Puckett's Pond » Danny Duffy http://puckettspond.com A Minnesota Twins Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More Fri, 24 May 2013 02:01:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 2011 Series Preview: Minnesota Twins at Kansas City Royals (6/2-6/5) http://puckettspond.com/2011/06/02/2011-series-preview-minnesota-twins-at-kansas-city-royals-62-65-%e2%80%93-61/ http://puckettspond.com/2011/06/02/2011-series-preview-minnesota-twins-at-kansas-city-royals-62-65-%e2%80%93-61/#comments Thu, 02 Jun 2011 06:51:54 +0000 http://puckettspond.com/?p=5452 It used to be that the Minnesota Twins beat the Royals seemingly every time they played, those days have come to an end.  After an early season split in a two game series at Target Field the Twins were promptly swept out of their last series in Kansas City, failing to score more than 3 runs in any game.  Hopefully this time around the Twins can continue to hit the ball well and come out of Kansas City with nothing worse than a 4 game split.  Although the Twins bats are not REALLY that hot, as they haven’t won a single game in 2011 when they have given up more than 4 runs (0-25).  Oofda.

(more…)

]]> http://puckettspond.com/2011/06/02/2011-series-preview-minnesota-twins-at-kansas-city-royals-62-65-%e2%80%93-61/feed/ 0 2011 Series Preview: Twins vs Royals (4/29-5/1) http://puckettspond.com/2011/04/29/2011-series-preview-twins-vs-royals-429-51/ http://puckettspond.com/2011/04/29/2011-series-preview-twins-vs-royals-429-51/#comments Fri, 29 Apr 2011 18:34:20 +0000 Wally Fish http://puckettspond.com/?p=5108 Let’s start with this; the Rays are a good team. I thought that during the offseason and I thought it when they gave the rest of the AL East a weeks head start by going 0-6.  Still the Twins just got swept by Tampa Bay for the second time this season. Unlike the first time around, these games were not remotely close. The offense continued it’s struggles and scored only 6 runs off of Rays pitching. That’s just more of the same for the 2011 Twins. Far more concerning is the fact that Minnesota’s pitching staff gave up 29 runs to Tampa Bay and did so at home.

Is it time to panic? For me not yet, but there are plenty of alarming signs in play if panic is the route you want to take. For example:

  • They are 29th in runs scored and 25th in runs allowed right now in MLB.
  • They have dealt with a season’s worth of injuries and illness in less than a month.
  • They have also watched their best starting pitcher – and the unanimous 2nd best starter in the division – string together the worst stretch of starts in his career.

I could list many more things, and yet they’ve managed to win 9 games. (more…)

]]> http://puckettspond.com/2011/04/29/2011-series-preview-twins-vs-royals-429-51/feed/ 0