Sigh No More
With all due respect to Mumford & Sons, Twins fans can “sigh no more”. Really, how can the first few weeks of the season be worse than this? I am no longer interested in excuses. Small…Read More
2011 Series Preview: Twins vs Orioles (4/18-4/21)
Now that Johnny Damon is public enemy number one for the Twins faithful, it’s time to leave Tampa behind and head for Oriole Park at Camden Yards. After the Twins snatched defeat from the jaws of…Read More
2011 Series Preview: Twins vs Rays (4/14-4/17)
Never in the history of baseball has the phrase “pitch to contact” kicked off such a firestorm among a fanbase as it has in the last 24 hours for Twins fans. There is no way around it, the…Read More
Baseball Cards 1 – Ben Zobrist, Twins vs Rays
During the first week of the season my brother Eric and I each went out and purchased a couple packs of baseball cards with the intention of doing player profiles on the players in our decks when the Twins…Read More
2011 Series Preview: Royals vs Twins (4/12-4/13)
Heading into the A’s series over the weekend I was supremely confident that the Twins would win 2, if not all 3, games. I also expected that the offense would break out of it’s slump and put…Read More
2011 Series Preview: Twins vs. Yankees (4/4-4/7)
Things didn’t go so well in the opening series in Toronto, but Minnesota held on yesterday to…Read More
Ripples on the Pond: Nishioka, Delaney and BR Sponsorship
In case you need another reason to love Tsuyoshi Nishioka, I present you with one of his latest quotes: “If…Read More
Who is the Odd Man Out in the Rotation?
With the signing of Carl Pavano, the Twins have what looks like six pitchers for five rotation spots.…Read More
Everybody Gets Tendered A Contract (Even You, J.J.)
Via Joe C.: The Twins had no non-tenders. All nine of their arbitration players were tendered contracts.…Read More
The Arbitration-Eligibles
Like I did for the impeding free agents, here is a look at all of the arbitration-eligible players on…Read More
The Best Pitching Performances of 2010
Nobody in the starting rotation actually tossed a no hitter or a perfect game or anything like that,…Read More
Brian Duensing 3-Hits the A’s
(via fangraphs) I have to make this quick, as I apparently have only intermittent internet access until…Read More
Establishing Trade Value Part 1: The Pitchers
With the trade deadline approaching, I decided to try and figure out the trade value of each player…Read More
40-32: Why Don’t We Just Forfeit the Rest of the Season?
Fangraphs I mean, it’s already over, right? After getting swept for the umpteenth first time…Read More
36-27: That Strasburg Kid is Pretty Good
(via Fangraphs) Not gonna lie, after the first inning, I switched over to the Indians-Nationals tilt.…Read More
Pavs is Back! 12-5
Yet another game I didn’t get a chance to watch (I promise I will tomorrow) so let’s jump…Read More
Game 2 Review: Twins Win! 1-1
Our long national nightmare is over. Twins win! Fancy stats ahead: WP: Nick Blackburn (6.2 IP, 3R 4k,…Read More
Keep Your Head Up, Brian Duensing
The Yankees beat the Twins 7-2 last night. Reports are that Ron Gardenhire wasn’t exactly pleased…Read More
How Sweep It is
The Twins swept the Sox tonight, despite a so so effort from Brian Duensing. He went 5.2 innings and…Read More









