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The All-Star Break (1st Half Awards)
The Minnesota Twins are 41-48, 7 games below .500 and 6.5 games behind the first place Detroit Tigers. Â The Twins will start the 2nd half with a 12 game home stand against Kansas City, Cleveland, and…Read More
Friday Links
It seems like forever since I put anything up on here. Â After a trip up to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area in northern Minnesota, and the Independence Day Holiday I am finally falling back in line with…Read More
Surprise! Another Injury!
Scott Baker‘s has been exceptional on the mound in recent weeks. On Tuesday nigbht he notched his team-leading seventh victory and lowered his ERA to 3.01. The recent run of good fortune has earned…Read More
Scott Baker is a Pretty Good Pitcher
During the last offseason, many fans, pundits, and bloggers felt that the Twins’ biggest weakness was the lack of a true ace pitcher. But Cliff Lee commanded huge sums of money that the Twins could…Read More
The Chase (Headley) is On!
Chase Headley is a third basemen for the San Diego Padres. Â His 2011 Topps baseball card reminds fans that just about a year ago, June 10, 2010, Headley started the rare triple play, a triple play he…Read More
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2011 Series Preview: Minnesota Twins at Detroit Tigers (5/30 – 6/1)
Happy Memorial Day, Puckett’s Pond Readers. This is a bittersweet holiday, as we fire up the grills,…Read More
2011 Series Preview: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim vs. Twins (5/27 – 5/29)
When people start saying “things can only go up from here” that is usually a nice way of…Read More
Talking Trades, Talking Futures
I have never been one of those people that knows a lot about baseball, the depth charts of other Major…Read More
A Tale of Two Twins
For the Minnesota Twins, Charles Dickens could sum up their last two weeks easily. “It was the best…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…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…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…Read More
Sigh No More
With all due respect to Mumford & Sons, Twins fans can “sigh no more”. Really, how can…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…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…Read More
Baseball Cards 1 – Ben Zobrist, Twins vs Rays
During the first week of the season my brother Eric and I each went out and purchased a couple packs…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
The Weekend that Never Was.
Talk about a missed opportunity! Â The Minnesota Twins came into a 3-game series with a chance to really…Read More
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
The Worst Kind of Game
Manager Ron Gardenhire played the match-up game versus Yankee’s right hander Ivan Nova and was rewarded…Read More
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