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Purple Row Interviews Hall of Famer Tony Gwynn
Through a promotion sponsored by Pepsi Max, Purple Row was granted an ten-minute interview with former San Diego Padre Tony Gwynn. Gwynn, who retired following the 2001 season after posting a career 132 wRC+ (including never having a season below 100 - full or otherwise) and accumulating a lifetime...
Original Twins TV Shows We Missed
Remember Victory Sports? Formed prior to the 2004 season, the Twins-owned TV channel offered a lineup of three shows: Twins games, Twins Game Replays, and 18 hours per day of live rebroadcasts of ESPN News. Not surprisingly, no major cable or satellite provider was willing to pay the team's...
Let's Go to the Videotape: The Dry Wit of Bert Blyleven, 1988
Today Let's Go to the Videotape returns to the 1988 baseball preview produced by NBC Sports, which we've looked at a few times already. (To refresh your memory: It's the one that uses The Cure's "Just Like Heaven" as bumper music for some bizarre reason.) With Bert Blyleven once again a candidate...
Wednesday Rockpile: Further HOF Commentary, Rockies Still in Relief Market
Let's face it: there's not a whole lot going on right now in terms of Rockies news. The Winter Meetings are done and teams won't start seriously negotiating with their arbitration-eligible players until after the New Year. Pretty much the only hot baseball topic at this time of year seems to be...
Blyleven Makes SBN's HOF Cut
SBN held a mock Hall of Fame vote. We followed the same rules that the old ladies at the BBWAA, meaning an elibgible player on the ballot only made the Hall if he received more than 75% of the vote. Two bloggers from each blog were invited to participate and most blogs complied with this number....
Bert Blyleven Belongs In the Hall of Fame
I know it. You know it. He knows it. They should know it. I did this a couple of years ago, but I thought it's a good time to revisit those things that make Bert one of the best pitcher's in the history of the game. How does he stack up in the all-time lists? Stat Rank Notes Wins 27th 287....
Hall Of Fame Is Why Awards Still Matter
For Internet baseball writers, cries of apathy have drowned out the usual complaining about the BBWAA Awards voting. What used to be "here's why Johan Santana was a much better choice for the Cy than Bartolo Colon" has become "holy crap I couldn't care less who wins the Cy Young Award". I touched...
Off Day Discussion Topic: Your First Game
I went to yesterday's Father's Day tilt against Houston with my dad, which got me thinking about my very first Twins game: July 16, 1987. I was five years old, and though the Twins were unbeatable at home in 1987, they contrived to lose to Toronto that day, 5-2. Here's what I remember from the...
Graph of the Day: Blyleven vs. Sutton vs. Ryan
There's something foul in the air...smells like...a dead horse. WAR data from Sean's historical WAR database, now new and improved with pitcher WAR! Each players' seasons sorted from best to worst, left to right.
Seattle 6, Twins 1: Opportunistic Mariners spoil Twins' opener
In 2008, the Twins hardly could fail when the opportunity arose. Minnesota hit .305 with runners in scoring position, leading the majors by a wide margin, and that talent for clutch hitting took the team on a seemingly-magical ride to a post-season playoff. Monday night, it was the Mariners that...
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