The Twins don't try to mold hitters? They don't have a cookie cutter approach? "I've always been aware that I'm a strong guy," Sano said Friday, "but the home runs haven't always been there. My coaches made me focus on hitting the ball up the middle and to the opposite field, and they said the home runs will follow." (I'm not saying they should just tell Sano "just try to hit home runs". I'm just saying: the Twins have kind of a cookie cutter approach to hitters.)
http://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120409&content_id=28251152&fext=.jsp&vkey=news_milb"Note to self don't sing fat guy in a little coat when my 9 months pregnant wife puts her coat on #wasfunnytome" -Brian Duensing
http://twitter.com/#!/BrianDuensing52/status/144619409825206273"I was not a happy person last year. I was angry. I was frustrated, ultimately because I couldn't get on the field." "What surprised me a lot was a couple things out there were questioning my work ethic. That kind of bugged me a little bit." -Joe Mauer
https://twitter.com/#!/FSNtylermason/status/142703418639790080There have been lots of rumblings there will also be a tax on teams that spend too little on big-league payroll. Looking forward to details
http://twitter.com/#!/jaysonst/status/137661173561692160 Looks like a new tax might be in the works thanks to the new CBA, but you have to wonder if we are going to see teams for sale in the not so near future.RT @Twins: #Twins add OF Oswaldo Arcia, RHP Carlos Gutierrez, LHP Tyler Robertson to Major League roster. Outright Bromberg to Rochester.
@JoeCStrib"Sano has pure 80 power, and he has the rare ability to showcase it in game situations."
Kevin Goldstein, Baseball Prospectus Over at Baseball Prospectus, Kevin Goldstein has posted his Top 11 Twins prospects for 2012. A solid, informed read.Since July 7, 2010, Mauer and Morneau have combined for one homer in Target Field, or two fewer than Rene Tosoni.
Buster OlneyTwins announce Kyle Gibson will undergo Tommy John surgery on Sept. 7
From Rhett Bollinger