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November 10, 2014: Rollin’

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My wife was told to expect about 50 hours a week for a few weeks as she begins with her promotion, but this past week she logged 65 (while I, too, had about six hours of overtime). Christmas presents are going to be easy this year.

45 thoughts on “November 10, 2014: Rollin’”

  2. The Twins have an infographic out about the new unis.

    My thoughts, for whatever they're worth:

    - I think the logo itself looks good, but it looks less good on the plain white uniform. I think they'd be better if they were slightly off-white or pinstriped still.
    - I kind of like the gold-trim alternate cap, and if they make a 39thirty version of it I'll buy one.
    - The uniforms look good on Mauer and that's all that really matters.

    1. I like the neck/sleeve part with the white. I still think the Twins script is the worst part of the uniform, and the gold shadow doesn't help it.

    3. I appreciate that they wanted to incorporate one of the unique features of their new ballpark into their look, but "Gold" is not the first color I think of when I think of Kasota limestone. (And they didn't do a particularly good job of matching the stone in their hue of gol - they should have gone for something lighter and closer to tan.)

      If they had to do a drop shadow, they should have used the blue for that, with the "gold" piping/trim around the wordmark and number.

      This, for me, is a substantial downgrade.

    4. I think that Red/Gold on the bright white is making my eye see orange, and the navy looks almost gray on the Mauer demo. I can't shake the Giant-sy impression I'm getting.

    5. The gold trim on the blue cap, and around the Minny/Paul logo looks great. Around the script, not so much.

      One small change to the jersey is that there is no number on the front.(was below the "n" in Twins)

    6. - The uniforms look good on Mauer and that's all that really matters.

      lulz

      My two cents: they're as dull as the product they put on the field.

    1. I don't know where he came from, but many people in poverty don't believe they're going to live to be old or enjoy it like others do. So if you see football as your ticket to money, not just for you but your family, I get it.

    3. According to Forbes, there is compelling evidence that football players might be four times more likely to have ALS than the general male population. The CDC found in a 2012 study that the incidence rate rose from fewer than two cases out of nearly 3,500 men to seven cases among former NFL players.

      I also saw on Wikipedia that CTE is often misdiagnosed as ALS.

      1. Is it that football players come from a set of people who are more likely to have ALS, or that playing football, or eating mass quantities of food to sustain that amount of muscle-mass, causes ALS. Or drinking gatorade. Or clubbing.

    4. I'm going to bookmark this and hang on to it for the next ten+ years in case my son shows any interest in football.

    3. What... The Mets must have thought Cuddyer was going to accept the qualifying offer and really wanted him.

    4. Well, when Cuddyer lands on the DL list, he can get a kick start on his big time talking head career in the biggest media market.

    1. Adam Silver is, fortunately, not David Stern and Glenn Taylor is an incompetent boob, but:

      The original report of his trade to Cleveland said he’d reached a handshake agreement to re-sign for five years with the Cavaliers.

      I look forward to many years of the Cavs not having a first round pick.

      1. I would like to believe that these rumors are nothing but something to fill in a slow day, but I didnt want to believe that Love wanted to leave the Wolves either and look how that ended up.

        1. I'd prefer to believe he's an embedded Timberwolf. He protested to get out of town and netted the Wolves Wiggins, and he'll be coming back next year on an MLE to "sweep the floors" and win a title with the Wolves.

          1. As awesome as that would be, the idea that he doesn't believe in the way the organization is run is so likely as to make this basically an impossibility.

            I do take solace in the fact that the Lakers aren't landing any big time free agents, despite the hubris of their media, due to being a big shit show and Kobe.

          2. The last day of the season, the Cavs are out of the playoffs, Love takes the floor in the 4th quarter , rips rips jersey in half Hulk Hogan style and underneath is his old Timberwolves gear and just walks off the court.

  7. The Timberwolves Anthony Bennett had LASIK during the offseason

    He had laser eye surgery. Bennett has never worn contacts. Can’t put them in his eyes. How bad was his vision before?

    “You see that white board?” Bennett said recently, pointing to a board no more than 10 feet away. “Last year, I couldn’t read the writing on it.”

    2. I'll be honest, I don't understand "I can't stick my fingers in my eyes but I'm totally fine with a laser burning off parts of my cornea."

      1. I couldn't hardly wear contacts- putting them in wasn't the problem, they just annoyed the crap out of me after about two hours or so. I'd wear them to play sports and that was about it.

        The three minutes a laser was pointed at my eyes was pretty easy to sit through (though the next week sucked), and I haven't had any issues in the ten years since.

        1. Yeah, I have astigmatism, so the contacts were thick torics, and I didn't care for the nuisance. I'd much rather throw glasses on in the morning, although contacts were nice for sports and swimming.

          2. My favorite part of toric lenses is when I put them on wrong and had to feel them turning on my eye. I had trouble using them for activity (read: Dance Dance Revolution) since they felt like they bounced around on my eye a bit.

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