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Kind of hoping that if the officiating is as bad during Wednesday's "day camp" Lynx game as it is tonight, an arena full of children will launch into the "ref you suck!" chant.

The request to "make some noise" for the Twins Rally Dancers today was met with the same absence of enthusiasm as fans have for greeting a middle reliever in a blowout game. Like an annoying sibling, if we ignore them maybe they will go away

Feeling like I've won the day because I exchanged our Twins tickets just now for comparable seats on the shaded side of the 200 level at Target Field.

Minnesota state hockey tournament runners-up 1949 and 1950. On the “Highway 11 strip” with Roseau, Warroad and International Falls.

Congratulations to @salmonbayfc.bsky.social for drawing a team record crowd of 1,547 fans for tonight's playoff game -- or less than 30% of @mnaurorafc.bsky.social's average crowd.

Watching the stream of the @mnaurorafc.bsky.social playoff game in Seattle and trying to figure out how a 900-seat stadium was chosen to host the game instead of the Vikings facility where the undefeated Aurora plays. Maybe the USL W takes management lessons from FIFA.

Today All-Twins Immaculate Grid. One player sucked up two-thirds of the rarity points. ⚾️ Immaculate Grid 1196 9/9: Rarity: 9 IMMACULATE! 🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩 Play at: www.sports-reference.com/immaculate-g...

I've got a plan for how the Twins should proceed toward the trade deadline that holds up whether or not they stay in playoff contention. (Yeah, talking about "whether or not" is something I didn't figure to be doing this summer.) Also, Cheryl Reeve deserves better from the media. Sports Take:

sports take | A Radical Proposal for the Twins7.9.26www.thedailyagenda.com

This sounded like an audition for a FOX News hosting gig.

Carli Lloyd calling the Folarin Balogun reinstatement process "a bit unfair to Balogun and a bit unfair for the U.S. team" on FOX because of how it will motivate Belgium may be one of the most asinine pieces of sports commentary ever. #USMNT #WorldCup

What is the American football equivalent of futbol's "stutter-step nonsense" on penalty kicks? I'm thinking it's the bubble screen. Other ideas? #fwc

Cory Provus is putting on a master class on how *not* to sound like a team play-by-play voice during today's Twins-Yankees broadcast on Peacock. Has to be harder than he's making it sound. #Pro

Shakopee alert: Watch your dogs (and horses), people. Last night at Canterbury was only the beginning!

HAPPY CANADA D'EH!!! I hope you all are still appreciative of Minnesota's gift to you of Louis Varland. 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦

I am waiting for fans to sing the Toots and the Maytals version of Country Roads at some point during the World Cup.

Toots and the Maytals - Take Me Home Country RoadsYouTube video by Lisa Sixtiesyoutu.be

Germany's PK takers:

"So Long, Farewell" - The Sound of Music (1965)YouTube video by Rodgers & Hammersteinyoutu.be

Dick Such was the Twins' pitching coach when I covered them in the 20th Century. The struggle against a typo was very real. Fun fact: in 1967, Such had a 2.81 ERA for York in the Eastern League. He also had an 0-16 record.

This is fabulous reporting and writing by @nightengalejr.bsky.social. (Fun fact: Ticket partner @tsauer.bsky.social and I looked from our seats into the press box early in Wednesday’s game and wondered, ‘Where’s Bobby?’ This is 100 times better than any of the things we speculated about.)

Who is the guy sitting in the middle on the Twins postgame show? Pretty liberal in his use of 'we' in talking about the Twins.