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
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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 […]
Greatest Twins Moments & Performances: A Twinkie Town Definitive List (Round 19)
Results On the night of April 17, 2009, I was driving back home from a late shift at Walmart (my Retail Era). Though initially hearing from John Gordon that the hometown boys were down big, a comeback began brewing! Just as I pulled my 1992 Ford F-150 into the driveway, Jason Kubel completed the claw-back—and […]
Monday Morning Minnesota: The “Everybody Hurts” Edition
And the injuries just keep piling up. While spring training stats and records do not matter, the Twins do have the worst run differential through nine games across the majors this spring. That being said, we did have some good news on the injury front. Royce Lewis’ recent MRI is clean (Bobby Nightengale at the […]
Spring Training Game Thread: Twins vs Braves
First Pitch (CT): 12:05TV: Twins.TVRadio: TIBN/830 WCCO/102.9 The Wolf /Audacy AppKnow Yo’ Foe: Battery Power What to watch: I said it before, I’ll say it again. If Austin Martin can hold up in CF a few times a week, the rest of this roster construction becomes significantly easier. Same could be said for Wagaman at […]
Spring Training Game Thread: Twins vs Red Sox
First Pitch (CT): 12:05TV: Twins.TV (via NESN)Radio: NAKnow Yo’ Foe: Over the Monster Lineups
TwinkieTown Movie Night: The Stratton Story
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 1949 movie was inspired by a visit […]
Spring Training Game Thread: Twins vs Yankees
First Pitch (CT): 12:05TV: Twins.TVRadio: WCCO 830/The Wolf 102.9 FM/Audacy AppKnow Yo’ Foe: Pinstripe Alley What to watch: Oops, all catchers! Lineups
What would you do as MLB commissioner?
I recently finished this new book from Jane Leavy—previous biographer of the likes of Mickey Mantle, Sandy Koufax, & Babe Ruth. As baseball nonfiction tomes go, I found it—okay. A LOT of snark, but if you can handle that you’ll enjoy it even more than I did. Make Me Commissioner’s basic premise is Leavy analyzing […]
Spring Training Game Thread: Twins vs Pirates
First Pitch (CT): 12:05TV: Twins.TVRadio: NAKnow Yo’ Foe: Bucs Dugout What to watch: The backup SS/utility battle continues. Orlando Arcia gets his first start at 2B while Tristan Gray sees his first action at short. Lineups
Spring Training Game Thread: Twins vs Red Sox
First Pitch (CT): 12:05TV: Twins.TVRadio: TIBN/Audacy AppKnow Yo’ Foe: Over the Monster Lineups
The shortest-tenured Twins in history
While surfing Baseball Reference’s Frivolities page for unusual uniform number facts, as I do, I came across a “Cup of Coffee” page, listing players who only made one appearance in the majors. Surprisingly, there are only two players who appeared in their sole MLB games as members of the Twins, both pitchers, and one is […]
Spring Training Game Thread: Split Squad Twins vs Orioles/Rays
Game 1: Twins vs Orioles First Pitch (CT): 12:05TV: NARadio: Audacy AppKnow Yo’ Foe: Camden Chat What to watch: Arcia, Gray, and Kreidler are battling it out for the backup SS/utility role. All three are in action this afternoon. Game 2: Twins vs Rays First Pitch (CT): 12:05TV: NARadio: Rays – TB AudioKnow Yo’ Foe: […]
Greatest Twins Moments & Performances: A Twinkie Town Definitive List (Round 18)
Results In July of 2004, the SP trio of Brad Radke, Johan Santana, & Kyle Lohse collaborated on a feat that now seems impossible 22 years removed: Three consecutive complete game shutouts! For comparison, the Twins had 3 CG SHO’s from 2018-2025 (Jose Berrios, Joe Ryan, & Pablo Lopez). The newbie: what we need is […]
Monday Morning Minnesota: The “PabNo” Edition
It is truly just my luck that right after I published last week’s Monday Morning Minnesota, we started getting reports about Pablo Lopez having a potential elbow issue. Now, Pablo is out for the season after undergoing Tommy John surgery, and Joe Ryan was diagnosed with lower back inflammation, which might jeopardize his ability to […]
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