Trade Season!

With the trading deadline this coming Friday at 3:00p local time the Twins front office has finally seen the light and all indications are that they are open for business. Berrios? Buxton? Mitch Garver? Josh Donaldson? And those are just the high profile names. The possibilities are endless.

Put your trade predictions in the Spoilers (the half baked the better) and let's check again next week on who should be the next MLB Insider at ESPN.

July 26, 2021: On That Topic…

Best 2020 Olympic Sport (pick 6)

  • Athletics (15%, 7 Votes)
  • Aquatics (13%, 6 Votes)
  • Gymnastics (11%, 5 Votes)
  • Volleyball (9%, 4 Votes)
  • Archery (9%, 4 Votes)
  • Skateboarding (6%, 3 Votes)
  • Baseball (6%, 3 Votes)
  • Handball (4%, 2 Votes)
  • Fencing (4%, 2 Votes)
  • Weightlifting (4%, 2 Votes)
  • Cycling (4%, 2 Votes)
  • Rugby sevens (2%, 1 Votes)
  • Wrestling (2%, 1 Votes)
  • Sport climbing (2%, 1 Votes)
  • Shooting (2%, 1 Votes)
  • Boxing (2%, 1 Votes)
  • Football (2%, 1 Votes)
  • Basketball (2%, 1 Votes)
  • Badminton (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Triathlon (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Tennis (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Taekwondo (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Table tennis (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Surfing (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Golf (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Canoeing (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Equestrian (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Sailing (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Field hockey (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Rowing (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Modern pentathlon (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Karate (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Judo (0%, 0 Votes)

Total Voters: 11

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Happy Birthday–July 26

Sam Breadon (1876)
Brick Eldred (1892)
Sad Sam Jones (1892)
Larry Woodall (1894)
Paul Gallico (1897)
Alex Radcliffe (1905)
Sam Leslie (1905)
Ellis Kinder (1914)
Jimmy Bloodworth (1917)
Sibby Sisti (1920)
Hoyt Wilhelm (1922)
Norm Siebern (1933)
Pete Ward (1937)
Ken Kaiser (1945)
Jody Reed (1962)
Greg Colbrunn (1969)
Joaquin Benoit (1977)
Kevin Jepsen (1984)
Brandon Morrow (1984)
Alex Burnett (1987)

Sam Breadon owned the St. Louis Cardinals from 1917-1947.

Brick Eldred got over two thousand hits in the Pacific Coast League, playing there thirteen years.

Paul Gallico was a sportswriter from 1919-1936.  He went on to become a noted writer and is best known as the author of The Poseidon Adventure.

The brother of Double Duty Radcliffe, Alex Radcliffe played in the Negro Leagues from 1932-1946 and played in eleven all-star games.

Ken Kaiser was an American League umpire from 1977-1999.

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Happy Birthday–July 25

John Tener (1863)
Cy Williams (1913)
Whitey Lockman (1926)
Larry Sherry (1935)
Buddy Bradford (1944)
Fred Scherman (1944)
Mick Kelleher (1947)
Biff Pocoroba (1953)
Marc Sullivan (1958)
Doug Drabek (1962)
Torey Lovullo (1965)
Ed Sprague (1967)
Billy Wagner (1971)
Guillermo Mota (1973)
Javier Vazquez (1976)
Santiago Casilla (1980)
Alex Presley (1985)

Pitcher/outfielder John Tener was the president of the National League and also became governor of Pennsylvania.  For 1914-1915, he did both jobs at the same time.

Cy Williams was a long-time major league scout, working for the Detroit Tigers for thirty years.

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