Now that the White Sox have been soundly taken care of by the Tampa Bay Rays, I can really focus in on the Minnesota Twins during these winter months. I normally can’t get enough postseason baseball, but for some reason it has faded to a distant blur in the background of my mind. I really [...]
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With Age Comes a Big Bat
Posted: 8th October 2008 by vacant in Brian Buscher, Casey Blake, Nick Punto, Third base5
Tied…Again!
Posted: 16th August 2008 by vacant in Boof Bonser, Brian Bass, Carlos Gomez, Francisco Liriano, Game Thoughts, Nick PuntoThe Twins racked up the runs against Silva and co. tonight in the fourth inning and took the first game of this series 9-3. The White Sox also lost tonight, falling 6-4 to the Athletics. How sweet it is! Back on top of the division, at least for the time being. You have no idea [...]
Marty Andrade is once again filling in for me today. I will be back on the 11th of August, but until then you can keep coming back for great analysis like this. Thanks Marty! Us online guys are pretty hard on the Twins’ management. Whether it be Ron Gardenhire or Twins GM Bill Smith a [...]
Addressing the Everett Situation
Posted: 26th July 2008 by vacant in Adam Everett, Matt Macri, Nick Punto, OffensiveThe Twins will have an extremely tough decision facing them in a few days. On May 22 Adam Everett was placed on the 15 day disabled list after he strained his right shoulder. The Twins immediately call up Matt Macri, who posted a .367/.406/.500 line in the 14 games he played. He also hit a [...]
Should Have Seen This Coming
Posted: 26th July 2008 by vacant in Adam Everett, Carlos Gomez, Denard Span, Game Thoughts, Joe Mauer, Justin Morneau, Livan Hernandez, Nick PuntoI should have seen it coming. Livan away from home = ugly. Here are some thoughts: -The obvious story is the injury of Gomez. It was Hernandez’s goal to kill his outfielders tonight, but I’ll get into that later. Gomez slammed into the outfield wall while tracking a ball, and left a few minutes later [...]
Perkins Solid, Young Great, and Casilla Strong
Posted: 19th July 2008 by vacant in Boof Bonser, Brendan Harris, Brian Buscher, Carlos Gomez, Craig Breslow, Delmon Young, Francisco Liriano, Game Thoughts, Glen Perkins, Jason Kubel, Jesse Crain, Nick PuntoYou have no idea how glad I am to be back into regular game thoughts. I was getting sick and tired of coming up with abstract trade possibilities that probably won’t come true. So enough with my career as Nostradamus, and here are some of my game thoughts: -Glen Perkins went a solid six innings [...]
Fixing Third Base
Posted: 15th July 2008 by vacant in Adrian Beltre, Brian Buscher, Nick Punto, Third baseFirst off, a hearty congratulations to Justin Morneau for winning the home run derby. I normally do not watch things like this but was forced to check up on it every once in a while. The obvious storyline is Josh Hamilton and his record-breaking 28 home runs in the first round, but Morneau showed great [...]
Another Managerial Mistake, Another Loss
Posted: 9th July 2008 by vacant in Brendan Harris, Denard Span, Game Thoughts, Matt Guerrier, Nick Blackburn, Nick PuntoI wanted to write this recap while I still have the sour taste in my mouth so my criticism would be true. Hope you enjoy! -Another great start by a great Twins pitcher was ruined tonight. Blackburn went a solid 6.2 innings giving up only two runs on six hits. Although this Red Sox lineup [...]
Sloppy Pitching Still Results in Twins Win
Posted: 6th July 2008 by vacant in Game Thoughts, Joe Mauer, Joe Nathan, Kevin Slowey, Nick Punto, Statistics, White SoxI don’t know how Minnesota does it. Kevin Slowey had an off-night tonight, going six innings but giving up five runs on five hits. He quickly settled down, striking out six and retiring 12 of 13 at one point. A combination of great offense and great defense brought the Twins back and gave them the [...]