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 them. The wait is over Twins fans; our beloved Twins take the field Friday in Baltimore to do battle…Read More
2012 AL Central Pond Predictions
This is my first time here. I’m Shawn, you might remember me from ontheroadwithshawn or some of the minor league work I have done at TwinsTarget (or dial M for murderousness) but Puckett’s…Read More
MLB 2012: Twins Prospect Challenge
Last week I reported on the origins of the Pleiss brothers’ Twins prospect challenge. A year into the process, a year that saw eight Twins make their MLB debuts, Eric and I decided to make a change…Read More
2012 MLB Prospects: Puckett’s Pond’s Top 10
Earlier this week I unveiled a cut and dry version of my top 2o Twins prospects. As part of that process I invited the rest of the Puckett’s Pond Staff (including our former prospect Guru, Wally…Read More
2012 MLB New Years Resolutions: Twins
My 2012 New Years resolutions include climbing a mountain, going on a week long solo camping trip and reading 52 books, but I’m sure none of you are here to know what I’ll be doing in 2012,…Read More
Links Links and More Links
Before I start with the links, I would like to take a moment and say thank you to all of my fellow service…Read More
Bill Smith Fired
Early this afternoon the Twins announced the firing of their GM BIll Smith, who has been with the organization…Read More
Erasing July
I know I’ve been away for a while. I admit my attention has been focused elsewhere and I’ve…Read More
AL Central at the Deadline
Faced with the choice of being a buyer or a seller this summer, the Twins chose… nothing. The…Read More
The All-Star Break (1st Half Awards)
The Minnesota Twins are 41-48, 7 games below .500 and 6.5 games behind the first place Detroit Tigers.…Read More
Hope Still Floats for Twins
It wasn’t all that long ago that the Twins were wrapping up a truly awful opening month of the…Read More
2011 Series Preview: Minnesota Twins at Kansas City Royals (6/2-6/5)
It used to be that the Minnesota Twins beat the Royals seemingly every time they played, those days have…Read More
Blogging Around
I read a lot of baseball blogs (I even read some non-baseball, non-sports blogs, quick shout out to The…Read More
Prediction Fulfilled!
Francisco Liriano and Justin Verlander made me feel like a genius this week. Any Twins fan who isn’t…Read More
Central Processing: Framing April in the Big Picture
If you look at the AL Central standings this morning it is the exact inverse of what I predicted for…Read More
Perspective on a Day Off
You certainly cannot have a lot of fun watching a last place baseball team. Not last place in the AL…Read More
Looking Back and Looking Ahead
All I am saying is that this is not a bad team. I know, a week ago, when the Twins were in the midst…Read More
Summation of the 2011 AL Central Pond Predictions
Between April 1st and April 5th the five* of us on staff here published predictions on how the AL Central…Read More
AL Central Week in Review (3/31-4/10)
Up is down and down is up. Left is right and right is left. That’s how the season has started in…Read More
Nate’s 2011 Pond Predictions
I know it’s traditional for writers to make their baseball predictions before the season starts. I’m…Read More





