The Polhad family announced their intent to explore a sale of the Minnesota Twins after 40 years of ownership.
Minnesotans react to impending Twins sale
Fans flooded social media to bid the Pohlad family farewell following the announcement of their intent to sell the team.
The Minnesota Star Tribune
October 10, 2024 at 6:37PM
Executive Chair Joe Pohlad broke the news to the team’s 400 full-time employees at a Target Field meeting Thursday. Pohlad issued a news release afterward, and the news spread across social media like wildfire.
Twins fans reacted with a mixture of excitement and trepidation, all marked with a similar hope for the future of the team, which is valued at nearly $1.5 billion.
Of course, fans got some digs in too, as sports fans do.
They also joked and theorized about the people wealthy enough to come in and buy the team, making pleas to specific sports business executives and celebrities alike.
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