Baseball should go to a 4 game series. Thursday-Sunday only. Off Monday-Wednesday. It would reduce cost, player injury, and could put a salary cap on. It would get more people to the ballpark I feel.
As an out state resident with internet tv I have not had the Twins for the last couple of years. I am an old guy who still loves baseball, even more than football. I feel like how it was when I was growing up listening on WCCO and watching the nationally televised game on Saturday afternoon. That should not be the case.
I was told by the very athletic stable brainiacs on Twins Reddit that cheap team control is the best thing you could ever have. Doesn’t matter what the player does, TEAM CONTROL!
So the games still won’t be shown on Dish Network…Bally won’t come to an agreement with them. I and most people I know haven’t been able to watch games since Fox Sports North. It’s been years so it’s Impossible to care. We used to go to several games a year.
As one who lives in Rochester MN who cannot drive up to the cities all the time to attend a game, and who doesn’t have cable, I’d pay money to stream Twins games.
Good afternoon gentlemen I have a solution to this problem the owners of all of the sports teams in the area should pool their money together and build their own network and tell that to the cable / satellite providers
I was watching the Wild Card playoffs and enjoying the intensity , packed stadiums, passionate fans, passionate players . So enjoy your coupon clipping ways Twins!!
@@Popeyeschicken433the last time I used it was the promise of competitive teams for a new stadium. Honestly, how many lies have the Pohlad's given over the years?
@@Popeyeschicken433you planning on defending the pohlads because you hate repetition. It deserves to be repeated. Every single day. Because they’ve been terrible owners every single day. For years and years. Give them all your money though. I hope you empty your pockets. You deserve it bud.
@@GoatsatanRex I'm not standing up for the Pohlads; they're a disease to the franchise. I'm tired of the pepperidge farm comments on every recent video.
At this point - I’m fine with any of our big teams leaving if they want a new stadium while also having not gone to a title game in a generation. Bye! I was devastated at talks of contraction … sure don’t care now. As recently as two years ago I was still willing to cheer for the Twins. But I’ve HAD IT with the Pohlads and their wealth that they hoard like fat dragons sleeping on a pile of gold coins. Didn’t they make their wealth off of foreclosing on depression era farms? They just feel like the embodiment of the old sleazy banker in Its a wonderful life.
MLB is complicit in this terrible TV contract. They need to find a way to broadcast many more MLB games if they want professional baseball to survive. I know it’s complicated but it needs to be done.
@@benjames4502 yes it is but MLB could still help find a solution to this problem. There will never be a time when there is equal sharing of revenue in baseball because the largest markets negotiate their own TV deals. MLB could however work with all the other “smaller” markets and help negotiate a TV deal. I think Judd’s idea of using a major streaming service (like Amazon) may be viable. Baseball is dying especially with younger viewers so it is essential that MLB helps solve this problem
When I watched the 23’ season there seemed to be some hope The Pohlad’s had gotten past that business bullshit/running it like a business crap. After this offseason I put them on a short leash and again The Pohlad’s didn’t fail to disappoint to disappoint me. I knew when they started awfully something wasn’t right and when they started hitting and it alleviated the problems for a minute but when I saw all the young pitchers that were expedited from A and AA to the big club I knew something smelled. Now that I know about Joe Pohlad and his Ricky Schroeder’s Silver Spoons background I have no interest in paying money to watch The Twins (I was considering season tickets) because of Joe’s lack of work ethic and success. Why would I invest in a team that passed off The Twins to their KID as a gift so secretly they didn’t want the headache of running a sports franchise. I have a suggestion Jim Pohlad? So might I suggest you sell the team to someone who will treat this franchise like his or her baby and won’t pass it off on to your version of Ricky Schroeder Silver Spoons in Joe Pohlad. I’ve been a fan forever but that ends for me today until these evil effing bankers sell the team and yes I said EVIL. How else would I describe The Pohlad’s who’s put an open air stadium in one of the coldest weather market teams that would play in April but worse late October into November wtf.
You had me on everything but the stadium. Target field is rated one of the best stadium in North America. Top 10 actually. That’s like saying lambeau was a dumb investment.
@@machankinson1795 not in Minnesota I’m afraid. They should have went retractable because in April and November it’s too cold in Minnesota to play baseball. I don’t care what they rate the stadium because a few bucks here and there could get you a higher rating. Retractable was the way to go here. I don’t know how old you are but when The Old Montreal Expos were in the playoffs in October those poor players could see their breath and if I’m not mistaken those temps were dropping to 30 plus degrees at night or colder and the day temps were in the high 30’s. You can’t and shouldn’t play baseball under those circumstances. Fans don’t want to freeze their asses off they want comfort. If they were my dad’s generation of fans that’s different. They were not used to sitting in front of a computer screen all day and a smart TV. This comment by me is strictly a business decision. What you may have not considered is all those fans that come from out state , North Dakota , South Dakota and Iowa. That’s a long way to drive only to be rained out. Traditional doesn’t feed the bottom line and let’s face the Pohlad’s are bankers and understand profit and losses as well as anyone. What does a retractable bring in the way of money. You can hold venues in the off season that can bring in more revenue. Don’t get me started on how big a waste of money the gopher football stadium is revenue wise. A retractable on that stadium could have been used year round but instead what 7 or 8 or 9 maybe 10 games then it sits all winter , spring and summer (most of it anyway not bringing in revenue) that’s the issue I have with The Twins Stadium. The Pohlad’s bitch about lack of revenue and my answer is quit bitching and put a retractable on it so you can make it financially viable year round. A pretty stadium isn’t shit if it’s not financially viable year round…..JUST SAYIN.
Insanely disagree with 120 game season. Baseball, ironically, is about the season first as much as the post season. It is a 1A to 1B scenario. You cut off 100+ years of records by reducing the number of games to 120. You render the season even more meaningless by expanding the playoffs. You start having champions that have no business being champions. Not. Everything. Should. Be. Football.
@@bshaker1188 That isnt at all significant to satisfy the people who want the season shortened so that talk radio covers it more often in a meaningful way akin to the NFL. Let's be real here - it is about getting Colin Cowherd and Stephen A Smith to talk about baseball in the same way they talk NBA or NFL. It just will not happen. That isnt what baseball is meant to be as the sport that dominates the summer - a season that begs for you to go outside and live your life. And it shows a fundamental misunderstanding as to how baseball was consumed in the past vs. how we consume it today - and that is largely laid at the feet of MLB itself, who uses the word "pastime" flippantly, without even knowing what the word means. Baseball is something that you PASS THE TIME with. You aren't passing the time with the NFL - you are living it, breathing it, putting your life into it. Baseball was never meant to be that - it became a part of life as much as spending time with your family was, or doing work in the garage on a hot Saturday afternoon. Lowering the number of games from 162 to even 81 isnt going to magically change that fact - in fact, it would only bore you even more because you can barely keep track as to when the games are even played!
See 120 for a year of twins game, yet you can pay like 150 for mlb at bat and get all the games if they did no black put for local that's so worth it I'd buy at bat every year being able to get the twins plus any other game I want is worth it
We all know how hard it is to be a Twins fan. Can u imagine how the Rockies and Pirates fans have it. Both teams are basically minor league teams. These teams shouldn't even exist IMO
If you really and truly want a system that determines the best team. Each team plays each other 6 times... 3 home/3 away. The team with the best record is declared the best. No playoffs.
@@benjames4502 - Well, yeah. But not the point of the exercise. MLB would lose money if they took up my idea. The World Series bracket tournament has all sorts of flaws when it comes to picking the best team, but it is a big money maker.
Twins should have at least 1 game a week on local channels, have some games that are free to watch.
Baseball should go to a 4 game series. Thursday-Sunday only. Off Monday-Wednesday. It would reduce cost, player injury, and could put a salary cap on. It would get more people to the ballpark I feel.
As an out state resident with internet tv I have not had the Twins for the last couple of years. I am an old guy who still loves baseball, even more than football. I feel like how it was when I was growing up listening on WCCO and watching the nationally televised game on Saturday afternoon. That should not be the case.
It would be less than 24 teams. The Blue Jays own their sports network and their games are televised across Canada on cable.
Do NOT attend games this next year fans!!
if you really wanna go far with it then don't watch the games on TV either
Yes. You can find certain websites with free streaming. "Don't give Pohlad a dime"
Petition unveiled.
I’m out too.
So what you're saying is the Pohlad's will further reduce payroll for the '25 season, no way?
This would KILL ME as a twins fan. Sad to see what’s happening. Twins are my SUMMER. 3 years sober and they’ve helped me get through som e hard times!
The Dodgers, Phillies, Yankees and Guardians absolutely deserved the byes or otherwise the season means nothing.
what ever contract they sign, for the love of God please take out the blackout language.
Someone somewhere in the Twins front office there must be one guy who can figure out how to get rid of the Vazquez, DeSclafani, Paddack contracts.
Descalfani contract was only for one year, so he's not on '25 payroll.
@@benjames4502 Unless Falvey is Falvey and extends him because he thinks he will be able to pitch in ‘25.
@@Razorbacks1but there's so many other bad options to choose from this off season l.
I was told by the very athletic stable brainiacs on Twins Reddit that cheap team control is the best thing you could ever have. Doesn’t matter what the player does, TEAM CONTROL!
@@GoatsatanRexthat's someone in management, they've been trying to break the players Union since it's inception.
So the games still won’t be shown on Dish Network…Bally won’t come to an agreement with them.
I and most people I know haven’t been able to watch games since Fox Sports North. It’s been years so it’s Impossible to care. We used to go to several games a year.
As one who lives in Rochester MN who cannot drive up to the cities all the time to attend a game, and who doesn’t have cable, I’d pay money to stream Twins games.
Good afternoon gentlemen I have a solution to this problem the owners of all of the sports teams in the area should pool their money together and build their own network and tell that to the cable / satellite providers
I was watching the Wild Card playoffs and enjoying the intensity , packed stadiums, passionate fans, passionate players . So enjoy your coupon clipping ways Twins!!
I'm with Declan. This playoff format is great.
Do you remember a time when the Pohlad's promised a streaming service for the Twins, pepperidge farms remembers.
You planning on making this same comment on every video now? JW
@@Popeyeschicken433the last time I used it was the promise of competitive teams for a new stadium. Honestly, how many lies have the Pohlad's given over the years?
@@Popeyeschicken433 Do you want me to do "what grinds my gears comment"?
@@Popeyeschicken433you planning on defending the pohlads because you hate repetition. It deserves to be repeated. Every single day. Because they’ve been terrible owners every single day. For years and years. Give them all your money though. I hope you empty your pockets. You deserve it bud.
@@GoatsatanRex I'm not standing up for the Pohlads; they're a disease to the franchise. I'm tired of the pepperidge farm comments on every recent video.
At this point - I’m fine with any of our big teams leaving if they want a new stadium while also having not gone to a title game in a generation. Bye! I was devastated at talks of contraction … sure don’t care now. As recently as two years ago I was still willing to cheer for the Twins. But I’ve HAD IT with the Pohlads and their wealth that they hoard like fat dragons sleeping on a pile of gold coins. Didn’t they make their wealth off of foreclosing on depression era farms? They just feel like the embodiment of the old sleazy banker in Its a wonderful life.
MLB is complicit in this terrible TV contract. They need to find a way to broadcast many more MLB games if they want professional baseball to survive. I know it’s complicated but it needs to be done.
The collective bargaining contract is the issue
@@benjames4502 yes it is but MLB could still help find a solution to this problem. There will never be a time when there is equal sharing of revenue in baseball because the largest markets negotiate their own TV deals. MLB could however work with all the other “smaller” markets and help negotiate a TV deal. I think Judd’s idea of using a major streaming service (like Amazon) may be viable. Baseball is dying especially with younger viewers so it is essential that MLB helps solve this problem
We're lucky they never got a decent TV deal and didnt have to watch that last month of baseball. honestly theyre lucky too.
I already have Amazon prime
Sounds good to me. And I am old🤣
Bigger late collapse: the Twins down the stretch or the sports dad navigating his thoughts at the end of the of the episode 😂😂
i streamed the twins the lAST HALF OF THE YEAR WITH mlb
DEFUND THE POHLADS!!!
The Pohlads made billions off taxpayers who built them a stadium. They reward us with garbage.
When I watched the 23’ season there seemed to be some hope The Pohlad’s had gotten past that business bullshit/running it like a business crap. After this offseason I put them on a short leash and again The Pohlad’s didn’t fail to disappoint to disappoint me. I knew when they started awfully something wasn’t right and when they started hitting and it alleviated the problems for a minute but when I saw all the young pitchers that were expedited from A and AA to the big club I knew something smelled. Now that I know about Joe Pohlad and his Ricky Schroeder’s Silver Spoons background I have no interest in paying money to watch The Twins (I was considering season tickets) because of Joe’s lack of work ethic and success. Why would I invest in a team that passed off The Twins to their KID as a gift so secretly they didn’t want the headache of running a sports franchise. I have a suggestion Jim Pohlad? So might I suggest you sell the team to someone who will treat this franchise like his or her baby and won’t pass it off on to your version of Ricky Schroeder Silver Spoons in Joe Pohlad. I’ve been a fan forever but that ends for me today until these evil effing bankers sell the team and yes I said EVIL. How else would I describe The Pohlad’s who’s put an open air stadium in one of the coldest weather market teams that would play in April but worse late October into November wtf.
You had me on everything but the stadium. Target field is rated one of the best stadium in North America. Top 10 actually. That’s like saying lambeau was a dumb investment.
@@machankinson1795 not in Minnesota I’m afraid. They should have went retractable because in April and November it’s too cold in Minnesota to play baseball. I don’t care what they rate the stadium because a few bucks here and there could get you a higher rating. Retractable was the way to go here. I don’t know how old you are but when The Old Montreal Expos were in the playoffs in October those poor players could see their breath and if I’m not mistaken those temps were dropping to 30 plus degrees at night or colder and the day temps were in the high 30’s. You can’t and shouldn’t play baseball under those circumstances. Fans don’t want to freeze their asses off they want comfort. If they were my dad’s generation of fans that’s different. They were not used to sitting in front of a computer screen all day and a smart TV. This comment by me is strictly a business decision. What you may have not considered is all those fans that come from out state , North Dakota , South Dakota and Iowa. That’s a long way to drive only to be rained out. Traditional doesn’t feed the bottom line and let’s face the Pohlad’s are bankers and understand profit and losses as well as anyone. What does a retractable bring in the way of money. You can hold venues in the off season that can bring in more revenue. Don’t get me started on how big a waste of money the gopher football stadium is revenue wise. A retractable on that stadium could have been used year round but instead what 7 or 8 or 9 maybe 10 games then it sits all winter , spring and summer (most of it anyway not bringing in revenue) that’s the issue I have with The Twins Stadium. The Pohlad’s bitch about lack of revenue and my answer is quit bitching and put a retractable on it so you can make it financially viable year round. A pretty stadium isn’t shit if it’s not financially viable year round…..JUST SAYIN.
Insanely disagree with 120 game season. Baseball, ironically, is about the season first as much as the post season.
It is a 1A to 1B scenario.
You cut off 100+ years of records by reducing the number of games to 120. You render the season even more meaningless by expanding the playoffs.
You start having champions that have no business being champions.
Not. Everything. Should. Be. Football.
Didn't football add games not that long ago?
@@benjames4502 going from 16 to 17 games is still 1/10th of what baseball has.
@@cronoesifyisnt 17 games a softball tourney? Lol
140 to 144 game season would be ideal. Start mid-April and playoffs start a week after the NFL season opener.
@@bshaker1188 That isnt at all significant to satisfy the people who want the season shortened so that talk radio covers it more often in a meaningful way akin to the NFL. Let's be real here - it is about getting Colin Cowherd and Stephen A Smith to talk about baseball in the same way they talk NBA or NFL. It just will not happen.
That isnt what baseball is meant to be as the sport that dominates the summer - a season that begs for you to go outside and live your life. And it shows a fundamental misunderstanding as to how baseball was consumed in the past vs. how we consume it today - and that is largely laid at the feet of MLB itself, who uses the word "pastime" flippantly, without even knowing what the word means.
Baseball is something that you PASS THE TIME with. You aren't passing the time with the NFL - you are living it, breathing it, putting your life into it. Baseball was never meant to be that - it became a part of life as much as spending time with your family was, or doing work in the garage on a hot Saturday afternoon.
Lowering the number of games from 162 to even 81 isnt going to magically change that fact - in fact, it would only bore you even more because you can barely keep track as to when the games are even played!
I still don’t understand why MLB network doesn’t carry all the games I’m tired of being held hostage by sports networks
More people have prime than cable and it's not close.
The NFL is perfect as is. Do NOT wish for the removal of a salary cap. Unless you want the Cowboys to win the next 15 titles.
See 120 for a year of twins game, yet you can pay like 150 for mlb at bat and get all the games if they did no black put for local that's so worth it I'd buy at bat every year being able to get the twins plus any other game I want is worth it
ESPN PLUS YES SO I CAN SEE THE WILD
We all know how hard it is to be a Twins fan. Can u imagine how the Rockies and Pirates fans have it. Both teams are basically minor league teams. These teams shouldn't even exist IMO
So... when does the mustache get shaved?
When the Vikings lose
Sometime next September after the Vikings finally lose a game
Dez and Mackey are Acting Like A Couple of Odd Balls!😡
If you really and truly want a system that determines the best team. Each team plays each other 6 times... 3 home/3 away. The team with the best record is declared the best. No playoffs.
So, 84 games (6 x 14), or 174 (6 x 29)?
@@rogergreiling4249 174
That doesn't set up rivalries, baseball is all about that.
@@benjames4502 - Well, yeah. But not the point of the exercise. MLB would lose money if they took up my idea. The World Series bracket tournament has all sorts of flaws when it comes to picking the best team, but it is a big money maker.
@@Zoyxdon't you miss going to Milwaukee and screwing with their fans? I do get it, like how the collegent football leagues are run