Twins Off-Daily Podcast

Sweet Lou, Ol' Gregg, and Comrade Cody talk about the remaining questions they have regarding Derek Shelton's hiring as Twins manager. They also share their love for the drama in this year's World Series and have some fun with Gregg's Gripes and a round of 20 Questions. Should any of these hosts be on the next Twins coaching staff? Of course, not, but they talk about where they'd fit in. 

After firing Rocco Baldelli after the conclusion of the season, the Twins have hired a new skipper... kind of. They've hired the former Pirates manager and former Twins bench coach Derek Shelton.

Sweet Lou, Ol' Gregg, and Comrade Cody break down the Twins' decision to cut ties with longtime manager Rocco Baldelli. They take suggestions for who should replace him, what's next for Rocco, and what the heck is Josh Willingham up to these days?

Comrade Cody is back after a two-month sabbatical to analyze the last couple of weeks (and months) of Twins baseball, relitigating the trade deadline. Gregg recounts his night as a special guest of the Twins and his missed chance to throw out the first pitch. Lou is stumped in the end.

Sweet Lou and Ol Gregg livestream, discussing the current state of the franchise, prospects, and fan appreciation.

Sweet Lou and Ol Gregg assess some carnage, answer some pre-submitted mailbag questions, and react to some listener comments live! There's even a brand-new segment.

Sweet Lou is joined by his fellow Zone Coverage writer and friend of the show, Theo Tollefson, to talk about what we've learned about the Twins over the last few weeks, what we still hope to learn in the coming months, and which national broadcaster took their sweet time in a pregame media session. Ol' Gregg was MIA, as was Comrade Cody No-Schoenmann.

Sweet Lou and Ol Gregg discuss each of the Twins' nine trades and discuss where the Twins go from here. Gregg gripes about the word "moot."

Gregg and Cody react to the Twins' trade of Chris Paddack and Randy Dobnak, remembering their time with the Twins, evaluating the return, and hypothesizing what's next. They also announce plans to livestream during the Trade Deadline on Thursday!

Sweet Lou and Comrade Cody are joined by friend of the show Brock Beauchamp, and they let out some steam after yet another heartbreaking loss. They outline some potential blockbuster deals that could happen by next week's trade deadline, and they play a round of 20 questions. Oh, and they try to estimate Ol' Gregg's trade value on the open market. 

Sweet Lou and Ol' Gregg are joined by friend of the pod Theo Tollefson for the second annual Gripesgiving. They gripe about everything from their co-hosts, to the team's branding, to adult autograph hawks and much, much more. Listeners supply their own gripes, and we finally get a barrage of gripes from Gregg's lovely wife. Live. Laugh. Gripe.

Sweet Lou, Comrade Cody, and Ol Gregg spend Day 3 of the All-Star Podnanza looking ahead to the second half, identifying X-factors and Greggs-factors, predicting the trade deadline, and trying to decide if the Twins are viable. Can you name the 9 40+ year-olds to play for the Twins since 2000?

Sweet Lou, Comrade Cody, and Ol Gregg spend Day 2 of the All-Star Podnanza reviewing the first half, identifying top and bottom performers. They also discuss the Nelly concert, and Lou has a lefty reliever in mind. Can you guess him?

Twins Off-Daily celebrates its first 50 episodes by revisiting some of the best moments of the podcast. There's thank-yous laughs, gripes, awkward silence, and a never-before-seen clip from an episode buried to the sands of time.

Sweet Lou returns to host the show, try and make some trade deadline predictions, and get everyone out at a reasonable time. Comrade Cody and Ol Gregg recount attending the 4th of July game together, including being on the jumbotron and Harrison Bader almost hitting Gregg's wife with a ball. Livestreamed on Monday night!

Ol Gregg explains to Sweet Lou what's happened in the month since he's last appeared on the show, then he digs into gripes, dooming, and hot takes from Twins fans. Recorded live in front of a podcasting audience.

Ol Gregg and Comrade Cody are joined by Peter Labuza for a cathartic episode. In what many are calling the most pessimistic episode ever (no doubt to Gregg hosting instead of Sweet Lou), the gang reads gripes from listeners, has some fun, and looks for silver linings. Gregg discusses his accidental appearance in Sports Illustrated.

With Sweet Lou MIA, Cody and Gregg give you a supersized episode of Twins Off-Daily where they answer the hard questions like "How does the rotation depth look now?" "Is Ty France good?" "Will Carson McCusker replace him?" "Should baseball players be volunteer firemen?" and "Could 100 Twins fans defeat a bear?" Lou's wife Claire sends in gripes about Lou, which are read on-air.

Sweet Lou and Ol Gregg are joined by Tom Froemming to discuss a week of .500 baseball. Tom gives some bold predictions featuring David Festa and Royce Lewis, and the crew talks some prospects. Gregg Gripes about Minnesota sports fans, Lou takes offense, and they play a game of Stump the Froemm.

Sweet Lou, Comrade Cody and Ol' Gregg catch up on the latest happenings with the Twins, they gripe about Bark In The Park Night and try to nail a couple rounds of Random Twin 20 Questions. Come for the Twins talk, stay for the Bert Blyleven shade!

The fellas are joined by Theo Tollefson to celebrate a 6-0 week, saying nothing negative about the team. Cody questions whether the Pope has any opinions on Josh Donaldson, and then Lou and Theo attempt to Stump him. Gregg got punched in the throat so he held himself to only monologuing through half the runtime.

With Gregg stuck in flight limbo on his way out of Boston, Sweet Lou and Comrade Cody chat about a Twins team that is still treading water after going 3-4 on their road trip. Cody gets a Gripe session of his own and gets another shot at 20 Questions. No Gregg? No problem.

Sweet Lou, Comrade Cody, and Ol Gregg try livestreaming for a change as the Guardians feign a rain delay to give their pitchers more recovery time. They discuss the Twins' 6-1 stretch, answer listener questions, all three agree that's Gregg's newest gripe is valid, and they finish with a game of Stump the Schoen. We hope to mix in some more live streams as the season goes on!

Sweet Lou and Ol' Gregg meet up for an on-daily episode to make up for not recording on Easter. Topics include Luke Keaschall's debut, the starting rotation doing their jobs, Mickey Gasper's scorching 4 days in St. Paul, giving away tickets with cans of corn, Lou's instant replay gripe, and so much more.

Sweet Lou, Absentee Cody, and Ol Gregg are feeling the angst and so are you, so we read and reacted to YOUR gripes about the Twins, players wearing hoodies, and the term "DFA'd." They also recap the last 2 weeks of Twins baseball, trying to look for the bright spots, and speculate whether Big Dude Who Dings Dongs, Carson McCusker will get a shot soon.