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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

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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