Puckett's Pond » Sean Rodriguez http://puckettspond.com A Minnesota Twins Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More Wed, 22 May 2013 00:48:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 2011 Series Preview: Twins vs Rays (4/14-4/17) http://puckettspond.com/2011/04/14/2011-series-preview-twins-vs-rays-414-417/ http://puckettspond.com/2011/04/14/2011-series-preview-twins-vs-rays-414-417/#comments Thu, 14 Apr 2011 19:32:36 +0000 Wally Fish http://puckettspond.com/?p=4757 Never in the history of baseball has the phrase “pitch to contact” kicked off such a firestorm among a fanbase as it has in the last 24 hours for Twins fans. There is no way around it, the 2011 Minnesota Twins – through 11 games – have disappointed easy going of fans. Now the get ready to take on the Tampa Bay, who like the Twins, have underachieved and stumbled out of the gate. One of these two teams will be feeling much better about themselves on Sunday evening but regardless of how things shake out in the next 4 games, there remains little reason to panic. At least for the Twins who don’t have to share their division with the Red Sox, Yankees, Blue Jays and Orioles.

As is becoming a tradition on these previews I have reached across the aisle to get the Tampa perspective from someone more versed on all things Rays related. To that effect, Ben Ice, Lead Writer of Rays Colored Glasses, agreed to collaborate with me on the pitching and the Q&A portions of this preview. Also helping out on the series preview is Puckett’s Pond Staff Writer Adam Krueger who was kind enough to author the Twins half of the pitching matchups for me.

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