Carl Pohlad dead at 93

[Derwood]

Who inherits the Twins?

 

 

 

EDIT: Sorry, should be in General Baseball

[apete6]

Who inherits the Twins?

 

Rumor has it, some 12 year old kid who will name himself manager.

[SouthSideRyan]

Twins fans have gotta be hoping for a Rocky Wirtz here.

[MPC]

an article about pohlad's tactics and impact on the twins from espn

[loukycub]

it may be cruel. it may be ghoulish. but it has to be said.

 

this is the best thing to happen to the twins in a long time.

[kujay]

It really does seem like the Twins' success over the last 20 years, which I think we would all kill for (obviously), happened in spite of this guy, not because of him. If he had any hand in hiring the brilliant personnel guys, then kudos to him. But they're the ones who deserve the credit.

 

I still can't believe they are building an outdoor park up there. Retractable roof would've made a lot of sense, but it sounds like Pohlad wouldn't pay for it. And now it's too late.

[Derwood]

It really does seem like the Twins' success over the last 20 years, which I think we would all kill for (obviously), happened in spite of this guy, not because of him.

 

Pohlad was pushing hard for the contraction of his own team in the season just before their recent string of success (reportedly to take the cash buy out and go home). I can't imagine my team owner doing something like that.

[TruffleShuffle]

good luck prying any money from his cold, dead hands.

[Clem Fandango]

Who inherits the Twins?

 

Rumor has it, some 12 year old kid who will name himself manager.

 

And then he gives Poindexter permission to marry his mom if he hits a home run to win the game

[moochpuppy]

Pohlad was pushing hard for the contraction of his own team in the season just before their recent string of success (reportedly to take the cash buy out and go home).

 

Looks like Pohlad has now been contracted. 8-[

[splintersag]

it may be cruel. it may be ghoulish. but it has to be said.

 

this is the best thing to happen to the twins in a long time.

 

I guess this is kinda like the Blackhawks a few years back with the passing of Bill Wirtz.

[BCVM22]

I still can't believe they are building an outdoor park up there. Retractable roof would've made a lot of sense, but it sounds like Pohlad wouldn't pay for it. And now it's too late.

 

Their reasoning is that the lost revenue from games that have to be rescheduled in a fashion that would reduce revenue or just outright cancelled is vastly insignificant compared to the costs that a retractable roof or a dome would have added to the construction budget.

[TruffleShuffle]

I still can't believe they are building an outdoor park up there. Retractable roof would've made a lot of sense, but it sounds like Pohlad wouldn't pay for it. And now it's too late.

 

it's really not a big deal. average temps in early april are around 50 for a high and 30 for a low, and by the end of the month the average high is up to 65. by that point of the year there's not much difference between the climate there and the climate in chicago, detroit or cleveland. they'll probably get a couple of "cold outs" or "snow outs" in a year, but i would guess that from beginning to end of the season, you'll get more rain outs in an open air stadium in, say, miami, boston or new york than you will in minneapolis.

[jersey cubs fan]

I still can't believe they are building an outdoor park up there. Retractable roof would've made a lot of sense, but it sounds like Pohlad wouldn't pay for it. And now it's too late.

 

it's really not a big deal. average temps in early april are around 50 for a high and 30 for a low, and by the end of the month the average high is up to 65. by that point of the year there's not much difference between the climate there and the climate in chicago, detroit or cleveland. they'll probably get a couple of "cold outs" or "snow outs" in a year, but i would guess that from beginning to end of the season, you'll get more rain outs in an open air stadium in, say, miami, boston or new york than you will in minneapolis.

 

How's their late October?

[TruffleShuffle]

I still can't believe they are building an outdoor park up there. Retractable roof would've made a lot of sense, but it sounds like Pohlad wouldn't pay for it. And now it's too late.

 

it's really not a big deal. average temps in early april are around 50 for a high and 30 for a low, and by the end of the month the average high is up to 65. by that point of the year there's not much difference between the climate there and the climate in chicago, detroit or cleveland. they'll probably get a couple of "cold outs" or "snow outs" in a year, but i would guess that from beginning to end of the season, you'll get more rain outs in an open air stadium in, say, miami, boston or new york than you will in minneapolis.

 

How's their late October?

 

goes from 66/45 on the 1st of the month to 50/32 on the 31st.

 

chicago starts at 69/48 and ends at 55/37. about 5 degrees difference.

 

minneapolis does have an average low of 3 in mid-january whereas chicago's average low is in the lower to middle teens, but neither good for baseball in mid-january, and nobody is playing then.

 

really, cold climate is only a huge problem in minneapolis during the months that baseball isn't being played. new york and boston average close to 20 inches more liquid precipitation than minneapolis over the course of a year, that's why i say that the northeast teams are more likely to lose more games to weather than the twins.

[minnesotacubsfan]

I still can't believe they are building an outdoor park up there. Retractable roof would've made a lot of sense, but it sounds like Pohlad wouldn't pay for it. And now it's too late.

 

it's really not a big deal. average temps in early april are around 50 for a high and 30 for a low, and by the end of the month the average high is up to 65. by that point of the year there's not much difference between the climate there and the climate in chicago, detroit or cleveland. they'll probably get a couple of "cold outs" or "snow outs" in a year, but i would guess that from beginning to end of the season, you'll get more rain outs in an open air stadium in, say, miami, boston or new york than you will in minneapolis.

 

How's their late October?

 

 

fantastic. and cold. so the f-what.