"Today's mystery category? Let's see if you can guess from the clues…

"What are the Twins television revenues?"

"Why is everybody bitching about a $100 million payroll?"

"Why couldn't the Twins sign Prince Fielder?"

If you didn't get it, don't be too hard on yourself - it's a little convoluted. The category is "What questions avoid THE question?"

In Twins Territory, THE question has been: why did payroll go down $15 million following the second year of a publicly funded stadium? But because MLB teams keep their financial information so private, journalists are limited in the information they can dig up. Since that information doesn't give the whole story - and because they want to share that information that they've uncovered - they find other questions so they can still publish the story. Or, they list what they found, and refer to it generally, but offer few specifics.

My pithy intro might suggest I'm being critical of that strategy. I'm not - for two good reasons. First, because these are usually fine questions to answer, and every answer adds a piece to the puzzle. Second, because I'm about to do much the same thing. "