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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 Twins are on pace to lose more than 100 games. (On pace to lose 100? I didn’t expect 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 the equally anemic White Sox, but Minnesota’s bats are still MIA. They outscored Chicago 4-3…Read More
2011 Series Preview: Twins vs Royals (4/29-5/1)
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…Read More
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
Sigh No More
With all due respect to Mumford & Sons, Twins fans can “sigh no more”. Really, how can the first few weeks of the season be worse than this? I am no longer interested in excuses. Small…Read More
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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…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
Twins Pitchers by ERA+
Sometime ago, Wally noted that Joe Nathan has the best ERA+ out of all relievers since 2004. Naturally,…Read More
The Pond Plays a Little Pepper
Friend, colleague and BBA Founder Daniel Shoptaw recently extended me an invitation to participate in…Read More
Notes After Three Spring Games
This afternoon the Minnesota finished up their 3rd game of the spring training season, all of which involved…Read More
Joe Nathan Returns
FORT MYERS — There are smiles, and then there is the smile that was adorned by Joe Nathan upon his…Read More
Five Questions From Travis: The Bullpen Bridge
Tonight as the Twins are wrapping up their first spring training game of the year, it’s time to…Read More
Pond Trifecta: Joe Nathan, Prospects, and the Dirty C Word
As my Saturday night is drawing to a close, I wanted to briefly touch on three different topics. Included…Read More
Puddle Jumping: Another Prediction and More Prospect Rankings
I promised I would present any AL Central predictions I came across going forward, so that is the first…Read More
Random Twin of the Week: A. J. Pierzynski
Obviously, it was a long time ago, but before he became one of baseball’s greatest villains (though…Read More
The Airing of Grievances
Dear Bill Smith and co.: I’ve got a lot of problems with you people, and now you’re going…Read More
Let the Kyle Waldrop Era Begin: Or, Why Overpaying For Relief Help is Unnecessary
The Twins recently lost Jesse Crain and Matt Guerrier to free agency, and will more than likely lose…Read More
Going Down Ballot: the 2010 AL Cy Young
Felix Hernandez won the AL Cy Young award despite winning only 13 games, and deservedly so. He lead…Read More
Bad Contracts
Adam Rubin had an interesting article on the Mets’ payroll situation and the bad contracts they…Read More
Jon Rauch And the Fungibility of Relief Pitchers
When Joe Nathan went down with Tommy John surgery, the bullpen was seemingly thrown into chaos. Nathan…Read More
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