Time: 6:05 Central
Weather: Humid, probability of T-storms, 96°
Opponent’s SB website: Pinstripe Alley
TV: Twins TV. Radio: Playing songs bringing tears to my eyes
How cursed are the Twins in opposition to the Yankees? When the crew confronted Gerrit Cole at Target Field in 2022, the primary three Twins hit residence runs (Arráez, Buxton, Correa). And the Twins STILL misplaced 10-7.
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They’ll be going through Cole once more at this time, in Yankee Stadium, primarily a haunted mansion the place the Twins at all times die. Cole is making his eighth begin since having TJ surgical procedure final 12 months, and he’s been up-and-down up to now this season. He throws a 96-ish fastball, slider, curve, change, sinker; when he’s wholesome, the fastball/slider are his greatest combo.
Back in April, I learn a “Rival Roundup” put up at PinstripeAlley that talked about the Twins. We’re the Yankees’ rivals, now? Isn’t that like if the Harlem Globetrotters referred to as the Washington Generals their “rivals”?
Obligatory “when in Yankee Stadium” video:
In May, a brand new statue of Dave Winfield was unveiled at Toni Stone Field in St. Paul, within the Rondo neighborhood the place Winfield grew up. Winfield spoke just a few phrases, and you may see the whole ceremony here. He did an interview with Charles Hallman of the Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder you can read here. In the interview, Winfield factors out that he was drafted by 4 professional groups! The Utah Stars of the ABA, the Atlanta Hawks of the NBA, the Vikings, and the Padres. And Winfield talks fondly about his mom and grandmother who did the lion’s share of elevating him.
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The Padres switched Winfield from pitching to hitting, and he would make the All-Star crew yearly from 1977-1988, then win a World Series throughout his one 12 months in Toronto in 1992. Most of his profession was spent with the Padres and the Yankees. The Yankees signed Winfield in 1981 for $23 million, then the most-ever for a participant. Owner George Steinbrenner, then as at all times a wealthy fool, thought the contract was for $16 million — he hadn’t read the fine print a few singing bonus and cost-of residing will increase.
Furious, whiny child Steinbrenner subsequently spent a lot of Winfield’s time in New York bashing him to the press, lamenting that he’d misplaced “Mr. October” in Reggie Jackson and gotten “Mr. May” in Winfield. When that didn’t flip followers into haters of Winfield and worshipers of Almighty George, he tried character defamation.
Jim McLennan at AZSnakePit has the story. Steinbrenner paid $40,000 to identified gambler Howard Spira to dig up some filth on Winfield’s charitable basis (which did have some monetary issues, which Winfield paid to repair himself, and the charity gave out scholarships for almost 30 years). Eventually Spira went to jail for 2 years, and Steinbrenner was banned for associating with a identified gambler, though two years later, new commissioner Bud Selig lifted the ban. Just like Ronald Reagan pardoned Steinbrenner for his unlawful marketing campaign contributions to Dick Nixon! That “the Boss,” what an aesthetic man.
Oh, and Winfield was concerned in one other controversial story throughout his time as a Yankee. In 1983, doing in-between-inning warmup tosses, Winfield Randy Johnson’d a hen in Toronto. It was a seagull. He was really taken to jail on costs of animal cruelty (the Blue Jays GM paid the $500 bail). Yankees supervisor Billy Martin mentioned “when Toronto comes down to New York next week, we’re going to get their four starting pitchers arrested. We’re going to have somebody call the police and say they were molested in the hotel.” As BluebirdBanter’s Tom Dakers writes, “that pretty much tells you everything you need to know about Billy Martin.”
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Finally, just a few weeks in the past, Matt seen that AI rubbish was stealing his stuff and getting it improper. Around that point, Neil deMause (who writes about stadium shenanigans) mentioned that “the AI slop is getting weird, man.” To wit:
Hmm, that does sound familiar.
Oh courageous new world that has such (un)folks in’t! I ought to begin inserting the phrase “poop” into each sentence simply to confuse the machines, besides it wouldn’t work. Nothing will! There’s good concepts about what we might do out there, however they don’t have any probability and every thing is doomed. Like the Twins this weekend.
