For this very special day of August 31st, and to celebrate the Minnesota victory, I thought I would let you in on some of the greatest stuff I have read in the last day or so. Please be sure to check everything out, nothing is worth skipping! Nino Colla of Bleacher Report has a great [...]
Archive for August, 2008
Carlos Gomez vs. Torii Hunter. $395,000 vs. $16,500,000. 22 years vs. 33 years. Does this comparison also show the difference between ‘young and promising’ and ‘good’? Let’s take a look at both Carlos Gomez and Torii Hunter and compare them: Carlos Gomez Torii Hunter .255/.291/.344 .277/.342/.471 Hunter certainly gets the advantage in this matchup. He [...]
Why the Twins Will Not Make the Playoffs
Posted: 30th August 2008 by vacant in Bullpen, Chicago White Sox, PostseasonI originally wrote this up for Bleacher Report, but I thought it would pertain to you guys, being Twins fans and all. Sorry for the lack of faith, but I guess I am transforming into a pessimist right in front of you. Just to be clear, this is a completely biased article. Do not expect [...]
Not much can be said about Thursday’s game. The Twins stunk it up badly. The bullpen squandered another game, and Minnesota is now one and a half games back in the division. There is no way this team makes the playoffs with the bullpen in as bad shape as it is right now. No way. [...]
Heading into this four-game series against the Oakland Athletics, Minnesota is just one game behind the Chicago White Sox in the AL Central. No matter which way you slice it, this series is shaping up to be a crucial one. While Chicago goes on to face Wild-Card leading Boston Red Sox, Minnesota has to deal [...]
Another Pathetic Loss
Posted: 27th August 2008 by vacant in Game Thoughts, Justin Morneau, Randy Ruiz, Scott BakerFirst off, thanks to Yahoo! Sports for the picture to the left. Secondly, yuck. -Scott Baker continues to turn in dismal performances on the road, proving both his youth and inexperience. In the eleven starts Baker has made this year on the road, not counting yesterday’s, he has acquired an ERA of 4.46, a WHIP [...]
As every Twins fan should know by now, Eddie Guardado is playing baseball for Minnesota once again. Eddie was a Twin from 1993-2003, when he lost to free agency. During this extended tenure with the Twins he didn’t record more than ten saves in a season until 2001, when he traded relief roles with former [...]
Blackburn Roughed Up
Posted: 24th August 2008 by vacant in Alexi Casilla, Carlos Gomez, Game Thoughts, Joe Mauer, Justin Morneau, Nick BlackburnI came into tonight planning an article on how Twins pitchers have gone above and beyond this series and what it might mean for this 14 day road trip. Then Blackburn started tonight. I guess the Angel offense that was brilliantly stifled the previous two days chose today to explode out of their recent poor [...]
Matt Guerrier Turning On His A-Game
Posted: 23rd August 2008 by vacant in Delmon Young, Game Thoughts, Glen Perkins, Matt GuerrierI must admit; I was less than thrilled when Gardenhire elected to run out Matt Guerrier for the ninth inning on Thursday night. The score was tied, and if one run was surrendered, the Twins would have started this road trip on the wrong foot. After thinking it over, I realized that the right decision [...]
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