Chris Shaw was confused.
The Golden Valley man was enjoying a hazy IPA at Bricksworth Beer Co. in the North Loop neighborhood of Minneapolis on Wednesday afternoon with some co-workers, when a group of “roughly 8-10 people” in Minnesota Twins gear walked in.
“We didn’t know what to make of it,” said Shaw. “The season’s been over for at least a month now, and they don’t do TwinsFest until January. Figured it was one of those lame themed office parties or something.”
Although common sense would seem to indicate that Shaw is correct, while investigating this incident, Twins Daily was able to exclusively confirm that the Minnesota Twins are still playing baseball—including a home series against the Cleveland Guardians this weekend!
Reporters and analysts who cover the Twins were stunned.
“I was as surprised as anyone,” said Twins Daily founder John Bonnes. “But I used a variety of search engines and they all indicated that the regular season ends on Sunday, September 28. I called the Target Field front desk on my landline telephone and was told the same.”
“My editor told me to go to the stadium on Tuesday,” said the Minnesota Star Tribune’s Phil Miller. “I figured they wanted me to gauge the off-season temperature or see if there was any more downsizing. I get there, and there’s people in the stands. I just assumed it was another country music concert from someone named Kody or Keith or Kody Keith. But it was a Yankees game? Against the Twins? Who are still playing?”
Twins Daily has confirmed that there are four more home games this year, all against Cleveland, on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. As if that wasn’t bizarre enough, multiple sources have told us the Twins will then head out on the road for an entire week of more baseball games. Perhaps even more remarkably, these results will count in the standings for both teams.
“I’ll be honest, I just switched into Vikings and Lynx mode after the trade deadline,” said Fiona Barrington, Shaw’s co-worker. “I honestly assumed they didn’t have enough players left, anyway. This is pretty wild. Do their families know?”
The final home series of the year, which, again, we have verified to be real, begins tonight, with Pablo López taking the mound versus the Guardians. There’s even a website where you can buy tickets. Huh.