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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

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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

The Dunce

Ok, so the starting rotation, outside of brilliant performances by Francisco Liriano and Carl Pavano,…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