“Change can be tough and this particular uncertainty is especially scary, but Twins fans deserve better, or at least the possibility of better, and they were never going to get it as is. Hopefully behind Door No. 2 is a new owner who doesn’t view the team strictly as a business or, short of that, will at least be better at running it strictly as a business. The Pohlads failed at both.”
This was such a great line
I love that we have a beat reporter that says what we all think instead of just being an organizational mouthpiece like a lot are
He rips them when they deserve it and he’s gladly gave them their flowers when they’ve deserved it too over the years
This is an exciting time to be a Twins fan
In the words of what I assume is Gleeman’s favorite play-by-play guy:
UP HIGH
DOWN HARD
Assuming they still own the team next season there might be some awkward elevator rides
I don’t know what we did to earn a reporter and commentator with the guts that Gleeman has but I sure as hell am grateful for him!!
Gleeman with this banger while Reusse decided to call Twins fans whiny babies once more.
I fucking love you Aaron Gleeman.
What an amazing article
Now let’s get rid of our costly oft-injured players.
We have a possibility of better, but we also have a possibility of worse.
People here have short memories. But let’s go back the 1990’s VIkings. They were run / managed by Mike Lynn’s protégé – Roger Hendrick (Yes, the GM / Owner / President of Football Operations who showed up at the combine in coach’s shorts and carrying a stopwatch.) – and the ownership was in shambles. Along came a smooth talking but under funded football fan from Baltimore who had made a few million dollars selling books. Well that dream was short lived, as his funding proved to be about as stable as the Twins rotation in 2024. Then another smooth talker with “money” came along. A guy named Red McCombs. A car dealer and TV mogul from Texas.
Red was viewed as the savior of the Vikings. We finally had a single owner. And one who had deep pockets. And wanted to invest in the team. That is until he got tired of flying to MN for gamedays – and wanted to spend more time with his grand children in Texas. And he was going to move the team to San Antonio – giving Texas a 3rd team. Hell Red was so cheap – he refused to hire position coaches and told Mike Tice and the OC / DC to figure it out. When he sold the team to the Wilf family – the Vikings had the smallest coaching staff in the NFL, Winter Park was a mold infested hell hole and the ship outside it was falling apart and a hazard.
Could 30 million have helped? Possibly. But 30 million wasn’t the reason that Royce Lewis stopped hitting. 30 million was not the reason Duran’s fastball went from 104 – 105 to a mortal 99 and stopped moving. 30 million wasn’t the reason Correa / Buxton / Lewis all missed significant chunks of time. And it sure wasn’t the reason players stopped talking and tried to play through injury or didn’t self report injuries.
Baseball of all sports is probably the least dependent on a single player. $30 million would have bought another starter or two bull pen arms – at best. Or another bat and bull pen arm. Who’s to say that bat doesn’t go south when all the other bats did? No one.
Personally, I hope that a decent owner buys the team. One who spends money like a drunk sailor. But is it guarantee of winning? Nope.
EAT THEM UP AARON
I’m glad Gleeman touched on the whole contraction debacle. There are bad owners and then there greedy, gutless cowards like the Pohlads who offered up this franchise like a sacrificial lamb for a cheap buck.
Good riddance.
Good lord, can the sale just happen already just so the constant bitching about the Pohlads can stop already? The constant complaining got old a year ago.
Rich people don’t become rich because they like to spend, they become rich by being penny pinching.
This column is so good. Here’s another quote:
>Decade after decade, the Pohlads failed the fans they professed to respect and cherish. And perhaps not surprisingly, the third generation’s emotional attachment to the Twins seemed minimal as they willingly dismantled the team’s momentum and the fan base’s morale to cut payroll by .075 percent of their fortune and 2 percent of the franchise’s value. That’s their legacy.
>I’m sick of writing and talking about the Pohlads. I’m sick of framing every roster move in terms of what it means to the Twins’ too-limited payroll. I’m sick of knowing that, no matter how good a moment feels or the future may look for Twins fans, there’s always the threat of a billionaire family deciding it was costing them too much money and had to be stopped.
>Forty years is enough.
>This market will absolutely support a winning, well-funded team. And for the next owner, the beauty of replacing four decades of Pohlads is that the bar is essentially on the floor. All they have to do is spend a slightly larger amount of their immense wealth and behave as if they actually want the team to be successful rather than just not lose money.
I am generally a pessimist, especially when it comes to MN sports. This, however, is not scary. It is exciting. Of course there is a possibility the next owner(s) could be even worse, but most likely they are going to be an improvement. The team is not going to get moved anytime soon with the new(ish) stadium. MLB has no reason to approve a move out of MN.
The Timberwolves should give everyone hope. New ownership came in and almost immediately turned the team around. Better days are ahead for the Twins!
What makes me excited is that we have a solid foundation to build a contender despite the Pohlads being complete scumbags. Imagine an owner who actually wants to invest in the team and.. I dunno.. sign Pete Alonso or something? 👀
Love Gleeman. Keep your customers happy or someone else will. Pohlads should have focused on providing a good experience to their fans rather than padding their pockets
There were so many bangers in this article. Gleeman ripped into them & it was incredible. Here’s one of my favorites:
“Decade after decade, the Pohlads failed the fans they professed to respect and cherish. And perhaps not surprisingly, the third generation’s emotional attachment to the Twins seemed minimal as they willingly dismantled the team’s momentum and the fan base’s morale to cut payroll by .075 percent of their fortune and 2 percent of the franchises value. That’s their legacy “
Meanwhile the Star Tribune has done nothing for the last several days except defend the Pohlads and rip the fans for not liking them.
So glad they’re selling. Good riddance
Beloved is a stretch, though.
Gleeman’s absolute disdain for the Pohlads is a thing of beauty. We all agree.
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[I’d trade it all for a little more](https://youtu.be/2xcYLVdfFro)
“Change can be tough and this particular uncertainty is especially scary, but Twins fans deserve better, or at least the possibility of better, and they were never going to get it as is. Hopefully behind Door No. 2 is a new owner who doesn’t view the team strictly as a business or, short of that, will at least be better at running it strictly as a business. The Pohlads failed at both.”
This was such a great line
I love that we have a beat reporter that says what we all think instead of just being an organizational mouthpiece like a lot are
He rips them when they deserve it and he’s gladly gave them their flowers when they’ve deserved it too over the years
This is an exciting time to be a Twins fan
In the words of what I assume is Gleeman’s favorite play-by-play guy:
UP HIGH
DOWN HARD
Assuming they still own the team next season there might be some awkward elevator rides
I don’t know what we did to earn a reporter and commentator with the guts that Gleeman has but I sure as hell am grateful for him!!
Gleeman with this banger while Reusse decided to call Twins fans whiny babies once more.
I fucking love you Aaron Gleeman.
What an amazing article
Now let’s get rid of our costly oft-injured players.
We have a possibility of better, but we also have a possibility of worse.
People here have short memories. But let’s go back the 1990’s VIkings. They were run / managed by Mike Lynn’s protégé – Roger Hendrick (Yes, the GM / Owner / President of Football Operations who showed up at the combine in coach’s shorts and carrying a stopwatch.) – and the ownership was in shambles. Along came a smooth talking but under funded football fan from Baltimore who had made a few million dollars selling books. Well that dream was short lived, as his funding proved to be about as stable as the Twins rotation in 2024. Then another smooth talker with “money” came along. A guy named Red McCombs. A car dealer and TV mogul from Texas.
Red was viewed as the savior of the Vikings. We finally had a single owner. And one who had deep pockets. And wanted to invest in the team. That is until he got tired of flying to MN for gamedays – and wanted to spend more time with his grand children in Texas. And he was going to move the team to San Antonio – giving Texas a 3rd team. Hell Red was so cheap – he refused to hire position coaches and told Mike Tice and the OC / DC to figure it out. When he sold the team to the Wilf family – the Vikings had the smallest coaching staff in the NFL, Winter Park was a mold infested hell hole and the ship outside it was falling apart and a hazard.
Could 30 million have helped? Possibly. But 30 million wasn’t the reason that Royce Lewis stopped hitting. 30 million was not the reason Duran’s fastball went from 104 – 105 to a mortal 99 and stopped moving. 30 million wasn’t the reason Correa / Buxton / Lewis all missed significant chunks of time. And it sure wasn’t the reason players stopped talking and tried to play through injury or didn’t self report injuries.
Baseball of all sports is probably the least dependent on a single player. $30 million would have bought another starter or two bull pen arms – at best. Or another bat and bull pen arm. Who’s to say that bat doesn’t go south when all the other bats did? No one.
Personally, I hope that a decent owner buys the team. One who spends money like a drunk sailor. But is it guarantee of winning? Nope.
EAT THEM UP AARON
I’m glad Gleeman touched on the whole contraction debacle. There are bad owners and then there greedy, gutless cowards like the Pohlads who offered up this franchise like a sacrificial lamb for a cheap buck.
Good riddance.
Good lord, can the sale just happen already just so the constant bitching about the Pohlads can stop already? The constant complaining got old a year ago.
Rich people don’t become rich because they like to spend, they become rich by being penny pinching.
This column is so good. Here’s another quote:
>Decade after decade, the Pohlads failed the fans they professed to respect and cherish. And perhaps not surprisingly, the third generation’s emotional attachment to the Twins seemed minimal as they willingly dismantled the team’s momentum and the fan base’s morale to cut payroll by .075 percent of their fortune and 2 percent of the franchise’s value. That’s their legacy.
>I’m sick of writing and talking about the Pohlads. I’m sick of framing every roster move in terms of what it means to the Twins’ too-limited payroll. I’m sick of knowing that, no matter how good a moment feels or the future may look for Twins fans, there’s always the threat of a billionaire family deciding it was costing them too much money and had to be stopped.
>Forty years is enough.
>This market will absolutely support a winning, well-funded team. And for the next owner, the beauty of replacing four decades of Pohlads is that the bar is essentially on the floor. All they have to do is spend a slightly larger amount of their immense wealth and behave as if they actually want the team to be successful rather than just not lose money.
I am generally a pessimist, especially when it comes to MN sports. This, however, is not scary. It is exciting. Of course there is a possibility the next owner(s) could be even worse, but most likely they are going to be an improvement. The team is not going to get moved anytime soon with the new(ish) stadium. MLB has no reason to approve a move out of MN.
The Timberwolves should give everyone hope. New ownership came in and almost immediately turned the team around. Better days are ahead for the Twins!
What makes me excited is that we have a solid foundation to build a contender despite the Pohlads being complete scumbags. Imagine an owner who actually wants to invest in the team and.. I dunno.. sign Pete Alonso or something? 👀
Love Gleeman. Keep your customers happy or someone else will. Pohlads should have focused on providing a good experience to their fans rather than padding their pockets
There were so many bangers in this article. Gleeman ripped into them & it was incredible. Here’s one of my favorites:
“Decade after decade, the Pohlads failed the fans they professed to respect and cherish. And perhaps not surprisingly, the third generation’s emotional attachment to the Twins seemed minimal as they willingly dismantled the team’s momentum and the fan base’s morale to cut payroll by .075 percent of their fortune and 2 percent of the franchises value.
That’s their legacy “
Meanwhile the Star Tribune has done nothing for the last several days except defend the Pohlads and rip the fans for not liking them.
So glad they’re selling. Good riddance
Beloved is a stretch, though.
Gleeman’s absolute disdain for the Pohlads is a thing of beauty. We all agree.