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For This Twins Team: No Regrets

As the Twins prepare their final stand in defense of their 2009 season tonight against the New York Yankees at the Metrodome, it's important Twins fans realize one thing: There are no expectations...

Written by Marty Andrade about about 1 month ago 135 reads 3 comments
Joe Mauer Is the AL MVP: Don't Fool Yourself

Recently the typical chattering has arisen among mainstream journalists about who deserves the AL MVP award... ...as if there is any question who the most valuable player this year is. It is Joe Mauer...

Written by Marty Andrade about 2 months ago 587 reads 5 comments
Smith vs. Gardy: Or Lead Harder, Not Smarter

It took a little digging. I might have broken a law or two. Or I might have just made it up. In any case, I'm sticking by the story. Ron Gardenhire recently requested some extra players for his ailing team and Bill Smith refused...

Written by Marty Andrade about 2 months ago 114 reads 7 comments
Twins GM Bill Smith Deserves Credit For...Something

There's a month left in the baseball season and the Twins now sit in second place in the AL Central, just three and a half games behind the Detroit Tigers...

Written by Marty Andrade about 3 months ago 303 reads 9 comments
Answering Questions On The Minnesota Twins

This is where I ask those questions you might have asked had you thought about it: Are the Twins still contenders in the AL Central race? The Twins are sitting six games back behind the Detroit Tigers and the Chicago White Sox...

Written by Marty Andrade about 3 months ago 243 reads 5 comments
Twins Notes: Looking Ahead at September Call-ups

The Twins have some difficult decisions coming up in the next week as they try to finalize who on their 40-man roster they are going to have playing in Twins uniforms this September...

Written by Marty Andrade about 3 months ago 304 reads 0 comments
R.A. Dickey's on the Fast Track To Nowhere Unless He Picks Up the Slow Knuckler

Few can master the most difficult skill in sports: throwing a baseball about 60 feet with no spin in such a way that air resistance moves the ball on a changing and unpredictable trajectory while ...

Written by Marty Andrade about 3 months ago 146 reads 0 comments
Time for the Twins to Pull the Plug?

At 53-55, the Twins look to be on their way to finishing a mediocre season. They are 4.5 games back of the Detroit Tigers, who look to be pulling away with the AL Central Division Title...

Written by Marty Andrade about 4 months ago 89 reads 2 comments
Why Orlando Cabrera Does Not Help The Minnesota Twins

With just a couple of hours left at the trading deadline, Bill Smith struck a deal with A's GM Billy Beane to acquire shortstop Orlando Cabrera for the 21-year-old shortstop prospect, Tyler Ladendorf...

Written by Marty Andrade about 4 months ago 274 reads 6 comments
Dear Minnesota Twins Fans: Don't Panic

Douglas Adams' "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" featured user-generated content and a graphic user interface years before those ideas gained a cultural foothold. On the cover of the fictional guide were the words "Don't Panic...

Written by Marty Andrade about 4 months ago 164 reads 0 comments
The Twins' Trade Bait

The trade deadline is fast approaching and the Twins need help. The Twins could use an infielder, a relief pitcher, and a solid starter...

Written by Marty Andrade about 4 months ago 182 reads 8 comments
Positive Spin on the Minnesota Twins

As the Twins are approaching the trade deadline, the cries for the Twins to "do something" are working their way through the Twins' blogosphere...

Written by Marty Andrade about 4 months ago 151 reads 0 comments
If I Were the Twins GM for a Day

The Twins sit withing striking distance of the AL Central Division Title. So far the team has been playing .500 ball, but the division is weak this year and a few adjustments could make the Twins strong enough to compete through the playoff race...

Written by Marty Andrade about 4 months ago 126 reads 2 comments
Time for the Twins to Sign Joe Crede Longterm?

Since Corey Koskie left the Twins at the end of 2004 the club failed to find someone to fill his position at third base...

Written by Marty Andrade about 5 months ago 190 reads 0 comments
The Worst Minnesota Twins All Stars of All Time

Since the All-Star Game is in part a fan popularity contest, there are other deserving players who didn't make the team. Since each team in both leagues has to be represented, there are players who make the team who don't really deserve it...

Written by Marty Andrade about 5 months ago 285 reads 0 comments
Kevin Slowey: Not an All Star

I can feel the indignant outrage already exploding across barber shops and sports bars across all of Minnesota. "Why isn't Kevin Slowey on the All Star Team?" "Don't they know he has ten wins?" All baseball fans tend to become enamored with one stat

Written by Marty Andrade about 5 months ago 228 reads 5 comments
Joe Nathan's Silly Saves

The “Save” is a bad stat with good intentions. It was an attempt to quantify the contributions made by relief pitchers in a way easily grasped by fans and sportswriters...

Written by Marty Andrade about 5 months ago 126 reads 0 comments
13 Fearless Minneosta Twins Predictions

Fearless predictions for the final half of the Twins season: -Kevin Slowey will not get 20 wins. -Scott Baker will win eight more games. -R.A. Dickey’s ERA will stay below 4.00. -Justin Morneau won’t hit more than 30 home runs...

Written by Marty Andrade about 5 months ago 26 reads 0 comments
Minnesota Twins Need to Make a Move: Send Gomez and Young to the Minors

The Twins are struggling early this year. It might be time for a change of personnel. Right now the Twins have a few weaknesses, chief among them the fact their offense is inconsistent and inadequate...

Written by Marty Andrade about 7 months ago 188 reads 5 comments
Division Debate: Joe Crede Dons a Minnesota Twins Jersey

Human mortality wouldn't be such a struggle for mankind if it weren't coupled with the slow and methodical collapse of our physical bodies. What men ought do with the finite days of their lives is a question which belongs to philosophy...

Written by Marty Andrade about 9 months ago 224 reads 1 comments
Another New Bleacher Report Author Enters The Realm

Scene: We join Young(ish) Enthusiastic Blogger (YEB) in his study as he’s working through some bit of inspiration, soon to be forgotten in his draft folder.Enter a visitor appearing in a flash of light...

Written by Marty Andrade about 10 months ago 265 reads 0 comments
Celebrating Two Years on the Bleacher Report

It was two years ago today I published my first column on the Bleacher Report after being actively recruited by one of the founders (who will go nameless here lest he be willing to take credit or accept responsibility for his actions)...

Written by Marty Andrade about about 1 year ago 272 reads 3 comments
The End of a Century of Grief? Chicago Cubs In the Playoffs Again

Since 1876, the Cubs franchise has been playing professional baseball at the most elite level (in fact, even before 1876 the franchise was playing in the National Association; so this franchise is really old, John McCain old)...

Written by Marty Andrade about about 1 year ago 1,421 reads 3 comments
Minnesota Twins Roundtable

Special thanks to Andrew Kneeland and Josh Taylor for doing the roundtable this week. 1) Recently, the Star Tribune reported that the Twins were trying to acquire Jarrod Washburn from the Seattle Mariners...

Written by Marty Andrade about about 1 year ago 366 reads 0 comments
Twins Talk: Weekly Roundtable

It’s a small group in the Roundtable this week, which is fine because you can catch me and other Bleacher Report Twins Community writers and bloggers at my Twins Podcast, which is live every Sunday at 8pm central...

Written by Marty Andrade about about 1 year ago 457 reads 4 comments

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Marty Andrade Article Archive

For This Twins Team: No Regrets

Joe Mauer Is the AL MVP: Don't Fool Yourself

Smith vs. Gardy: Or Lead Harder, Not Smarter

Twins GM Bill Smith Deserves Credit For...Something

Answering Questions On The Minnesota Twins

Twins Notes: Looking Ahead at September Call-ups

R.A. Dickey's on the Fast Track To Nowhere Unless He Picks Up the Slow Knuckler

Time for the Twins to Pull the Plug?

Why Orlando Cabrera Does Not Help The Minnesota Twins

Dear Minnesota Twins Fans: Don't Panic

The Twins' Trade Bait

Positive Spin on the Minnesota Twins

If I Were the Twins GM for a Day

Time for the Twins to Sign Joe Crede Longterm?

The Worst Minnesota Twins All Stars of All Time

Kevin Slowey: Not an All Star

Joe Nathan's Silly Saves

13 Fearless Minneosta Twins Predictions

Minnesota Twins Need to Make a Move: Send Gomez and Young to the Minors

Division Debate: Joe Crede Dons a Minnesota Twins Jersey

Another New Bleacher Report Author Enters The Realm

Celebrating Two Years on the Bleacher Report

The End of a Century of Grief? Chicago Cubs In the Playoffs Again

Minnesota Twins Roundtable

Twins Talk: Weekly Roundtable

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