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Tag: Minnesota Twins

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Sick Twins burn melts outfield snow in Cleveland

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 1, 2019, 12:53 PM Apr 1, 2019
9 Comments

The Cleveland media spent much of the weekend complaining that the Minnesota Twins didn’t build a domed ballpark, thanks to a stiff wind and 37 degree temperatures for the opening series of the 2019 baseball stadium. Read more →

Live ball era at Target Field? No, it’s the live wall era.

Paul TostoPaul Tosto January 7, 2019, 12:52 PM Jan 7, 2019
10 Comments

Baseball hates change. Things get changed, players perform differently. The change gets blamed, for better or worse. That’s where we’re headed in this year’s Minnesota Twins baseball season. Read more →

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Twins ball-chaser: mensch or monster?

Bob CollinsBob Collins November 20, 2018, 7:10 AM Nov 20, 2018
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For a little less than a week, Jason Gabbert was the most hated person in Minnesota sports, based on the Star Tribune’s report of how the Minnesota Twins have banned him for a year for his aggressiveness in chasing foul balls in the nice seats behind the dugout.
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1,000 Words: Yes, Joe, there’s crying in baseball

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 30, 2018, 5:56 PM Sep 30, 2018
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Joe Mauer doubled in his final at bat on Sunday, then gave every indication his career with the Twins is over when he caught a single pitch in the 9th inning before exiting to the cheers of a tearful hometown crowd. Read more →

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Has Joe Mauer had enough?

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 28, 2018, 2:33 PM Sep 28, 2018
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A few weeks ago, I wrote in this space that I thought Joe Mauer would be back next season, at reduced pay, because why not? I don’t believe that anymore.

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Why Joe Mauer won’t retire

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 13, 2018, 4:07 PM Sep 13, 2018
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The Twins front office made a huge mistake decades ago not keeping franchise icon Harmon Killebrew with the team. It’s a mistake those running the 2018 Twins won’t make when it comes to Joe Mauer. Read more →

Sports · Weather

No respite from early-season cold for Twins fans in ’19

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 22, 2018, 12:09 PM Aug 22, 2018
12 Comments

The schedule-makers for Major League Baseball should come visit Minnesota. If they would, they might understand why some Minnesota Twins officials are shaking their heads after looking at the 2019 schedule, which was revealed to the rest of us today. Read more →

People doing good · Sports

Changing the world one baseball at a time

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 10, 2018, 7:26 AM Jul 10, 2018
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You know who’s a good egg? Jana Shortal at KARE is a good egg.

Jana, the KARE 11 reporter/anchor, was at last night’s Minnesota Twins game when she spied two kids who would do anything for a baseball. Read more →

Sports

The Twins’ problem? They’re boring

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 5, 2018, 10:24 AM Jul 5, 2018
22 Comments

The Minnesota Twins return to Target Field tonight after a disastrous road trip. Abandon all hope, ye who enter. It’s over. Division leader Cleveland has played mediocre baseball all season, and they now have a 12-game lead over the Twins. Read more →

Sports

The rain, a baseball, and a kid with his dad

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 10, 2018, 8:03 AM Jun 10, 2018
8 Comments

During the downpour on Saturday, probably three hours into what turned out to be a four-hour rain delay, nobody was in the entire upper deck of the outfield seating at Target Field in Minneapolis except a father and his little boy (7 or 8 years old, I’d guess), who were under the scoreboard overhang. The boy was patiently waiting, his baseball glove still on his hand. Read more →

Sports

Should baseball coddle the distraction generation?

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 1, 2018, 11:02 AM May 1, 2018
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We’re only a month into the season and yet it’s hard to ignore the troubling signs for the game’s future. Read more →

Weather

How do you like your outdoor baseball now?

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 4, 2018, 12:30 PM Apr 4, 2018
16 Comments

Logan Morrison, the new Minnesota Twins player, has learned an important lesson.

When it comes to baseball players complaining about the weather, don’t. Read more →

Sports

Twins players criticized for complaint about bunting against ‘the shift’

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 2, 2018, 3:21 PM Apr 2, 2018
14 Comments

The Minnesota Twins are finding themselves at the center of an ongoing debate in sports: Are baseball’s unwritten rules insanely stupid or just mildly dumb? Read more →

Sports

Are the Twins still cheap?

Mike Moen March 15, 2018, 12:00 PM Mar 15, 2018
9 Comments

Forget the “Pohlads are cheap” mantra and let yourself get excited about the coming Twins season and a payroll that keeps the squad in the middle of the MLB pack. Read more →

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The Twins’ biggest off-season move might be hiring a scout

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 17, 2017, 1:15 PM Oct 17, 2017
18 Comments

John Manuel, who has been editor-in-chief and writing scouting reports and report cards for Baseball America for two decades , announced today that he’s been hired by the Minnesota Twins. Read more →

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