Come Home Randy

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Jay Glazer of Fox Sports has reported that the Minnesota Vikings and the New England Patriots are close to reaching a deal that would move All-Pro wide receiver Randy Moss to Minnesota. Over 12 years ago, Randy Moss entered the NFL, joining a Viking’s team that was solid, but lacking the offensive spark required to [...]

Playoffs?! Playoffs!

timhiatt

And so it is. After 162 grueling games, the fate of baseball’s top 8 teams now faces the test of a best of 5 game series. For Minnesota Twins fans, we are in a familiar place – a melding of hope, loathing, and fear as we face baseball’s Evil Empire once more. (Read why cheering [...]

Definitive Proof that Cheering for the Yankees IS Just Like Cheering for the Soviet Union

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With baseball’s postseason rapidly approaching, it is time once again to bemoan the greatest evil in America’s greatest game. Although squads like the Twins & Rays have had fabulous years, they will enter into the crapshoot quest for a World Series at a distinct disadvantage. That disadvantage takes the form of the number 206 million, [...]

Favre Might Be, Could Be Somewhat Indecisive – but Will Be Fun to Watch

Brett Favre

“Meh.” That was my first reaction. Brett Favre is returning to the Minnesota Vikings. For the second straight summer, he is swooping in as conquering hero to “have fun out there” and lead his team to playoff glory. The fact he is returning should not come as a surprise. Brett Favre is the NFL’s all-time [...]

In One Fell Swat…

'I decided to end these proceedings.'

Jim Thome changed the conversation from the awful performance from Scott Baker & the lesser sins Matt Capps of Jon Rauch in the late innings. The lumbering slugger drove Matt Thornton’s 2nd pitch high over the right field wall and into a jubilant horde of Twins fans. The blast was so much more than just [...]