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The Baseball Hall of Fame Class of 2026 was finalized yesterday with the election(s) of Carlos Beltrán and Andruw Jones. While so much has been said about the electees, I’m curious about the players who didn’t get in. Of the 11 first-time nominees who fell off the ballot yesterday, none were Twins; of returning players, […]
21 days ago | 5 reads
The Twins signed their first multi-year free agent contract since Carlos Correa (yes, it’s been that long) by adding catcher Victor Caratini to their roster. Ben Jones has more on the signing. The Past Week on Twinkie Town: Elsewhere in Twins Territory: In the World of Baseball:
22 days ago | 2 reads
Results A strong case can be made that Johan Santana was the greatest starting pitcher to ever spin it for this franchise. He was perhaps never better than on this day… In front of 36,353 Dome faithful—including Twinkie Town’s own resident film buff & storyteller extraordinaire—Santana was indeed (in the words of Dick Bremer): “Awesome…absolutely […]
22 days ago | 0 reads
We’re less than a month away from pitchers and catchers reporting, which means that in about 10 weeks, we’ll have real baseball to cover. Until such time, we’ll be covering something called hypothetical baseball, where the headlines feature player-team combinations that may never come to fruition, proposed storylines that bear absolutely no fruit, and rumors […]
23 days ago | 2 reads
Here’s your link for the movie. It’s from a Strange Site, but most internet security experts consider it pretty safe (when it comes to collecting your data, IMDb is worse). It has no commercials, so no sync issues! Sync issues are a pain on Movie Nights! (Plus this time I made sure the link included […]
25 days ago | 1 read
With Christian Vazquez’s contract finally off the books, the Twins have been searching for a new catcher behind starter Ryan Jeffers. According to Mark Feinsand of MLB.com, Minnesota got their man in Caratini who agreed to a two year, $14M deal. Caratini, 32, has spent the past two season with the Astros backing up Yainer […]
25 days ago | 4 reads
I never watched the TV series Succession. No matter how many awards it won or memes it inspired, I had no desire to watch a show ostensibly about in-family bickering. Isn’t that what Thanksgiving is for?! Alas, a form of Succession was recently dropped into Twins fans’ laps courtesy of our Pohlad Family overseers. A […]
26 days ago | 1 read
Roster construction is far from complete, but the Twins have made several changes to their 40-man roster. They may not be high-prominence changes, but they are changes, and with those changes come new jersey numbers. Even the numerical assignations are not yet complete: four new members of the 40-man roster (Gabriel Gonzalez, Ryan Kreidler, Hendry […]
28 days ago | 2 reads
Results It should probably come as little surprise that when an extremely unlikely big fly from a late-season pickup is followed by the hometown hero homering in a must-win World Series game, that moment immediately grabs the brass ring when entered in this poll series. That ‘87 team, man. The more I study and ask […]
29 days ago | 2 reads
The only major Twins news from this past week was the team agreeing to 2026 arbitration terms for all players except Joe Ryan. Ben Jones has more on what this means for the 2026 payroll along with the outlook for Ryan’s status. The Past Week on Twinkie Town: Elsewhere in Twins Territory: In the World […]
30 days ago | 3 reads
See how the sausage is made. (By me, on my laptop.)
about 1 month ago | 1 read
Here’s your link for the movie. It’s from a Strange Site, but most internet security experts consider it pretty safe (when it comes to collecting your data, IMDb is worse). It has good image quality and no commercials, so no sync issues! Sync issues are a pain on Movie Nights! (Plus this time I made […]
about 1 month ago | 1 read
Today is the deadline for players and teams to file arbitration salary figures for the 2026 season, meaning players will often come to terms with teams rather than heading to court. However, teams and players can still negotiate right up until the hearing date, typically in mid-February. Once the hearing happens, an independent arbiter will […]
about 1 month ago | 4 reads
If you turned the ballgame on TV in 1976 Twins Territory, you’d get the dulcet tones of Joe Boyle & recently-retired Harmon Killebrew. If you flipped on the radio: Herb Carneal—as always—and Frank Quilici at the mics. Though no playoff berth was achieved—and you certainly wouldn’t guess it from the 715,394 home fans (an AL-low […]
about 1 month ago | 2 reads
Earlier this week, the Twins continued their trend of putting in minimal effort at signing free agents, adding veteran shortstop Orlando Arcia on a minor league deal. That got me thinking about other sets of brothers who have spent time with the Twins, and while many recent fans (including me) still wish Minnesota had signed […]
about 1 month ago | 3 reads
Results Starting with Game 2 of the 2004 ALDS and continuing through the 2020 Wild Card sweep by the Houston Astros, the Minnesota Twins lost 18 consecutive postseason contests—the longest such drought in North American professional sporting league history. The franchise had nearly become synonymous with the very concept of “playoff losing”. But then, 2023 […]
about 1 month ago | 5 reads
The Twins started 2026 with a pair of moves, trading for Marlins first baseman Eric Wagaman and signing infielder Orlando Arcia. Neither is (hopefully) likely to play a significant role for the Twins in 2026, but will serve as veteran bench bats for a team that hopes to usher in a youth movement. The Past […]
about 1 month ago | 11 reads
Here’s your link for the movie. It’s from a Strange Site, but most internet security experts consider it pretty safe (when it comes to collecting your data, IMDb is worse). It has good image quality and no commercials, so no sync issues! Sync issues are a pain on Movie Nights! Start the show at 7:30! […]
about 1 month ago | 2 reads
Happy New Year Twinkie Town! With the calendar flipped to 2026, I’ll be periodically checking in on the 2006 & 2016 campaigns this 365-cycle. But before that, we have a few one-off anniversaries—beginning with the Twins’ AL title defense 60 years ago. In 1965, Minnesota established itself as a professional baseball powerhouse by flying an […]
about 1 month ago | 4 reads
2025 was not a year many of us probably want to remember, and that is doubly true for Minnesota Twins fans. We entered the year with hesitant hopes for an AL Central crown and a playoff berth, but we left the season wanting to punt ownership towards the nearest supernova. Seeing as many of us […]
about 1 month ago | 4 reads
Results Kirby Puckett broke out as a Minnesota Twins superstar in 1986. But in 1987, he cemented himself as a team leader and far more than a one-hit wonder. This late-‘87 weekend in Milwaukee gained him entrance into our Top Ten of Twins moments… The newbie: B-Doz completes a WILD comeback! Breaking the playoff losing […]
about 1 month ago | 6 reads
It’s the last Rival Roundup of 2025! I hope you got everything done this year that you wanted to accomplish, because if not, you only have three days left, and you need to basically stop reading this immediately if you want any hope of achieving your dreams. Go on, get!
about 2 months ago | 0 reads
Nothing says Christmas like bashing zombies with a baseball bat! (They’re not very scary zombies, but I wouldn’t show this to anyone under 15 or so.) Here’s the link, and click your clicks at 7:30! Anna’s just a regular high school senior, with regular high school senior concerns. Go straight to college, or take a […]
about 2 months ago | 0 reads
Every year, a big movie premieres in theaters on Christmas Day. Usually one that the whole family can enjoy to escape the in-laws for a few hours. This year, that flick is Song Sung Blue. Hugh Jackman in a musical biopic about one of the greatest pop singers of all time? Count me in! How […]
about 2 months ago | 2 reads
Coming into the offseason, the Twins had three major needs to fill. First base has been, at least temporarily, filled after Josh Bell agreed to take his talents to the Twin Cities. They started to shore up the bullpen by acquiring Eric Orze from the Rays last month, but could still use 2-3 reliable arms […]
about 2 months ago | 3 reads