjoying it than I am going to quit. I decided to track my overall progress by using an “enjoy” and a “dread” label at the bottom of the posts and then I will be able to tally up my overall progress come January 1st. I actually hope there are more enjoys as opposed to dreads because I really do like blogging (I am a writer by trade), but I am tired of the Twins so maybe it will be time to find a new hobby January 1st.

Want to encourage me? leave me a comment so I know that others care about the Twins!