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Beating the Yankees: Cause for Celebration

  The Twins are 3-7 so far. They have significant problems with the starting rotation. The bullpen is a complete crapshoot, and the most reliable reliever is dealing with a forearm injury. The lineup…Read More

Series Preview: Twins at Yankees, April 16-19

It’s time to play the Yankees. The Twins get to spend a lot of time doing that, in fact, because tonight they begin a lengthy four game series in New York. All four contests are night games, which…Read More

This Week in Twins: April 16-22

It was a tough week for the Twins. They started with a loss to the Angels that left them the last MLB team without a win, then followed it up with two impressive comeback wins. Unfortunately, the Texas…Read More

Twins have a chance to win the Angel series

It’s funny how quickly things can turn around in baseball. Just 12 hours ago the Twins were 0-4, the only winless team left in baseball, and they had just learned Scott Baker would miss the entire…Read More

2012 Predictions for the AL Central

Hello fellow Twins fans. Despite just watching the Angels take away a victory in the Twins’ home opener, I still feel that it’s a very good day to be a writing about the Twins. Even better,…Read More

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Series Preview: Angels at Twins, April 9-13

Welcome home, Twins. That series in Baltimore was an abomination, so let’s forget about it. It’s…Read More

2012 MLB Predictions – AL Central and Beyond

After a disappointing 99 loss season fans across Twins Territory are eager to put the 2011 season behind…Read More

Guest Post – Heckling the Twins

This is a Puckett’s Pond guest post from Clave Jones.  Clave writes for Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks (his…Read More

2012 AL Central Pond Predictions

  This is my first time here. I’m Shawn, you might remember me from ontheroadwithshawn or…Read More

2012 Projections – AL Central

With the roster set to go north and begin the season, Ron Gardenhire and his Twins now set their sites…Read More

Ferocious Five Update: Mixed News

Five players hold the keys to the Minnesota Twins’ success, as long as they can recover from their…Read More

Thursday Links – Minnesota Twins Spring Training Edition

Spring Training is in full swing down in Fort Myers.  The Twins are playing (meaningless) baseball…Read More

Thursday Links – Twins/Red Sox B Game Edition

The first Twins baseball game of 2012 is here!  Admittedly, the game today is a B game, which is barely…Read More

Position Battle: Catcher

Baseball, like all sports, is about conflict. We watch baseball to see a pitcher compete with a batter…Read More

Introducing the Ferocious Five

The fate of the 2012 Twins rests on the shoulders of five players. They are the five most talented players…Read More

The Twins and Fielding

  If you had to pick one iconic image from the 2011 season, it would probably be Tsuyoshi Nishioka…Read More

Twins Talking Points: Joe Mauer and Brian Dozier

A few months ago I speculated that it would be a good thing if Joe Mauer came into the 2012 season a…Read More

The Ex-Twins Team

  Have you ever thought about how many former Twins are still playing in the Majors? You could…Read More

Who was the last…?

  Who was the last Twin to steal 50 bases in a season? Chuck Knoblauch stole 62 in 1997. Hopefully,…Read More

The Twins and SLG

Last month I pointed out that the Twins had a terrible on-base percentage last year but were likely…Read More