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Cuddy and Kubel Boost Minnesota Twins Over Cleveland Indians 6-3

You can count the rest of the season. You can count it in the seven games remaining against the Tigers, or against teams that ought to be (here’s hoping) pushovers...

Written by Alex Brown about 2 months ago 57 reads 3 comments
Cleveland Indians' Defense Run Down Minnesota Twins and Their Hopes

To brew up a classic pitcher’s duel, you need two hurlers at the top of their game, a reasonably generous umpire, and alert fielders...

Written by Alex Brown about 3 months ago 48 reads 4 comments
Minnesota Twins Turning It On with 4-1 Walkoff Win Over Chicago White Sox

I am cheered by the Twins. Which is, after all, the point. But we do tend to over complicate our sports—every failure, and even every success, generates oceans of criticism. But tonight, I am cheered by the Twins...

Written by Alex Brown about 3 months ago 38 reads 4 comments
Minnesota Twins Show Postseason Spark in Comeback Win Over Texas Rangers

The winner of Sunday’s final game in the series between the Twins and the Rangers will consider it consolation for a tough loss, for both teams have had one of those. The Twins scraped a victory on Friday, 3-2, while the Rangers won 3-0 yesterday..

Written by Alex Brown about 3 months ago 40 reads 1 comments
Minnesota Twins Creep into AL Central Second Place, Beat Texas Rangers 3-2

The Twins beat the Rangers tonight. The game had two simple themes: the Twins scored three quick runs in the first inning and then fell stone silent at the hands of the Ranger pitchers, and Brian Duensing pitched very well to silence Texas...

Written by Alex Brown about 3 months ago 66 reads 1 comments
Twins-Orioles: Minnesota Beats Baltimore with Walk-Off Hit from Delmon Young

Armando Gabino had his first major league start for the Twins tonight, facing Brian Matusz, who has a mere five games under his belt. The raw beauty of something done for the first time made me hope Gabino would have a fairytale debut...

Written by Alex Brown about 3 months ago 58 reads 3 comments
Minnesota Twins Sweep Kansas City Royals with Big Seventh Inning

The Twins and Royals played two games of baseball today, and I’m not referring to a doubleheader. Through the first six innings, the game was about how far you could stretch a single run...

Written by Alex Brown about 3 months ago 45 reads 1 comments
Duensing's First Win Puts Twins Over Royals 8-7

Baseballs float. Only occasionally, but they do. In the eighth inning of Saturday’s game against the Royals, Michael Cuddyer lofted a ball to shallow right. It was not far beyond first base, and it hung in the air with a rapturous pause...

Written by Alex Brown about 3 months ago 30 reads 0 comments
Liriano and Crede Lift Twins To 7-1 Win Over Royals

Whenever I’m about to lose heart, the Twins turn around and have a game like tonight’s 7-1 victory over the Royals. Last night, just to keep this in perspective, the Twins lost 14-6...

Written by Alex Brown about 3 months ago 45 reads 3 comments
Los Angeles Angels Swarm Over Minnesota Twins, 11-5

There are two guaranteed arguments for baseball fans: the value of the designated hitter and the wisdom of the hit and run...

Written by Alex Brown about 4 months ago 41 reads 1 comments
Twins Sweep Sox, Bottom Of The Order Comes Through

The trading deadline is two days away and the Twins will not be solving their infield problems by acquiring Freddy Sanchez from the Pirates. That’s certain now, as the Giants have snapped him up...

Written by Alex Brown about 4 months ago 109 reads 1 comments
A's Clobber Twins, 16-1

Today was a day when you’re grateful for the long season, because it’s big enough to bury a complete collapse of offense and defense. The Twins made this three-game series with the Oakland A’s a crazy-making saga of extremes...

Written by Alex Brown about 4 months ago 35 reads 7 comments
Joe Mauer's Hitting Slump Is Working a Double Doozy on Minnesota Twins Fans

Sports outcomes are random. They are more random than we can possibly tolerate. They are so random that we are forced to tell stories to stitch them back together, to explain the randomness...

Written by Alex Brown about 4 months ago 237 reads 6 comments
Carlos Gomez and Minnesota Twins Clock Chicago White Sox 13-7

Who knows if momentum matters. Who knows if it’s real. And who knows if it will last long enough to be waiting for the Twins when they return from the All-Star break...

Written by Alex Brown about 4 months ago 93 reads 1 comments
Brad Radke Inducted Into Twins Hall of Fame

Sports fans are entitled to various idiosyncrasies, and mine include disproportionate affection for Brad Radke, Twins pitcher from 1995 through 2006...

Written by Alex Brown about 4 months ago 106 reads 8 comments
Twins: Blackburn Backed Up By Team in 6-4 Win

It took the whole team to win Friday night. The credit for RBI can be individually allocated, but the win took offense and defense, and every man on the team can feel like the player of the game...

Written by Alex Brown about 4 months ago 33 reads 6 comments
Seattle Mariners 4 Minnesota Twins 2: Too Many Left on Base

The Twins end up losing the weekend series with Seattle 1-2, and the season series 4-6. Not a sterling start to this road trip, but not a humiliating defeat either. Yesterday the Twins lost by a run; Friday they won by one...

Written by Alex Brown about 6 months ago 61 reads 0 comments
Twins Sweep Brewers; Baker's Back

Two weeks ago, the Twins were 15-17, hanging on in the AL Central thanks to a division-wide inability to climb much above .500...

Written by Alex Brown about 6 months ago 102 reads 0 comments
Minnesota's Rookie Anthony Swarzak Wins Debut for Twins

All sports, even baseball, have a clock. The ticking you only barely hear is the lifespan of a player. Every one of them has an arc, and sometimes it’s quite pronounced with a great crown of excellence...

Written by Alex Brown about 6 months ago 203 reads 0 comments
Twins-Brewers: Michael Cuddyer Hits for the Cycle and Twins Keep Winning

Interleague play began Friday, and the Twins faced the Milwaukee Brewers. The Brewers happen to be one of the hottest teams in all of baseball right now, with an impressive 26-16 record, second only to the Dodgers in winning percent...

Written by Alex Brown about 6 months ago 39 reads 2 comments
Twins-White Sox: Twins Take Down Sox, 20-1

Baseball is simple, particularly if the wind is blowing out to left field on a warm, clear day. The Twins dragged a six-game losing streak in behind them, but left Chicago with much lighter baggage...

Written by Alex Brown about 6 months ago 60 reads 1 comments
Grading the MinnesotaTwins Infield

We’re just under a quarter of the way through the season, and I’m assessing the team player by player. Today’s subject is the infield. The season began with Joe Mauer on the DL, and that’s a big void in the lineup...

Written by Alex Brown about 6 months ago 103 reads 0 comments
Reviewing the Minnesota Twins' Outfield

Denard Span has consistently exceeded expectations this season. True, expectations might have been a bit low. After all, he lost out on the starting center field job to Carlos Gomez last year, ...

Written by Alex Brown about 6 months ago 56 reads 0 comments
Yankees 5 Twins 4: Comeback Versus Joe Nathan

The Twins make their first visit to the new Yankee Stadium for a four-game series. The Yankees have many weapons, but they are unsurpassed in intimidation by pure historical prominence...

Written by Alex Brown about 6 months ago 72 reads 0 comments
Verlander Gem Blown as Minnesota Twins Sweep Detroit Tigers

It isn’t fair, but it is baseball. Justin Verlander pitched a gem for the Tigers this afternoon, but he didn’t get the win. He threw a career-high 13 strikeouts, and he sent the Twins down in weary rows, but he didn’t get the win...

Written by Alex Brown about 6 months ago 57 reads 0 comments

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Alex Brown Article Archive

Cuddy and Kubel Boost Minnesota Twins Over Cleveland Indians 6-3

Cleveland Indians' Defense Run Down Minnesota Twins and Their Hopes

Minnesota Twins Turning It On with 4-1 Walkoff Win Over Chicago White Sox

Minnesota Twins Show Postseason Spark in Comeback Win Over Texas Rangers

Minnesota Twins Creep into AL Central Second Place, Beat Texas Rangers 3-2

Twins-Orioles: Minnesota Beats Baltimore with Walk-Off Hit from Delmon Young

Minnesota Twins Sweep Kansas City Royals with Big Seventh Inning

Duensing's First Win Puts Twins Over Royals 8-7

Liriano and Crede Lift Twins To 7-1 Win Over Royals

Los Angeles Angels Swarm Over Minnesota Twins, 11-5

Twins Sweep Sox, Bottom Of The Order Comes Through

A's Clobber Twins, 16-1

Joe Mauer's Hitting Slump Is Working a Double Doozy on Minnesota Twins Fans

Carlos Gomez and Minnesota Twins Clock Chicago White Sox 13-7

Brad Radke Inducted Into Twins Hall of Fame

Twins: Blackburn Backed Up By Team in 6-4 Win

Seattle Mariners 4 Minnesota Twins 2: Too Many Left on Base

Twins Sweep Brewers; Baker's Back

Minnesota's Rookie Anthony Swarzak Wins Debut for Twins

Twins-Brewers: Michael Cuddyer Hits for the Cycle and Twins Keep Winning

Twins-White Sox: Twins Take Down Sox, 20-1

Grading the MinnesotaTwins Infield

Reviewing the Minnesota Twins' Outfield

Yankees 5 Twins 4: Comeback Versus Joe Nathan

Verlander Gem Blown as Minnesota Twins Sweep Detroit Tigers

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