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Leading Off, For the Minnesota Twins…
Heading into the 2013 season, the big question mark was the pitching staff – specifically the starting rotation. Outside of a couple of rough outings, the rotation has held up very well through the...
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Earning Some PT
Thanks to 1500 ESPN, I was able to sneak down to Target Field last night for the opening game of four against the AL leading Texas Rangers. As has been somewhat of a common theme this year, Vance...
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Twins Top Prospects Shining
Before the 2013 season started, MLB.com put together the top 20 prospects for each ball club to give fans some young talent to watch for in their favorite organization. Many times it seems a good...
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Dozier’s Climb to the Top
When Aaron Hicks struggled through the first couple weeks of his MLB career, the options for finding the next leadoff hitter seemed slim to none. Manager Ron Gardenhire had a couple light-hitting...
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Joe Mauer: 23 K’s and Counting
Since April 20th, Twins catcher Joe Mauer has seen his average drop 107 points from .393 all the way down to .286 after this afternoon’s 1-2 performance against the Indians. Despite his struggles, he...
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Odd Man Out
At some point here in the month of May, backup outfielder Darin Mastroianni should come off the disabled list after injuring his ankle during Spring Training. Although not an everyday player even when...
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Laying in the Weeds
Through 35 games, not many of us Twins fans expected the team to be a game over .500 at 18-17. Just following the team, watching games, and not looking too far into numbers, I’ve been encouraged by the...
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Living Below the Mendoza Line
Due to the weather warming up, summer-time wedding season alive and kicking, the birth of a new wiffle ball league in Fargo-Moorhead, and my wife and I planting our very first garden; I wasn’t able to...
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Twins Starters Putting the Pressure On
In 2010, the inaugural season at Target Field, Carl Pavano started 32 games for the AL Central Champion Minnesota Twins. Pavano went 17-11 with a 3.75 ERA, including a league-leading 7 complete games....
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Lineup Full of Underachievers
Through 50 games in the 2013 season, the Twins are sitting on just 22 wins despite winning 4 of their last 5 against Detroit and Milwaukee. At this pace they will finish the season right at 70 wins,...
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Could These Twins Be Competitive After All?
Since absorbing a 10-game losing streak through the middle of May, the Twins have bounced back to win 7 of their last 9, and 6 of their last 7 games. This past week alone, they’ve made up 4 games in...
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Target Field: A Little More Spacious in 2013
When it comes to sports in general, I would consider myself fairly “old-fashioned” for my age. I’m not a fan of the 2-back rotation in the NFL; I wish there were more teams in NCAA football running the...
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Andrew Albers: Here to Stay?
Last night in Kansas City, Twins fans came 2 outs away from seeing something we haven’t seen once this year from the starting rotation: a complete game shutout. In fact we haven’t even witnessed a...
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