{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Episode 42- The Lost Years","description":"You know him, you love him, you keep requesting him\u2026 \u201cThe Closer\u201d Brad Carlson from 1280am The Patriot is back on the show. If you\u2019ve listened for Brad you know his political acumen, but he has even greater knowledge of baseball, so today we talk some Twins.  We\u2019ve talked about \u201887 and \u201891, but we\u2019ve never talked about the lost years (\u201893-2000). These were rough years for us Twins fans, but it\u2019s worth discussing.  Now remember, the Twins won the World Series in \u201891 and almost won the division in \u201892, save for a 10 game slide at the end of the season\u2026 but that\u2019s when the bottom fell out of the organization.  They started out still having players like Kirby Puckett, Kent Hrbeck, Chuck Knoblauch, David Winfield, Scott Erickson, and Kevin Tapani, but things didn\u2019t go the way fans expected. These years had a strike, restructuring of the divisions, and some horrendous trades. They came close a few times, but just couldn\u2019t get out of their own way. Let\u2019s talk some baseball! Brad Carlson | WWTC AM The Patriot - Minneapolis, MN (am1280thepatriot.com) ","author_name":"Andrew Richter","author_url":"http:\/\/andrewrichterpodcast.libsyn.com\/website","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/26504691\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/97359992"}