MINNEAPOLIS - The Twins play their first home game Friday since Falvey's Frenetic Fire Sale became the talk of Major League Baseball. Since the "Get To Know 'Em" marketing blitz already has been used, the team should give away Kramarczuk's brats free to fans who can correctly identify all the new names on the roster.
Don't worry Pohlad family. This won't cost more than 50 bucks.
The vibe at Target Field this weekend will be instructive. Will there be anger, indifference, curiosity? Will those who have already purchased tickets show up? Or will the Twins be greeted by swaths of empty seats, more so than usual?
It's been a week since team president Derek Falvey treated the trade deadline like an auctioneer at an estate sale - What are you going to give, what are you going to give! - and