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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 the 2011 season. I remain shocked and astounded as I write this, but it’s the Cleveland Indians…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 Central, not last place in the AL, and certainly not last place in all of Major League Baseball. Especially…Read More

Iambic PenTwinmeter

I was chatting briefly with Mr. Wally Fish this afternoon regarding his status on G-Chat.  It was a poem about Liriano’s less than stellar performance yesterday evening. “Liriano’s pitching…Read More

The Future is Coming

The season is still very young, and for the Minnesota Twins and the Tampa Bay Rays, the newness of the 2011 season helps to dissipate high levels of panic as each team was off to a sluggish start.  Since…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 will wind up at the end of the regular season. Since Eric and Paul published theirs together, we…Read More

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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

Central Processing: 2011 AL Central Opening Day Starts

Justin Verlander, Luke Hochevar, Mark Buehrle, Fausto Carmona and Carl Pavano. Those were this year’s…Read More

A Lineup of Predictions From Various Sources

The 2011 MLB regular season will already be a week old tomorrow. As such, this is the last collection…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

Wally’s AL Central Pond Predictions

The 2010 AL Central was anticlimactic as the Minnesota Twins were the class of the division for much…Read More

1st Half Plan

What the Twins have been doing in the 2nd half of the year, for what seems like forever, has carried…Read More

The Twins Twins’ AL Central Pond Predictions

The Twins are our favorite team.  They give spring, summer, and autumn an extra twinge of excitement. …Read More

Adam’s 2011 AL Central Pond Predictions

Over the next few days, all of us writers here at Puckett’s Pond will be sharing our predictions…Read More

Ripples on the Pond: Forbes Valuations

Forbes recently unveiled their valuations and related rankings of all 30 major league franchises. The…Read More

International Spending: One of These Things is not Like the Others

On March 2nd, Baseball America published a breakdown of international spending by team for 2010. The…Read More

Underdog Position Familiar for AL Central All-Division Team

It’s time to take a break from the Fransisco Liriano trade rumor hysteria. A couple of weeks ago,…Read More

2011 AL Central All-Division Team Set in Stone

It took a couple weeks and two fan votes, but the AL Central’s squad is finally set and ready to…Read More

Twins Fans, Cast Your Vote

Last weekend we needed help deciding who would be playing 3B for the AL Central All-Division team. Thanks…Read More

Puddle Jumping (2/14): Tribe, Billy Butler, Joaquin Benoit and Chris Sale

Welcome to Puddle Jumping! Going forward and every so often (hopefully at least once a week) I will link…Read More

Not Everyone is Picking Against the Twins in the AL Central

Earlier today, Erin referenced the fact that the White Sox and Tigers are “widely considered the…Read More