Photo by David Berding/Getty Images Confusion First Pitch: 6:40 PM CT TV: Bally Sports North Radio: TIBN Know Thine Enemy: Nothing active on SB Nation, but Fish On First seems to be going strong In this Thursday space you are accustomed to a Tawny intro—whether that be an epic rant, snarky indifference, or fan fiction about the Pohlads tearing off their faces … [Read more...] about Game 159: Marlins at Twins
Marlins 8, Twins 6: Alas
Photo by Stephen Maturen/Getty Images Now everything has to be perfect to make the playoffs This was not a must-win game for the Minnesota Twins. It was a “must win or everything has to be perfect the rest of the season” game for the Minnesota Twins. Stop me if you’ve heard this before: the 100-loss Miami Marlins jumped out to an early lead. In the top of the 1st, a … [Read more...] about Marlins 8, Twins 6: Alas
Game 158: Marlins at Twins
Bruce Kluckhohn-Imagn Images As we tumble, tumble, tumble... First Pitch: 6:40 PM CDTTV: Bulls—t Season’s Nearly OverRadio: TIBN, WCCO 830, The Wolf 102.9 FM, AudacyKnow Yo’ Foe: Fish on First This season started with Poe. It will end with Poe. Hear the bleachers with the yells— Joyous yells!What a year of ecstasy their clamoring foretells! … [Read more...] about Game 158: Marlins at Twins
Twins 8, Marlins 3: RISP and reward
Jesse Johnson-Imagn Images But is it still too late for a playoff pushback? It was rarely that barely a month agoThat the playoffs we’d foresee,Then September has pained our hopes, we know,For our favorite men of TC,But September has gained a win as we go,Give us hope as we hope we’ll be. First came a pain and worst came a painAs Woods Richardson let three,But the pen … [Read more...] about Twins 8, Marlins 3: RISP and reward
2004’s ALDS rematch—or remix?
Photo by Jed Jacobsohn/Getty Images Round 2 When the Minnesota Twins began their 2024 campaign with a bang, weathered a Joe Mauer injury, and battled the Timberwolves for market share I was finishing high school. When Lew(wwwwww) Ford caught fire, Terry Mulholland muffed one in Milwaukee, and Doug Mientkiewicz swapped Dome dugouts, I was teaching summer swimming … [Read more...] about 2004’s ALDS rematch—or remix?