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Ask A Twins Coach
Today, with an off day on the schedule, we turn our attention to you, the reading public. The Twins coaches may seem gruff and aloof when they're on the field, but really they're all about helping - helping players improve, helping connect the team with the public, and helping that third-base...
The Minnesota Twins 2011 Season In Review
Coming in to 2011, the Twins were widely recognized as either favorites to repeat as Central champions, favorites to challenge the White Sox in the division, or - according to a certain subset of Twins fans - favorites to lose 125 or more games unless both Bill Smith and Ron Gardenhire were fired,...
2011 Maple Street Press Twins Annual - Special Deleted Scenes!
The 2011 edition of the Maple Street Press Twins Annual has been released, and is available for online orders now. All the details are available via TCAnnual.com, where you'll see that John Bonnes has once again put together a deep lineup of writers to summarize, editorialize, theorize, and...
Ron Gardenhire's Five Stages of Losing Nick Punto
From Patrick Reusse: Told few wks ago that Gardy was asking for Punto's return on regular basis & front office wouldn't budge because of Nick's frequent DLs. From Joe Christensen: Nick Punto's first choice was to re-sign with the Twins, and beyond that, he wanted to make sure he ended...
Managers of the Year: Twins' Gardenhire, Padres' Black Take Home Hardware
Ron Gardenhire and Bud Black have been named the AL and NL Managers of the Year (respectively) for 2010. Gardenhire and Black each garnered 16 first-place votes; Gardenhire beat out Ron Washington, Joe Maddon, and Cito Gaston, while Black edged out Dusty Baker, Bruce Bochy, Bobby Cox, and Charlie...
Purple Row Awards: Ron Gardenhire, Bud Black Do Stuff To Win Baseball Games, Manager Awards
Baseball managers come and go. They are recycled routinely after being canned in one place and then another and another and another. You know how it goes. The Rockies' own Jim Tracy has followed that path since he made his major league managerial debut in 2001 with the Los Angeles Dodgers, managing...
Letters From An Idiot: Dear Ron Gardenhire...
AN OPEN LETTER TO RON GARDENHIRE, FROM A MORON Dear Gardy, Boy, you are dumb. I just can't get over how dumb you are. How does a guy like you keep his job? You should quit now and save them the trouble of firing you. You're so slow it occurs to me that you don't even know why I'm calling you...
Should The Twins Fire Ron Gardenhire? In Their World, Probably
This is something of a weird post to write. I'm not a big fan in giving much attention to the manager, one way or the other, and I also abhor the media and fan tendency to overreact to playoff success or failure. Nevertheless, I think it's a valid issue to discuss when it comes to the Twins firing...
Joe Mauer Now 2nd Person in MLB Signed Thru 2018
TRIVIA TIME: When Catcher Joe Mauer signed his $184 Million contract with the Minnesota Twins on Sunday, he became the 2nd person in baseball who is signed with his current team thru the 2018 season. Can you name the other? Answer is below the break... Angels manager Mike Scioscia is signed as...
Another Poll: How do you feel about management?
The Twins won their fifth division title in eight years in 2009, beating the odds, the payroll mountain, and the Tigers and White Sox along the way. Nevertheless, there are plenty of people who are unhappy with team management. Lots of people want Bill Smith fired, for a number of reasons; some...
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