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2011 Team Awards

It was quite a year for the Minnesota Twins.  Despite leaving Spring Training with a fully healthy squad, the Twins were anything but that in 2011.  Three members of the 2011 squad played more than 100…Read More

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

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

The Winning Teams: 2008

  This is part ten in a series examining every Twins team that has made the playoffs. Whether the current version of the Twins is 20 games over .500 or stuck in last place, fans can always hold onto…Read More

The Links that Never Were

Well that certainly was a disappointing weekend.  After failing to pick up a series win in Texas, netting just a tie after dropping the finale, the Twins headed to Oakland.  Twins fans were hoping…Read More

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Friday Links

Last night I was hanging out with the Knuckleballs folks during their Twins Game Chat, as I so often…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

The All-Star Break (1st Half Awards)

The Minnesota Twins are 41-48, 7 games below .500 and 6.5 games behind the first place Detroit Tigers.…Read More

The Bullpen Strikes Again

The Twins engineered a nice comeback Wednesday against the Tampa Bay Rays, just in time for the bullpen…Read More

Surprise! Another Injury!

Scott Baker‘s has been exceptional on the mound in recent weeks. On Tuesday nigbht he notched his…Read More

Glen Perkins: Closer?

The Twins’ 9-7 win over the Milwaukee Brewers on Sunday locked up a second consecutive series victory…Read More

The Friday Links

What week it has been for the Minnesota Twins!  Since losing last Friday evening to the Texas Rangers…Read More

Twins Bullpen Blows Big Lead. Again.

The Target Field crowd cheered when Jim Hoey induced the final out of the 8th inning Friday night. Perhaps…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

Three Steps Back

The optimism the Twins created with their recent three game winning streak has suffered a painful demise.…Read More

The Kubel Conundrum

It is not always fun to watch your favorite team lose.  This is especially true when your favorite team…Read More

And the Twins Played On

With the MLB season now 20% over for the Minnesota Twins, things are not looking up for the Home 9.  The…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: 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…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