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The Twins and Fielding

  If you had to pick one iconic image from the 2011 season, it would probably be Tsuyoshi Nishioka stumbling toward a grounder only to see it squirt right past him. Or maybe it would be Danny Valencia…Read More

The Wait is Over!

The offseason is over. Okay, that’s not technically true, but at least the longest and most boring parts are over. Now we are in the home stretch of the offseason, the portion of the year where…Read More

The Opening Day Lineup is Set – Or Is It?

Even though Spring Training has not yet started, we can pretty much guess what the Twins’ Opening Day lineup will be. In fact, we do not even need to guess. As reported by the Star Tribune’s Michael…Read More

Thursday Links – Groundhog Edition

Happy Groundhog Day!  Pitchers and catchers report to Ft. Myers in just 16 days, no groundhog, or his shadow, can change that.  Last weekend was a great time to be a Twins fan, especially if you had…Read More

2012 Projections – Carl Pavano

Ron Gardenhire announced last week that Carl Pavano was going to be the Twins’ 2012 Opening Day Starter.  While Pavano has certainly earned the right to be the Opening Day Starter, the wiley old…Read More

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2012 Projections – Josh Willingham

Before signing with the Twins earlier this offseason, Josh Willingham was a fairly obscure ball player…Read More

2012 vs. 2008

Nobody knows what the future holds for the Twins, but we’re always wondering. Sometimes, if you…Read More

2012 Projections – Ben Revere

The Twins are pretty set around the infield and behind the plate.  Sure, there are questions about health…Read More

2012 Projections – Danny Valencia

After tearing it up in his rookie season in 2010, Danny Valencia experienced a sophomore slump in 2011…Read More

2012 Projections – Jamey Carroll

Jamey Carroll is so old he played for the Montreal Expos, WHEN HE WAS 30!  Now entering his age 38 season,…Read More

Brian Dozier: Twins Non-Roster Invitee

Brian Dozier may not be the next Twins superstar, but he’s arguably the best Major League-ready…Read More

2012 Projections – Alexi Casilla

A year ago, guarded optimism would be an apt description of the feelings of Twins fans towards the middle…Read More

The Twins and OBP

The Twins were bad at a lot of things last year, but one underachievement really stands out. The team…Read More

Minnesota Twins January Moves

November and December were two very busy months for the Twins. For a team that normally tends to wait…Read More

Looking Forward to Spring Training

Hard to believe that there are still 48 long winter days until Twins pitchers and catchers report to…Read More

Thursday Links

If nothing else, this offseason has been busy for the Minnesota Twins.  Well, busy up until this past…Read More

How is Terry Ryan Doing So Far?

With 2011 drawing to a close, Terry Ryan has had about seven weeks back on the job as the Twins GM. So,…Read More

Tsuyoshi Nishioka Will Improve in 2012

.226/.278/.249 – Player A .226/.267/.276 – Player B One of these slash lines represents Tsuyoshi…Read More

Negative Nancy

Apparently this baseball blogger has been pretty negative on Twitter lately, as Adam Krueger of The…Read More

Thankfulness

Happy Thanksgiving, Puckett’s Pond readers. Like all of you, I have much to be Thankful for today,…Read More