Welcome to the late-morning edition of Tuesday Twins. Here are the links:
- Next weekend is Fan Appreciation Weekend, and here's all the stuff the Twins are giving away at Target Field.
- In case you missed it, Saturday's Twins game against the Royals has been moved up to 12:00 pm as it will be on national broadcast.
- I watched last night's game with my Dad, who just kept saying, "I can't believe it. There is no one there. That stadium used to be sold out. There's no one there." Indeed, there were only 10,007 fans in attendance.
- The Pohlad's bought a Christian radio station, fueling speculation the Twins broadcasts may be moving somewhere else.
- Brian Dozier and Mike Pelfrey have completed some rare statistically feats (oooohhh ahhhh).
- Kieth Law seems to be a pretty big Max Kepler fan.
- Could Paul Molitor win AL Manager of the Year?
- Kurt Suzuki insists he's fine getting hit in the face-mask with foul balls and the like because there's "not much in there to rattle."
- An actual quote a Detroit sportswriter made about Ron Gardenhire: "Nevermind the fact that the Twins only advanced in the post season once during Gardenhire’s tenure or the fact that the Twins sunk to the bottom of the AL Central standings as Joe Mauer declined from being a superstar catcher to being a light-hitting first baseman." Huh?
- You've probably heard, but Torii Hunter held the Torii Awards last week, awarding teammates with trophies for their dancing prowess. Shane Robinson won the top award. Glen Perkins won the creepiest award.
- And I'll just drop this here.