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Know Your Opponent: Minnesota Twins
The Minnesota Twins come into Fenway park with only a 7-7 record, but are coming off a 3 game sweep at the hands of the reeling Angels. This is a rare two game series, and will feature Scott Baker vs. Tim Wakefield followed by Francisco Liriano vs. Brad Penny. The Twins are without Joe Mauer, who...
Carlos Gomez hits for cycle
Wednesday night, rookie center fielder Carlos Gomez became the first Twin in 22 years to hit for the cycle. Gomez hit a home run to lead off the game, struck out in the third inning, slapped an RBI triple in the fifth, drove in another run with a double in the sixth, then singled - off the...
Fact or Fluke?
Halfway through April, let’s take a look at some players in the American League and try to identify whether their early results can be expected to continue. While the sample-size is way too small to draw any substantial conclusions, we can still examine trends and statistics to try to gain an...
Bullpen Blows Tight Lead
Close contest blown open by grand slam. Nick Blackburn made his second start of the season on Monday afternoon, and turned in another solid performance. Over five innings he allowed two runs, while striking out five and scattering seven hits. Leaving the game with a 3-2 lead, on most occasions...
Cuddyer to DL, Span Arrives
This is why you don't slide head first. Baseball 101. The Good News: A hand specialist examined Cuddyer, and reported that the tendon in the finger wasn't injured. It could have been worse. The Bad News: Cuddyer slid head first into third base and dislocated his right index finger, and...
Series Recap: STRUGGLING!
When I was in high school, there was a guy on our baseball team that loved nothing more than the first pitch of the game from the opposing pitcher. If it was a ball - and this being high school baseball, it often was - this guy, without fail, would prematurely heckle the pitcher by yelling...
Twinkie Town Interviews John Sickels
John Sickels was kind enough to answer a few questions for us heading into the start of the minor league season. He's a great baseball mind, and covers the minors over at his site Minor League Ball. His new book, The Baseball Prospect Book 2008 is a great read for Twins fans, and for baseball...
Gardenhireisms
We've done Bert-Speak (formatting will be off, but it's still readable). This is only slightly different. Gardenhireism Example "The heck" I like the heck outta that Nick Punto. Nick Blackburn throws the heck outta that ball. Livan Hernandez ate the heck outta that sandwich...
Gomez Pulled From Game
Center fielder walks off the field in pain. While there's no word yet on the severity of the injury, Carlos Gomez was pulled after chasing down a fly ball in the fifth inning of Wednesday's game against the Rays. Currently he's listed as day-to-day, and it was only diagnosed as a "left hamstring...
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