Vikings’ Neighbor Drops Stunning Announcement
The Minnesota Vikings have broken the hearts of their fanbase for years. Adrian Peterson, Chuck Foreman, Brett Favre, Randy Moss, and a host of others never won a Super Bowl ring while wearing purple. All of that took place on the field, though. Unlike their downtown neighbors, the Vikings haven’t made a habit of crushing their fanbase from the top.
The Pohlad family pulled the Minnesota Twins off the market on Wednesday, and the Vikings owners can laugh at them along with everyone else.
On Wednesday, the Minnesota Twins did just that. The Pohlad family, which put the franchise up for sale last October, did what they have constantly done at every possible juncture. They failed. They failed to sell the team, and they failed the fanbase by remaining in power. Now with the Twins off the market, the nightmare that is Joe, Jim, and every other member of the awful Pohlad family remains in charge.
The Wilfs family is flush with well-respected businessmen who have generated revenue through a multitude of businesses. They successfully opened U.S. Bank Stadium and created the surrounding area of TCO Performance Center, making it a destination. The Pohlad family is a result of consistent corner-cutting and financial success handed down by the since departed Carl Pohlad. The current group still on this planet has represented multiple failed business and poured their debt onto the books of the baseball team.
The Twins, a Vikings Neighbor, Are No Longer For Sale
It was a dark day in Twins Territory. By opening Wednesday morning with the announcement that the team would no longer change hands, it immediately made a ninth-straight loss to the New York Yankees completely inconsequential. The ripple effects of this decision will be felt for quite some time.
Of course, because if he is nothing else, Joe Pohlad remains as tone deaf as ever. Their statement to fans suggested being as open to winning as ever. He told the Star Tribune that they couldn’t have imagined a better outcome. For Minnesota fans reading those worse, nothing but the absolute worst could be directed towards a man and family that have kneecapped interest at every possible opportunity.
Two years ago the Twins ended a decades-long playoff drought, and ownership slashed the payroll by $30 million. Two weeks ago, the franchise traded 11 players, 10 from the big league roster. One of them was substantial free agent shortstop Carlos Correa, in what was nothing more than a complete salary dump.
To say that the Twins fanbase has endured the worst would be putting it lightly. The franchise has a pair of World Series rings, and yet nothing about this ownership suggests they’ll ever experience that sort of success again. Instead, Target Field will be a beautiful park that should see empty concourses, poor baseball, and fans fairly throwing middle fingers towards the working offices in left field at every opportunity.
The Minnesota Vikings will kick off their season in a couple of weeks against the Chicago Bears. Hopefully, J.J. McCarthy and Justin Jefferson can be a tandem that leads the team to their first Super Bowl win. If not, though, the Wilfs will continue being among the best owners in sports.
Just like everyone else that takes in a Twins game, they can look down on the baseball team’s ownership as a group of rudderless losers that have completely bought into that reality.
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