Brian Duensing

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About Those Injuries…

How much of the disaster that was 2011 can be blamed on injuries? Take a look at the list below and decide for yourself. It’s a list of every time the Twins have used the Disabled List this season.…Read More

A Royal Disappointment

The Twins will end their 2011 campaign on Wednesday against the Kansas City Royals, and they will probably do it with 100 losses.  The Twins will end the season as the last place team in the American…Read More

Top Five Positions of Concern

  The Twins have a lot of work to do this offseason after this disastrous season. Nearly every position on the field has questions, and some of them are complete black holes. Hopefully, the team’s…Read More

Rotation Options: In-House Candidates

Any well-informed fan could probably write a book about the reasons for the Twins 2011 collapse. That aspiring author would need to devote at least a chapter to the terrible collapse of the team’s starting…Read More

Worst Series Ever?

The Twins have fielded a lot of bad teams in their fifty years of existence. And they’ve played some terrible games. But even the most grizzled veteran among Twins fans would have a tough time recalling…Read More

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Starting Rotation Options

The Twins’ bullpen was the biggest scapegoat of their poor start, but since the All Star Break,…Read More

Minnesota Twins 2011 Midterm Report Card

 The Twins have reached the All Star Break, baseball’s traditional midpoint. I’d like to…Read More

2011 Series Preview: Minnesota Twins at San Francisco Giants (6/21 – 6/23)

Tonight the Twins open up a three game set against the defending World Series champion San Francisco…Read More

The Chase (Headley) is On!

Chase Headley is a third basemen for the San Diego Padres.  His 2011 Topps baseball card reminds fans…Read More

Twins Can’t Fully Break Bad Habits

MINNEAPOLIS — The rain was falling and fans were leaving; an all too familiar scene in 2011 at…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

2011 Series Preview: Minnesota Twins at Detroit Tigers (5/30 – 6/1)

Happy Memorial Day, Puckett’s Pond Readers. This is a bittersweet holiday, as we fire up the grills,…Read More

Talking Trades, Talking Futures

I have never been one of those people that knows a lot about baseball, the depth charts of other Major…Read More

2011 Series Preview: Twins vs. Toronto Blue Jays (5/12 – 5/14)

After an ugly two game sweep at the hands of the division rival Tigers, the Twins start a three game…Read More

How the Twins can Save their 2011 Season and Start Winning Now

Sunday’s 9-4 loss to the Red Sox put the Twins record at 12-20, 9.5 games behind the division-leading…Read More

A Tale of Two Twins

For the Minnesota Twins, Charles Dickens could sum up their last two weeks easily. “It was the best…Read More

2011 Series Preview: Twins vs Red Sox (5/6-5/9)

Tonight the Twins open up a 4 game series with the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park. They took 2 games from…Read More

2011 Series Preview: Twins vs Royals (4/29-5/1)

Let’s start with this; the Rays are a good team. I thought that during the offseason and I thought…Read More

2011 Series Preview: Rays vs Twins (4/26-4/28)

The Twins are starting to pick things up and have quietly won 5 of 7. With the scheduled off day today…Read More

2011 (Abbreviated) Series Preview: Indians vs Twins (4/23-4/24)

I happen to live in Chicago and the local weatherman here, Tom Skilling, announced yesterday that for…Read More