Walks Finally Hurt

The Yankees beat the Twins 7-2 last night. Reports are that Ron Gardenhire wasn’t exactly pleased with the way Brian Duensing pitched, especially given how the conversation in the dugout after the lefty was pulled went. But really, Duensing didn’t pitch too badly. Of the 7 runs, he is credited with giving up 5, but one [...]

At Baseball Daily Digest, I suggest that umpire Phil Cuzzi did not cause the Twins to lose that game to the Yankees. Yes, left field umpire Phil Cuzzi missed a call, but did the call cause the Twins to lose? Let’s imagine Mauer does get his justified double. Do the next two hitters — Jason Kubel [...]

Orlando Cabrera didn't sign with the A's until Spring Training had begun, partly because teams were reluctant to give up a top pick for him. It doesn't look like this winter will be much easier for the shortstop, in spite of some clever negotating by his agent. Cabrera projects to be a Type A free agent, but agent Dan Lozano added a clause in his contract that prevents...

Top 4th: With two out, Yankees starter A.J. Burnett plunked both Delmon Young and Carlos Gomez. That brought Matt Tolbert to the plate; he singled, and almost scored Young from second, but Gomez overran second and was tagged out by Derek Jeter before Young had a chance to score. The call brought out a confused Joe Girardi and Ron Gardenhire to have them explain the situation; the...

Orlando Cabrera tells the Pioneer Press that he wants to remain in Minnesota. He'll be a Type A free agent after the season, but the Twins can't offer him arbitration, so he won't cost any team a draft pick.We took a close look at Cabrera's market value this morning. His .284/.316/.389 line and questionable defense will limit his value. However, MLB.com's Scott Merkin points to Cabrera...

You knew this was coming. Joe Mauer(notes) arrives in New York on Wednesday and — despite an ALDS to be played and another legally-binding year with the Twins — is greeted by questions about his contract situation and if he'd like to ever play for the Yankees?OK, so it was just a few questions the Big Apple media threw his way — they do it to almost every soon...

(AP)Ron Gardenhire insists the Twins, down 2-0 in this series, are not lingering on the blown call in Game 2. The Twins have arrived back at their goofy, soon-to-be-replaced home with a wee bit of life left in this...

The Twins fell again in New York on Friday night, 4-3, thanks to an incredible inability to take advantage of opportunities. The Twins as a team left 17 runners on base, and witnessed Joe Nathan completely implode by surrendering a game-tying home run to Alex Rodriguez and throwing wildly to second attempting to pick off [...]

Twins closer Joe Nathan served up a game-tying home run to Alex Rodriguez in the ninth inning of a crushing, 4-3, 11th-inning loss to the Yanks in Game 2 of the AL division series Friday night.

Umpire Phil Cuzzi blew a foul-ball call last night when Joe Mauer led off the 11th inning with a line drive down the line for what should have been a ground-rule double.

I sat at a local pub this Friday night taking in Game Two of the ALDS of the Minnesota Twins and New York Yankees. I thought it would be an interesting game to be sure...Read the full article on Bleacher Report...