{"id":4607,"date":"2009-10-07T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-10-07T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/2009\/10\/why-washingtonians-should-not-cheer-for-the-twins.html"},"modified":"2009-10-07T14:00:00","modified_gmt":"2009-10-07T14:00:00","slug":"why-washingtonians-should-not-cheer-for-the-twins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2009\/10\/why-washingtonians-should-not-cheer-for-the-twins\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Washingtonians should not cheer for the Twins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last night the Minnesota Twins beat the Tigers in 12 innings to claim the AL Central crown and a playoff series with the New York Yankees. I noticed a few Nats fans on Twitter pulling for the Twins to win last night. The Twins had been the original Washington Senators. Do you know why thy moved to Minnesota? They moved because owner <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/2008\/06\/why-we-fight-minnesota-twins.html\"><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Calvin Griffith was a racist<\/span><\/a>. He was a liar too.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m rooting for the Yankees in that series of course and I hope they can bring an end to indoor baseball in Minnesota in short order.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/website_3c1e0e40\/graphics\/technorati.gif\" border=\"0\">  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/MinnesotaTwins\" rel=\"tag\">Minnesota Twins<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/CavlinGriffith\" rel=\"tag\">Cavlin Griffith<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/WashingtonSenators\" rel=\"tag\">Washington Senators<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\">&copy;MMX William F. 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