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Twins Deadline Rumors: Span And Burton
With Shane Victorino now a member of the Los Angeles Dodgers, the Cincinnati Reds have shifted their focus to other lead-off hitters. This includes talks with the Twins about Denard Span, according to…Read More
Series Preview: Rangers at Twins, April 13-15
After a weak start, the Twins finally seem to have figured out a winning strategy. All they have to do is fail to hit for five or six innings to lull the opponents into a false sense of security, then…Read More
Stages of Baseball Grief
Jason Kubel is the newest ex-Minnesota Twin. Kubel joins Michael Cuddyer, Joe Nathan, Kevin Slowey, Jose Mijares, Matt Tolbert* and Jim Hoey as members of the 2011 Twins that will not be back for 2012.…Read More
MLB Realignment
The Houston Astros are heading to the American League in 2013 and will compete in the West Division. The people in Oakland, Anaheim (Los Angeles), Seattle and Texas won’t be blamed if they’re…Read More
Should You Root for the Texas Rangers?
If you’ve been following Puckett’s Pond, you’ve read the arguments about why you should or shouldn’t root for Arizona, Atlanta, Boston, Detroit, Milwaukee, New York, and Philadelphia.…Read More
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Liriano Flirts With 2nd No-Hitter; Twins Win 6-1
MINNEAPOLIS — Not since the great Nolan Ryan in 1973 has a pitcher thrown a no-hitter twice in…Read More
Twins Can’t Fully Break Bad Habits
MINNEAPOLIS — The rain was falling and fans were leaving; an all too familiar scene in 2011 at…Read More
Blackburn, Twins Make it 2 in a Row
MINNEAPOLIS – The Twins, who haven’t had much to cheer about thus far this season, got…Read More
‘Zero Chance’ Twins Acquire Michael Young
ARLINGTON – The Texas Rangers announced on Monday that their star third baseman Michael Young had…Read More
What an Odd Way to End a Game
(via Fangraphs) Depending on how you look at it, this was either one of the worst blown calls of the…Read More
Nick Blackburn Finally Has Something In Common With Johan Santana
(via Fangraphs) They’ve both thrown 8-inning, 2-hit shut outs. Blackburn threw an 8.2 inning…Read More
Rich Harden, Kevin Slowey, and the No-Hitters That Weren’t Meant to Be
A little over a week after Ron Gardenhire made the controversial decision to pull Kevin Slowey in…Read More
30-20: Sweeping Ugly
(Oh Fangraphs, how would I ever write game recaps without you?) Of course I am talking about Denard…Read More
29-20: Welcome to the Terror…Field
(viva la Fangraphs) For five innings, C. J. Wilson outdueled Carl Pavano, allowing just a couple of…Read More
28-20: It’s Good to Have You Back, Kevin
(via Fangraphs) Kevin Slowey finally managed to pitch out of the fifth inning for the second time this…Read More
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