As Twins fans we have a lot to be thankful for, like Terry Ryan, Target Field, and a $100 million dollar payroll.  Personally, I’m thankful that I am an actual Twin, even  if I never play for the Minnesota Twins I’ll always be connected to them because everyone knows all Twins have a special connection (and super secret Twin powers).

Before you chow down on turkey and position yourself on the couch for that tryptophan and football induced nap, take time to be thankful for another great week of Twins related links.

Bill over at The Platoon Advantage hates the new playoff format.  I tend to agree, I think that 162 games is more than enough to sort out the winners and the losers, throwing more teams into the post season just allows teams like the 2011 St. Louis Cardinals to steal a World Series from more deserving teams.

Do you like mustaches and eye brows?  I didn’t like them before reading Dustin Parkes’ Double Booked, but once I saw them together I had to change my mind.

The new Toronto Blue Jays logo that was leaked earlier this offseason is real.   This review, over at Flip Flop Fly Ballin’ acknowledges that even a great new logo has room for lots of improvement.

Matt Klaassen over at FanGraphs proposed a new rule regarding the number of pickoff attempts allowed during any particular at bat, a rule designed to help shorten MLB games.  I like this rule, not because it shortens games, but because I think it could lead to more excitement.  Who wants shorter games?  I want as much baseball as I can get!

DJ Skillz (who may or may not be a talented disc jockey) writes that the Twins already have a potential ace on their 25 man roster, they just forgot about him after a lackluster 2011 season.  (more…)

Going forward and every so often (hopefully at least once a week) I will link to various AL Central related articles and news items from a variety of different sources. In most cases I will also provide some thoughts, analysis or reaction to each of the links because I’m not a fan of simply regurgitating some links.

To kick off Puddle Jumping, I decided to go with a “local” feel and focus on some content from the other FanSided AL Central sites. (more…)