Notice, no roof. How in the hell can a northern climate team spend millions and millions of dollars and not put a retractable roof on the joint? The Brewers draw 3 million a year because of their roof. You know every game is going to be played as scheduled. Being cheap is not going to benefit the Twins in this instance.Looks pretty nice to me
Yeah, the key word is retractable. When it's 43 degrees and raining, you close the roof and play. Most of April is 50 or below and raining. Where did they go when it snowed like a bear in early April in Cleveland? Milwaukee.
Where did they go when the hurricane hit Houston? Milwaukee.
Put a retractable roof on these new stadiums.
Where did they go when the hurricane hit Houston? Milwaukee.
Put a retractable roof on these new stadiums.
Closers are overated, they don't close games, they end games.
And Rauch providing he'll be the Twins ender, oops I mean closer all season, then he'll get the same amount of save oppurtinities as Nathan would have.
Now what Twin fans need to know is this, as I am about to prove to you how insignifacant Nathan's loss is, in the past 65 years, a team entering the ninth inning with a lead, win 95.5% of the time, so a closers job is to prevent something that happens 4.5% of the time, ever.
And Rauch providing he'll be the Twins ender, oops I mean closer all season, then he'll get the same amount of save oppurtinities as Nathan would have.
Now what Twin fans need to know is this, as I am about to prove to you how insignifacant Nathan's loss is, in the past 65 years, a team entering the ninth inning with a lead, win 95.5% of the time, so a closers job is to prevent something that happens 4.5% of the time, ever.
8/10/2011:
Nathan sets Twins saves record in win over Red Sox
By JON KRAWCZYNSKI, AP Baseball Writer
8 hours, 10 minutes ago
MINNEAPOLIS (AP)—Joe Nathan(notes) came to the Minnesota Twins in 2004 as an unknown middle reliever with one career save on his resume.
Seven years, four All-Star appearances, 255 saves and one Tommy John surgery later, Nathan is the best closer the Twins have ever had.
MINNEAPOLIS, MN - AUGUST 10
Nathan set the franchise record for saves and Jim Thome(notes) hit a tiebreaking RBI double during Minnesota’s three-run eighth inning to help the Twins beat the Boston Red Sox 5-2 on Wednesday night.
Nathan worked a perfect ninth, getting Mike Aviles(notes), Jacoby Ellsbury(notes) and Marco Scutaro(notes) for his ninth save of the year and surpassing Rick Aguilera on the franchise’s career saves list.
“Just with the surgery and everything, the bumps in the road, I think it made it mean even more,” said Nathan, who missed all of last season with the elbow surgery. “To be able to come back and accomplish this, more importantly we got a win and obviously we needed some wins.”
Nathan sets Twins saves record in win over Red Sox
By JON KRAWCZYNSKI, AP Baseball Writer
8 hours, 10 minutes ago
MINNEAPOLIS (AP)—Joe Nathan(notes) came to the Minnesota Twins in 2004 as an unknown middle reliever with one career save on his resume.
Seven years, four All-Star appearances, 255 saves and one Tommy John surgery later, Nathan is the best closer the Twins have ever had.
MINNEAPOLIS, MN - AUGUST 10
Nathan set the franchise record for saves and Jim Thome(notes) hit a tiebreaking RBI double during Minnesota’s three-run eighth inning to help the Twins beat the Boston Red Sox 5-2 on Wednesday night.
Nathan worked a perfect ninth, getting Mike Aviles(notes), Jacoby Ellsbury(notes) and Marco Scutaro(notes) for his ninth save of the year and surpassing Rick Aguilera on the franchise’s career saves list.
“Just with the surgery and everything, the bumps in the road, I think it made it mean even more,” said Nathan, who missed all of last season with the elbow surgery. “To be able to come back and accomplish this, more importantly we got a win and obviously we needed some wins.”
