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Willingham joins the Twins’ 30 HR club

Josh Willingham hit a three run home run off Tiger pitcher Doug Fister last night. It was Willingham’s 30th home run of the 2012 season. Not only does that blast set a career high for the slugger,…Read More

Justin Morneau Joins the 200 Homer Club

Just like Jim Thome a year ago, Justin Morneau reached a milestone last night with a two-homer game against a division opponent. Thome’s twin blasts against Detroit last August gave him 600 for…Read More

Reggie Jackson does not think Kirby Puckett deserves the Hall of Fame

This means war, Reggie. In a new interview with Sports Illustrated, former slugger Reggie Jackson stated that the man this site is named after is not a deserving Hall of Famer. He made the same complaint…Read More

Upcoming Milestones for the Twins

If you like baseball, there’s a good chance you like numbers, too. More than any other professional sport, baseball fans love to keep track of stats and figures. And it’s always fun when a…Read More

20 Years Ago Today….

Do I even have to tell you what happened 20 years ago today? 20 years ago today, this game happened. It was awesome. Jack Morris was a grizzled veteran, one of the most succesful pitchers in the game.…Read More

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Kirby Puckett’s Home Run was the Greatest World Series Home Run Ever.

Twenty Years ago today, Kirby Puckett hit a home run. It was the 11th inning of Game 6 of the World Series,…Read More

Elite Hitter Must Get Healthy

A little Twins trivia: how many Twins have hit 30 or more home runs in a season three times or more? Answer:…Read More

20 Years Ago Today…

The Twins celebrated an American League pennant north of the border. After a win and a loss in Minnesota,…Read More

How do you deal with losing baseball?!

I have been a Minnesota Twins fan for my entire life.  In little league I loved Kirby Puckett (but…Read More

The Winning Teams: 1991

This is part five in a series examining every Twins team that has made the playoffs. Whether the current…Read More

The Winning Teams: 1987

This is part four in a series examining every Twins team that has made the playoffs. Whether the current…Read More

Kirby!

On March 14th, 1960 Kirby Puckett was born in Chicago, Illinois. To celebrate this special day, I took…Read More

4-Hit Debuts, Wilson Ramos and History

As I pointed out yesterday, Wilson Ramos had 4 hits in his major league debut on May 2nd, 2010. In the…Read More

Twins/Senators in the Hall of Fame

While we wait to find out whether Bert is going to get in or not, let’s look at all of the Twins…Read More

Going Down Ballot: The AL MVP

Just a reminder: you can participate in the Site5 and Fansided Holiday Season Charity Drive by clicking…Read More

Classic Twins TV: Getting Fired Up For the Postseason

While surfing youtube for Twins commercials, I came across some classic spots for the 1991 team. These…Read More

The Twins and the Draft: The Rest of the Story

A few months ago, I started diving into the Twins’ draft history in an effort to find out just…Read More