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So Long, Reyes? So Long, Punto?
As the 2008 season for the Twins ended Tuesday night, the offseason began. And while the decision doesn't have to be made for quite some time, the questions certainly begin...
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White Sox Get Huge Undeserved Advantage Tonight
Another year, and another year where apparently the long 162-game schedule fails to find the 8 best teams in the league. Tonight, the Minnesota Twins and Chicago White Sox battle it out for the distinction of 2008 AL Central Champs...
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"Playoff Teams Do Not Have ____ "
If you haven't noticed already, baseball business works a little differently in Minnesota. Any way you look at it, the Twins run the metric system in an otherwise standard system of baseball...
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Twins-Mariners: Twins Find a Formidable Opponent in Last-Place Mariners
When Seattle was in Minnesota two weeks ago, the Aflac Trivia Question on Saturday night was: Who holds the record for most games back at the end of a year? The answer was the Devil Rays, who were something to the tune of 51 games back in 1999...
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The Tampa Bay Rays, and Why The Heck They're Still Winning
Here's a bit of a stretch relation/link. And, like most things I think, I'm not quite sure if it's something you'll get too. The Rays have missed Longoria, Crawford, and Percival in the last few weeks...
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September Callups Key To Twins Success
September is just around the corner. And I can't wait. It's a rather exciting time. New major leaguers with their own excitement and nervousness, new lineups, new substitutions, etc...
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The Minnesota Twins Are a Step Ahead of Chicago...Seriously
After tonight's disaster, the Twins fall back to a game-and-a-half behind the ChiSox, who will keep first place when this series is concluded...
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Stagnant Rotation, Bullpen Keep Twins Down
The recent Yankees trip and that dastardly visit to Boston a few weeks ago might have been nothing but torture to Twins' fans, but it's also put us in our place...
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Nick Blackburn in Crosshairs as Francisco Liriano Watches for a Spot
We've all been waiting for it. We knew there was no room for Liriano in the current Minnesota Twins' rotation—they were doing solid...
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Justin Morneau, The Next Aaron Burr (The Man Who Beat Hamilton)
Justin Morneau came into the 2008 State Farm Insurance (Or Is It The Century 21) Home Run Derby and Reggie Jackson Show as merely an afterthought. I mean, why not? Every Twin that has competed in a Derby was basically just picked to fill a spot...
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So I Jumped On The Kevin Slowey Bandwagon
Last year, Kevin Slowey was tagged by some to be the second coming of Brad Radke. His control and poise, they said, was absolutely phenomenal. Well, halfway through 2008, and particularly in his last four starts, Slowey has lived up to the challenge...
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Amidst Joba-Mania, Twins Find Success in a Rotation Full of No-Names
Every time I turn on ESPN, or visit ESPN.com, I see some comment about Joba Chamberlain making a start for the Yankees...
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Twins Hit Unlikely Back-To-Back Homers Off Trevor Hoffman, Win 7th Straight
So there I was, watching the Twins on TV out west in San Diego. I was just getting over the shock of having seen Dennys Reyes get whatever-lefty-Gardy-had-him-face-in-the-eighth (the usual.....
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Sleeveless Twins play a Whole Different Ballgame
This isn't in the box score, and I can't find a split of it on Baseball Reference's website. And I also know that it probably doesn't have an effect on anything. This is just my excuse to go look up useless statistics...
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Anatomy of a Baseball Celebrity: Joe Mauer
Photo courtesy Ashley P. Because no guy in good faith would take that picture. Sitting Monday night in left field at the Twins vs. Yankees series finale was a very pleasurable kick-off to my summer...
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Nick Punto, Mike Lamb, Adam Everett: Minnesota Twins' Left Infield Doomed
The left side of the infield has been an absolute disgrace for the Twins so far this year. Mike Lamb and Adam Everett, both signed in the offseason from the Astros, have proven to be incompetent both in the field and more importantly at the plate...
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MLB: Money Can't Buy Happiness...or First Place, for That Matter
I made a rough graph in Excel and the result is above. By itself, it is not all that telling, so I'll narrate: The blue dots represents each team (lined up on the bottom) and their payroll as ...
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Tyner Reemerges With Indians, Can't Wait To Play Twins
Pictured: Delmon Young, a bit of a de facto replacement for Tyner in Minnesota.He's back.Jason Tyner, that guy we laugh at for hours on end for setting the record for more MLB at-bats without a home run...
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AL Central Riddled With Inconsistency Through The First Quarter Of The Season
We had thought this was going to be the cream of the MLB crop this year. Detroit and Chicago- they had the best lineups in baseball, bar none, said the analysts. The Indians? Still there! The Royals? Yep, they might finally not be a joke this year...

