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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

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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