Bob CollinsThe 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 →
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Tag: Minnesota Twins
Paul TostoBaseball 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 →
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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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 →
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.
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
Mike Moen
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 →
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 →