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20 days ago by
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Via Star Tribune
I would prefer the alternate home uniform be the every day home uniform, but overall I like the new look.
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28 days ago by
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The first opportunity for offseason analysis arrived on Friday when the Twins traded Carlos Gomez to Milwaukee for J.J. Hardy. I meant to write something about the trade this weekend, but have found it more difficult to write with a baby in one hand than I remembered.
Gomez was one...
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November 04, 2009 by
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Originally posted two years ago.
As the owners’ vote approached, there were several last-ditch attempts to slow down the process. Potential buyers seemed to pop up out of nowhere, including Glen Taylor, whose name had been tossed around as a potential buyer of the Twins for several...
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November 03, 2009 by
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Originally posted this two years ago.
After nearly a decade of losing seasons and poor play, the Minnesota Twins seemed to have turned a corner in 2001. In Tom Kelly’s last season as manager, a young group of players who had spent time in the Twins system together blossomed, and...
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November 02, 2009 by
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1980 Minnesota Twins
Managers: Gene Mauch 21st Season (5th with Minnesota 378-394)
Johnny Goryl 1st Season (1st with Minnesota 23-13)
77 W 84 L 670 RS 724 RA 3rd AL West 19.5 GB (Kansas City 97-65)
4.16 RPG (AL = 4.50) 3.93 ERA (AL = 4.04)
.692 DER (14th AL)
All Stars (1) Ken Landreaux...
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October 24, 2009 by
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Hopefully his new world won’t involve a Yankee World Series win. That would be a rough first month of life.
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October 23, 2009 by
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Saturday October 25, 1987
Twins 11, Cardinals 5
The Twins used back-to-back big innings to come from behind and force a seventh game in the World Series.
Things started well for the Cardinals, however, when Tommy Herr hit a solo home run off of Les Straker in the first inning. It was...
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October 21, 2009 by
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Still trying to get over the Twins quick exit from the playoffs, I am clearly seeking solace in an attempt to place Joe Mauer’s historic season in context.
It got me thinking about the best single seasons in Twins history, so I decided to put together a lineup. The no brainers...
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October 20, 2009 by
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The 2.5-year-old took an active interest in the games. He even, in a moment of anger, called his mother a Derek Jeter.
Yes, that is his official Target Field hard hat and his Joe Mauer batting champion wiffle bat. The best part is that he asked to get all of the baseball props out while he [...]
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October 19, 2009 by
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Roster/Stats (Pitchers)
Bold = Player new to Minnesota in 1979
SP Jerry Koosman 20-13 3.38 ERA 130 ERA+ 1.33 WHIP 3.46 FIP 3.4 PW 23 WS 7.5 WARP3
Koosman was probably best known for his role as the left-handed compliment to Tom Seaver during the Mets’ run in the late 1960’...
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October 16, 2009 by
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Saturday October 17, 1987
Twins 10, Cardinals 1
After three innings of play in the first World Series game ever in the Metrodome, the Twins actually trailed 1-0. Tony Pena led the inning off with a double. He advanced to third on a fly ball, and scored on a ground ball by Jim Lindeman...
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October 15, 2009 by
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Just saw this at Alright Hamilton!.
It would be difficult to have a more perfect logo. I think, however, I could think of a few better names for the field.
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October 14, 2009 by
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Thanks to Denny Green for the inspirational words used in the title
Given a few days to recover from the debacle that was the Yankee series, I have had some time to put the season and the finish in some perspective.
For five and a half months I thought of the 2009 Twins as nothing more than [...]
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October 13, 2009 by
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1979 Minnesota Twins
Manager: Gene Mauch 20th Season (4th with Minnesota 324-323)
82 W 80 L 764 RS 725 RA 4th AL West 6.0 GB (California 88-74)
4.72 RPG (AL = 4.67) 4.16 ERA (AL = 4.23)
.681 DER (13th AL)
All Stars (1) Roy Smalley
Franchise (1901-1979) 5815-6324-110; 11-21 Post Season...
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October 12, 2009 by
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“(Baseball) breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart. The game begins in the spring when everything else begins again and it blossoms in the summer, filling the afternoons and evenings and then as soon as the chill rains come, it stops and leaves you to face the fall...
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October 11, 2009 by
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I didn’t have the heart to comment on Friday night’s game after it happened. As much as I like seeing my favorite team play meaningful baseball in October, I don’t know how much longer I can take it. My only saving grace was that my son was sleeping in the next room...
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October 09, 2009 by
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With all of the excitement of the Twins’ late season comeback to overtake the Tigers, it has been easy to overlook the historic nature of the season that Joe Mauer posted in 2009. There will certainly be more time for this later, after what hopefully becomes a deep run into the...
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October 08, 2009 by
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Roster/Stats (Pitchers)
Bold = Player new to Minnesota in 1978
SP Dave Goltz 15-10 2.49 ERA 155 ERA+ 1.25 WHIP 3.17 FIP 3.5 PW 19 WS 5.8 WARP3
Though Goltz tends to get credit for a career year in 1977, the fact is that, in almost all categories, 1978 was better. 1977 looks better...
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October 07, 2009 by
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I didn’t expect much from this game, and that looks to be exactly what I got from the Twins. After last night, I would expect them to be a bit hungover, if not from the marathon ballgame then from the champagne in the clubhouse.
Whatever the reason, it proved to be a losing effort...
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October 07, 2009 by
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since 1900
1. Joe Mauer 2009 .365
2. Mike Piazza LA 1997 .362
3. Bill Dickey NYY 1936 .362*
4. Mickey Cochrane PHA 1930 .357
5. Spud Davis PHN 1933 .349
6. Mickey Cochrane PHA 1931 .349
7. Joe Mauer MIN 2006 .347
8. Mike Piazza LA 1995 .346
9. Ernie Lombardi CIN 1938 .342
10. Gabby...
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October 06, 2009 by
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I gave up trying to figure out a couple of days ago. I mean, this was a .500 team in just about every sense for 5 1/2 months of the season. The Twins didn’t win more than a couple of games in a row, and wouldn’t lose more than a couple of games in a [...]
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October 06, 2009 by
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*until the next game at the Metrodome
My mom had the foresight to exchange some of the season tickets for Sunday’s “finale” at the Dome. Throughout the season it looked as though the game would be meaningful only to the extent that it would be the swan song for the...
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October 05, 2009 by
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Tuesday October 5, 2004
The Twins, fresh off of their third consecutive AL Central title, opened up the 2004 playoffs with an ALDS game at Yankee Stadium.
Though the Yankees were favored in the series, the Twins sent Johan Santana to the mound. Santana hadn’t lost a game since...
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October 02, 2009 by
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That is what my son said in protest when told that he must wear his winter coat on Wednesday. He went on to get a harsher sign of the season later in the day when he picked up the influenza-like illness that has been going around.
The final reminder of the season happens this weekend...
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October 01, 2009 by
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The former Governor of the State of Minnesota, when gainfully employed by the World Wrestling Federation, used to have a saying: “win if you can, lose if you must, but always cheat.” It seems as though our favorite catcher took that lesson to heart.
The last link goes to...
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