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2011 Series Preview: Rays vs Twins (4/26-4/28)
The Twins are starting to pick things up and have quietly won 5 of 7. With the scheduled off day today the team has some extra time to get healthy, purge the flu bug from their systems and prepare for…Read More
2011 (Abbreviated) Series Preview: Indians vs Twins (4/23-4/24)
I happen to live in Chicago and the local weatherman here, Tom Skilling, announced yesterday that for the first time in 125 years of weather record-keeping, Chicago had gotten rain for 8 straight days.…Read More
Concern or Disaster?
Joe Mauer is on the DL with a mysterious knee related injury, although the team and management continue to promise that his knee is fine, it’s just that his body is weak from compensating for his…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
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2011 Series Preview: Twins vs Athletics (4/8-4/10)
Finally the Twins get to kick of year 2 of Target Field. To make things even better, their opponent doesn’t…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
Five Questions From Travis: Justin Morneau, Cuddyer and Kubel
I’m back as I promised this morning to tackle question #3. As an added bonus I’m going to…Read More
‘Zero Chance’ Twins Acquire Michael Young
ARLINGTON – The Texas Rangers announced on Monday that their star third baseman Michael Young had…Read More
If The 2010 Twins Were Bob Dylan Albums
Giving the season a Dylan rundown: The team as a whole, Together Through Life: It’s not bad,…Read More
My Kingdom for a Right-Handed Bat
The Yankees, for what seems like the millionth time in ten years, made quick work of the Twins in the…Read More
Establishing Trade Value Part 2: Position Players
In the second part of my three-part series on trade value, I am going to assess the position players,…Read More
Free Agency Watch
The Twins are going to have some tough decisions to make when the season is over, as seven of the…Read More
40-29: Well Look at That, A Series Win
(via Fangraphs) Who would have thought, after the shellackings the Twins suffered the past couple of…Read More
36-26: Death By Suicide (Squeeze)
(via Fangraphs) Fetch is too lazy to do the recaps laying in a ditch somewhere out of town this weekend,…Read More
36-25: That Francisco Liriano Kid is Good
(via Fangraphs) 8 innings pitched, 11 strikeouts, no walks, five hits, just one earned run: if this…Read More
30-20: Sweeping Ugly
(Oh Fangraphs, how would I ever write game recaps without you?) Of course I am talking about Denard…Read More
23-14: I’m Your Man
(The greatest win probability chart in the history of win probability charts via Fangraphs) Jason Kubel:…Read More
UZR Update 1
Nothing too informative here. Obviously with it being so early in the season most of the numbers are…Read More
Week 3 VORP Leaderboard: Justin Morneau is the Greatest Player in the History of Everything
Well, not really. But he is leading all of major league baseball in VORP, so at least for this one…Read More
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