Series Preview: Twins at Rays, April 20-22
The Yankee series, and all the irrational excitement, happiness, and disappointment it entailed, is over. Now the Twins move on to an equally challenging opponent, the Tampa Bay Rays. The series starts…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 of times, it was the worst of times” Dickens wrote that to open “A Tale of Two Cities”, and…Read More
Iambic PenTwinmeter
I was chatting briefly with Mr. Wally Fish this afternoon regarding his status on G-Chat. It was a poem about Liriano’s less than stellar performance yesterday evening. “Liriano’s pitching…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
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
Looking Back and Looking Ahead
All I am saying is that this is not a bad team. I know, a week ago, when the Twins were in the midst…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 Rays (4/14-4/17)
Never in the history of baseball has the phrase “pitch to contact” kicked off such a firestorm…Read More
Ripples on the Pond: Nishioka, Delaney and BR Sponsorship
In case you need another reason to love Tsuyoshi Nishioka, I present you with one of his latest quotes: “If…Read More
44-38: Still Technically in First Place
Fangraphs Yep, the Tigers also lost, so at least the Twins remain tied for first place. That’s…Read More
44-37: Sabotage
Fangraphs Other than the eighth inning, this game wasn’t all bad. In fact, it was pretty good.…Read More
44-36: The End is Nigh
Fangraphs The Twins won, Scott Baker out-dueled David Price, Danny Valencia came through with some clutch…Read More
43-36: The Bullpen (and Alfonso Marquez) Blow it
Fangraphs (click on image for larger view) I had to work last night and didn’t get to see any of…Read More
Twins-Rays Series Preview
*Sigh* It’s been over two years since the worst trade ever, and even though it doesn’t look…Read More
On Jason Bartlett, erm, I Mean Delmon Young
In the grand tradition of Nick Punto Day, we now have Delmon Young Day. Fetch has already weighed in…Read More





