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Friday Links

It hasn't been quite a week since the last edition of the Friday Links, which went out a few days late, on Sunday.  But with MLB's trade deadline on Sunda...
Editorial Staff|Aug 5, 2011

West Coast, Best Coast? East Coast, Least Coast?

In the past 10 years, the Minnesota Twins, so it might seem, have enjoyed some success against teams from the west coast, and have, historically, been pret...
Editorial Staff|Aug 3, 2011

AL Central at the Deadline

  Faced with the choice of being a buyer or a seller this summer, the Twins chose... nothing. The Twins started Saturday, the non-waiver trading d...
Editorial Staff|Aug 1, 2011

The Links that Never Were

Well that certainly was a disappointing weekend.  After failing to pick up a series win in Texas, netting just a tie after dropping the finale, the Twin...
Editorial Staff|Jul 31, 2011

Translating the Twins

Tonight's 4-1 loss to the Rangers was pretty frustrating. The Twins had a chance to win a series on the road against a very tough opponent, the Texas Range...
Editorial Staff|Jul 28, 2011

Baseball is Fun

Baseball is fun.  Losing sometimes muffles that part of the game.  Winning amplifies it.  But at the end of every game, win or lose, there is always a s...
Editorial Staff|Jul 27, 2011

Friday Links

  I should not go to Las Vegas.  The past week is proof of that.  Last week I took a look at the current roster, future call ups and the guys th...
Editorial Staff|Jul 22, 2011

A Fighting Chance

The Twins are in the midst of a 19 game stretch played out over 18 days.  Over the past week, much has been made of the first 12 games of this stretch, al...
Editorial Staff|Jul 21, 2011

Trade Rumors: Jon Rauch and the Setup Spot

TORONTO -- With the lastest chapter in the Matt Capps directed picture <span style="text-decoration: underline">Distruction: The Story of t...
Josh Hill|Jul 16, 2011

Busted Capps

MINNEAPOLIS -- I was sitting next to a friend, a Royals fan to be exact, and I decided to make him feel  better. It was a 1-0 score and he wanted to see s...
Josh Hill|Jul 16, 2011

My Twitter addiction and Friday Follows

For the first time all season I've been able to watch more than three or four games in a row and also for the first time all season I am LOVING what I am s...
Paul Pleiss|Jul 15, 2011

Friday Links

Last night I was hanging out with the <a href=" " target="_blank">Knuckleballs</a> folks during their Twins Game Chat, as I...
Editorial Staff|Jul 15, 2011

Enough Already

Mini 'sports-purgatory' is almost over...you know, the "All-Star" break where there is no watchable baseball on and really no other sports to fol...
Editorial Staff|Jul 14, 2011

The Royals are coming to town!

Tonight the Kansas City Royals come to town and throw <strong><a href=" " target="_blank">Bruce Chen</a></strong&g...
Paul Pleiss|Jul 14, 2011

Myth: Joe Mauer Returns to 1B in 2011

Hey there sports fans!  The All-Star break is over and that three day hangover with no meaningful baseball is over! With the return of baseball comes the ...
Editorial Staff|Jul 14, 2011

How do you deal with losing baseball?!

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Editorial Staff|Jul 11, 2011

Minnesota Twins 2011 Midterm Report Card

The Twins have reached the All Star Break, baseball's traditional midpoint. I'd like to take this opportunity to keep up another tradition: the tradit...
Editorial Staff|Jul 10, 2011

The All-Star Break (1st Half Awards)

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Editorial Staff|Jul 10, 2011

The Winning Teams: 2006

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Editorial Staff|Jul 10, 2011

Dr. Blackburn and Mr. Hyde

Nick Blackburn deserves a lot of credit for his performance in Friday night's 8-5 win over the Chicago White Sox. His first inning, in which the Sox batter...
Editorial Staff|Jul 9, 2011
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