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TT roundtable: 2026 Twins season preview
Welcome one and all to Twins Opening Day! As always, we will have our game thread up this afternoon to make predictions about the rest of the season based off a single game, but for now you can read our predictions before a single game is played. All your favorite Twinkie Town writers have pitched […]
The Blunting of the Park: an Opening Day preview in verse
(There’s about six minutes of intro before the poem begins… but come on, it’s Jeremy Irons.) Hit the FirstThe Standings “Just the club for a Park!” the Purseman criedWhile addressing his team as heir,Dismissing the lot who could possibly chideWith successes eventually rare. “Just the club for a Park! I repeat it once;Only once should […]
Greatest Twins Moments & Performances: A Twinkie Town Definitive List (Recap)
Results Our final memorable Twins moment comes to us, fittingly, from just last season. In a rough year for Twins Territory, Byron Buxton was perhaps the one-and-only shining star. Never more than on this day… Per famous philosophizer Porky Pig: “Th-th-th-that’s all, folks!” Hopefully both a fun and at least somewhat accurate-if-subjective look at this […]
Twins Opening Day Roster Takes Shape
Earlier this morning, the Twins announced that they optioned Ryan Kreidler, Alan Roden, and Eric Wagaman to AAA. Combined with Zebby Matthews getting options yesterday and the Twins letting Liam Hendriks and Andrew Chafin walk, and the Opening Day roster is nearly finalized. With the recent round of cuts, Minnesota appears to have set their […]
Monday Morning Minnesota: The “Opening Week 2026” Edition
Opening Week is upon us! With the Twins finalizing their roster, we almost have a clear idea of at least who will be starting the season against the Orioles this weekend. For now, hope springs eternal. The Past Week on Twinkie Town: Elsewhere in Twins Territory: In the World of Baseball:
TwinkieTown Movie Night: Field of Dreams
Here’s your link for the movie! It’s from a Strange Site, but most internet security experts consider it pretty safe (for streaming; I wouldn’t try downloading). It has no commercials, so no sync issues! Sync issues are a pain on Movie Nights! Start the show at 7:30! When I was about 25 or so, I […]
The 2006 Twins ride the early season rollercoaster
After loading up with some new talent following a disappointing, playoff-less 2005 season, the Minnesota Twins opened 2006 north of the border in Toronto and rode an early-season rollercoaster for the first few weeks. A classic Johan Santana vs Roy Halladay clash christened the new 162-game slate on April 4, and the home Jays got […]
The six Twins to have worn No. 42
Watching 42 on Friday’s movie night, I had forgotten that among shots of MLB players wearing 42 during the pre-credits montage, there is one at Target Field. That got me thinking about the Twins who have worn #42 outside of April 15 every year, and checking Baseball Reference, there have been just six. (Two of […]
Greatest Twins Moments & Performances: A Twinkie Town Definitive List (Round 21)
Results In the 2001-2002 offseason, the Minnesota Twins franchise was nearly extinguished. The harebrained and somewhat nefarious contraction scheme hatched by MLB Commissioner Bud Selig—and seemingly fully endorsed by Twins owner Carl Pohlad—put MN on the brink of being baseball-less. Fortunately, Hennepin County Judge Harry Crump’s ironclad interpretation of stadium lease laws kept the team […]
Monday Morning Minnesota: The “Ready for ABS” Edition
The World Baseball Classic has been in full swing this past week, with the knockout round games providing exciting games. That being said, last night’s Team USA’s victory over the Dominican Republic was marred by a few egregious strike calls from behind the plate, which makes this season’s advent of the ABS challenge system a […]
TwinkieTown Movie Night: 42
Here’s your link for the movie! It’s from a Strange Site, but most internet security experts consider it pretty safe (for streaming; I wouldn’t try downloading). It has no commercials, so no sync issues! Sync issues are a pain on Movie Nights! Start the show at 7:30! The idea of doing a newer, franker movie […]
I’ve never been more pessimistic about the Minnesota Twins
An immediate caveat to that title: I am excited for Minnesota Twins baseball to return. It is my favorite professional sport and I welcome it back into my daily routine each spring like an old friend. I can’t wait to flip on the tube each night or get out to the ballpark(s) this summer. I […]
Statistical oddities with Twins birthdays
Looking through the Twins’ active roster after yesterday’s string of cuts, an unusual trend struck me: of the 32 men on the active roster, five have a birthday in December. Now, a group of 32 people having a month with five people may not be particularly anomalous given the randomness inherent in populations, but that […]
Spring Training Game Thread: Twins vs Rays
First Pitch (CT): 12:05TV: NoneRadio: MLB App via TB AudioKnow Yo’ Foe: DRaysBay What to watch: Joe Ryan finally makes his long-awaited debut! Unfortunately this game appears to be lost to the void. Lineups
Greatest Twins Moments & Performances: A Twinkie Town Definitive List (Round 20)
Results Unless or until the Minnesota Twins win another World Series—one I’m not a toddler or a kindergartener for—it is possible that September 25, 2008, will remain my Twins fandom zenith. Timing and circumstance matters a lot, and in late ‘08 I had just graduated college and reveling in the “summer after being done” (not […]
Monday Morning Minnesota: The “Alan Roden Hype Machine” Edition
The first rule of spring training is not to get too excited about spring training stats. That being said, Alan Roden is maybe making the Louis Varland trade look like a better deal, as he has eight hits in 22 at-bats, with one homer and a steal. For sure, a positive after he finished last […]
Spring Training Game Thread: Twins vs Braves
First Pitch (CT): 12:05TV: MLB.TV/ATL Video (via Braves)Radio: Braves – ESPN 103.7/WIFN 1340Know Yo’ Foe: Battery Power What to watch: Zebby Matthews is on the mound in his fight to keep the 5th rotation spot. Mick Abel has had a flawless Spring, but it’s Zebby’s spot to lose. Lineups
Rival Roundup, Vol. 80: This Week in Boiyoyoyoing!
It seems like February grinds to a halt once pitchers and catchers report every year. While the excitement of spring training games provides a midwinter jolt, that buzz quickly wears off as you remember the RBIs don’t count, but the oblique injuries do. But now it’s March, the World Baseball Classic’s pool play is in […]
TwinkieTown Movie Night: Stop Making Sense
(Adapted from this post on another website.) Here’s your link for the movie! It’s from a Strange Site, but most internet security experts consider it pretty safe (for streaming; I wouldn’t try downloading). It has no commercials, so no sync issues! Sync issues are a pain on Movie Nights! Start the show at 7:30! (This […]
Spring Training Game Thread: Twins vs Braves
First Pitch (CT): 5:05 PMTV: Twins.TVRadio: 830 WCCO/Audacy AppKnow Yo’ Foe: Battery Power What to watch: We’re on Roden CF watch yet again. With how well both he and James Outman have been playing this Spring, the Twins will have some hard decisions to make if a trade isn’t done before Opening Day. Also, Twins […]
Roster Projection 2.0: Lopez, Festa Injuries and Outfielder Breakouts Create Problems
The Twins’ two best hitters this Spring have been, unquestionably, Alan Roden and James Outman, two players who were on the outside looking in coming into Spring Training. Roden has options remaining and may find himself in AAA to start that season anyway, but Outman can’t be sent to the minors without passing through waivers, […]
MLB Flashback: 1926
Another week, another Book Club. How else to get through February & March in MN besides baseball books and catching up on movies?! This time: Baseball in the Roaring Twenties by Thomas Wolf. The title is actually a misnomer, as the book focuses specifically on the year 1926. Overall, I found it to be a […]
Spring Training Game Thread: Twins vs Yankees
First Pitch (CT): 12:05TV: Twins.TV (via YES)Radio: NAKnow Yo’ Foe: Pinstripe Alley What to watch: Luke Keaschall, left fielder?? Good to get some reps out there since he’ll likely be used to platoon Larnach/Wallner/Roden/Outman/Rodriguez against lefties. Lineups
Spring Training/WBC Thread: Twins vs Puerto Rico
First Pitch (CT): 12:05TV: Twins.TV and MLB.TV (FREE)Radio: Audacy AppKnow Yo’ Foe: Go on vacation to Puerto Rico or something What to watch: The three backup SS options are all in the lineup as they fight for the Twins’ final roster spot. Gray at SS, Arcia at 3B, and Kreidler in RF. Also, Willi Castro […]
Twins one-moment wonders: Caleb Hamilton clears the fence
Last week, I wrote about the two Twins players whose MLB careers lasted one game. (And thanks to BH-Baseball for sharing, in a comment below the article, about Senators one-game, one-legged pitcher Bert Shepard.) If this were earlier in the offseason, I’d make this a series (and I still might, just next offseason); as it […]
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