Since April I have been writing for the Pond, and I took over as Editor back in September. Of all that I wrote in 2011, my personal favorite is this story about One Hit Wonders, where I compared Twins who were successful for one season to forgotten musicians. I’m also proud of my “Bill Smith on Trial” piece (despite all the rumors, my writing was not responsible for Smith being fired). Both of them are a little gimmicky, I admit. But I had fun writing them, so I hope some of you found them amusing as well.

Eric Pleiss is our Senior Staff Writer. That doesn’t mean he is old; it means that he is one of our most productive contributors. He’s also a budding poet – or at least I gathered that from this post he wrote back in April. After the season, Eric decided he was being too negative. So he turned it around and wrote this list of reasons to be excited about the Twins’ future. In fact, he got so positive he had to stretch the list into two parts. (more…)