Ryan Doumit is a great fit in Minnesota
Ryan Doumit was signed by the Twins last winter to a 1-year, $3 million dollar deal. The Twins suffered through a miserable 2011 in which hometown hero Joe Mauer battled Bi-lateral leg weakness for most…Read More
Minnesota Twins Podcast: Episode 6, Sconnie Beer and Col. Sanders
Episode 6 of the Twins related baseball podcast, Talk To Contact, is now available for download via iTunes or by clicking here. Episode 5 was pretty excellent, if I do say so myself, and in the…Read More
Twins retire Tom Kelly’s Jersey no. 10
I was born in 1982. The same age as the Metrodome, I was just old enough to wave my own Homer Hankie with my Kindergarten class during the 1987 world series. My earliest baseball memories include “knothole”…Read More
Twins Weekly Web Wrap: Essential online updates of the Minnesota Twins and MLB
Twins Weekly Web Wrap is a digest of essential Minnesota Twins and MLB links for the savvy fan. MINNESOTA TWINS NEWS & NOTES Parmelee, Twins go batty in 18-9 rout of White Sox by The Associated…Read More
Jekyll, Hyde, and the Minnesota Twins Fan
I have never in my life been more frustrated with the Minnesota Twins fan than this week. When we woke up on Wednesday morning, a not-so-hidden secret was all over the morning news, Twitter feeds, radio…Read More
The Brian Dozier Experiment
Brian Dozier went down to AAA on the 15th in hopes that Tom Brunansky the AAA hitting coach (along with…Read More
Twins Drop Another Close One
In a sweep of the Cleveland Indians over the weekend it appeared that the Twins offense could not be…Read More
After Getting Swept, Twins Embody Baseball Cliches
The Twins lost to the Chicago White Sox 8-2 yesterday, getting swept and completing their in-division…Read More
Interpreting Inaction At The Trade Deadline
Once a team is designated a true seller, as the Twins have been this season, it is easy for fans to grow…Read More
Trade Offense For Pitching? It’s Not That Simple
Only one year removed from a year in which they were 25th in all of baseball in both runs per game and…Read More
About Joe Mauer And Zach Parise
In a state that has otherwise been tortured by bad sports news over the last number of years, Minnesota…Read More
Puckett’s Pond 2012 Predictions, half a season later.
Back in April the Puckett’s Pond staff all sat down and wrote up some predictions for the 2012…Read More
Baseball and The Open Road, Part 8, U.S. Cellular Field
Finishing up our pre-All-Star Game half of the road trip, Grant and I visited the Chicago South Siders…Read More
Baseball and The Open Road, Part 7, Comerica Park
7 days into our trip both Grant and I were beginning to really get a feel for what makes a stadium good,…Read More
Baseball and the Open Road (Part 2)
Late last night my little brother Grant arrived in Fort Lauderdale by way of Chicago. A good night’s…Read More
Down on the Pond, Weekend Recap
Over the Mother’s Day weekend all four of the Twins full-season minor league affiliates were in…Read More
On Athletes and Politics
Twins minor leaguer Reggie Williams caused a stir yesterday when he Tweeted a string of comments about…Read More
Down on the Pond – 2012 Twins MiLB Predictions
Earlier this week I put together my predictions for the AL Central and Beyond, but today I’ll…Read More
2012 MLB Predictions – AL Central and Beyond
After a disappointing 99 loss season fans across Twins Territory are eager to put the 2011 season behind…Read More
MLB 2012: Twins Prospect Challenge
Last week I reported on the origins of the Pleiss brothers’ Twins prospect challenge. A year into…Read More



















