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MLB: ***2026 Minnesota Twins***
The people ultimately responsible can't be fired. Simple as that unfortunately.- FDWxMan
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MLB: ***2026 Minnesota Twins***
As I said before, kinda just have to wait for the Pohlad cash crunch to get bad enough for MLB to seize the team like they did the Dodgers from McCourt. Gonna get worse before it gets better.- FDWxMan
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MLB: ***2026 Minnesota Twins***
Lease goes to 2039. If you get a local buyer eventually sure, they could stay, but if the Pohlads hang on another however many years until their finances are finally completely sapped, and the interest in both attendance and tv/streaming is non-existent, a non-local buyer (which is probably more...- FDWxMan
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MLB: ***2026 Minnesota Twins***
Twins are not going to survive the Pohlads. The earth will be so salted by the time they sell, or MLB confiscates a la McCourt and the Dodgers that a move is going to be inevitable with the next owner...- FDWxMan
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MLB: ***2026 Minnesota Twins***
Per Joe Pohlad interview in StarTribune, deal does not include plans/pathway to expand ownership % or become future majority owners. "But the Pohlads — the three sons of Carl Pohlad, who inherited the team when he died in 2009, and their seven children — will retain a controlling interest in...- FDWxMan
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MLB: ***2026 Minnesota Twins***
Why? So the Pohlads can make them be the ones that have to go out and explain the cheap moves like they're actual strategy rather than Falvey? Getting their names tangled up in this mess would be an all-time PR blunder.- FDWxMan
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MLB: ***2026 Minnesota Twins***
Yep. Pohlad's racked up nearly half a billion in debt since 2020 using the Twins credit card to prop up their failing commercial real estate ventures. https://www.si.com/mlb/twins/minnesota-twins-news/report-pohlads-asking-for-at-least-1-7-billion-in-twins-sale-amid-teams-hefty-debt- FDWxMan
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MLB: ***2026 Minnesota Twins***
I think it's the first option. Feels like the sale isn't happening. So anyway, I was reading up on how MLB essentially seized the Dodgers from broke Frank McCourt, (no reason in particular, just light reading) and I realized I had completely forgotten Joe Torre went to LA for a few years after...- FDWxMan
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MLB: ***2026 Minnesota Twins***
Really needed to have the sale done before now so reasonably accurate decisions could be made on degree of rebuild/payroll going forward, etc. Unless they're most of the way done behind the scenes and have made clear what their plans are, I'm not sure what to think. It's clear as long as the...- FDWxMan
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Ankeny water ban
I think we're having two different valid discussions. One about long-term issues, and one about avoiding an immediate situation. -
Ankeny water ban
6% of daily capacity is 6% of daily capacity. The problem is, when they were running at 108% demand vs capacity last week, even magically wiping data centers completely out of existence and zeroed out their water usage, you would have still had demand over 100% of what they could produce below... -
Ankeny water ban
Nothing comes close to stressing production capacity like summer irrigation. https://www.ciww.gov/news-1/updated-june-18%2C-2025---stage-iii-water-shortage-plan%3A-frequently-asked-questions Q: Are data centers being asked to reduce water usage? A: No. Records show that data centers use 2-6%... -
Ankeny water ban
The issue with the Raccoon gauge is because of how the water mixes from the north and south Raccoon that occurs just upstream. Not fully mixed yet, so it consistently reads low vs Fleur test. -
MLB: ***2026 Minnesota Twins***
Jorge Alcala is just the worst.- FDWxMan
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