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Minnesota Twins, Where are They Now: Chad Allen

The son of a former NFL DB, Chad Allen was drafted by the Twins in the fourth round out of Texas A&M in 1996, won an Olympic medal later that summer, then made the jump from AA to become the Twins…Read More

Knocking on the Door: Diamond, Dozier, and Deolis

Despite the Twins’ lowly 5-9 start to the season, recent wins at New York and Tampa have given fans a glimmer of hope that the team might be competitive. Still, there are some rough edges on this…Read More

Thanks Luke, It’s been fun

Luke Hughes was DFA’d by the Twins today. General consensus in the Twins fan/blog community is surprise. I’m not  so surprised. Every time Luke has played this year, it seems he is committing…Read More

Friday Links

Friday Linkers! I apologize for keeping the links from you for so long.  The Twins have been bad.  And not just bad, but downright awful.  They’re now the worst team, not only in the American League…Read More

The Future is Coming

The season is still very young, and for the Minnesota Twins and the Tampa Bay Rays, the newness of the 2011 season helps to dissipate high levels of panic as each team was off to a sluggish start.  Since…Read More

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Down on the Pond: April 20th

Record for the Day: 1-1 / Record for the Year: 28-21 Rochester Red Wings For the 3rd time in 5 days,…Read More

Down on the Pond: April 19th

Record for the Day: 2-1 / Record for the Year: 27-20 Rochester Red Wings: Rochester won both games of…Read More

Down on the Pond: April 18th

Record for the Day: 2-1 / Record for the Year: 25-19 Rochester Red Wings: Rochester’s game in Buffalo…Read More

Down on the Pond: April 17th

Sorry that this – the April 17th installment of Down on the Pond – is a bit tardy. The same…Read More

Down on the Pond: April 16th

Rain, rain, go away! Yesterday, inclement weather caused the postponement of game for three of the four…Read More

Down on the Pond (Formerly Farm Fishing): April 15th

When I picked the name Farm Fishing for these daily minor league recaps, it was intended to be a temporary…Read More

Farm Fishing: April 14th

Record for the Day: 2-3 / Record for the Year: 18-14 Rochester Red Wings (AAA): Split their doubleheader…Read More

Farm Fishing: April 13th

Record for the Day: 2-1 / Record for the Year: 16-11 Rochester Red Wings (AAA): The Red Wings were set…Read More

Farm Fishing: April 12th

There is nothing like watching a prospect climb the rungs of the minor league ladder before becoming…Read More

Opening Day Again, Time for the Minors to Shine

There is nothing like the opening day of the Major League season. In my book it is nothing less than…Read More

Twins Trim 14 from Camp

Today the Minnesota Twins made their first moves of Spring Training as they work toward finalizing the…Read More