Tag: twins

Pitching Coach Rick Anderson on the Kids in the Twins Rotation

Britt Robson — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 17:44:07 -0500

_{Jeff Roberson/AP}

Mean Business

Josh Fischer — Thu, 01 May 2008 00:00:00 -0500

The Minnesota Twins mean business in their new commercial. Morneau, Cuddyer, and Mauer wear ultra-cool Twins fan gear. They begin strolling to the soundtrack of Led Zeppelin's "Dazed and Confused." In slow motion, the camera catches each individual, like a shot out of Quentin Tarantino's Reservoir Dogs. On location, at the under-construction open stadium, it's spring. Air gusts ripple Cuddyer's ringer t-shirt with the "TC" logo.

Confidence Game: A Case of the Yips in the Motor City

Brad Zellar — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 23:27:14 -0500

^{AP Photo by Duane Burleson}

The Postponement Blues

Brad Zellar — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 02:06:48 -0500

Early April baseball in the Midwest can be a flat-out teeth-kicker. Baseball, of course, can kick your teeth in on a regular basis no matter the month, but shit like last night is brutal, even if it (literally) comes with the territory. Couldn't they at least have given us a rain delay, so we could have stretched out the night a little bit?

Paper Tigers, etc: Seriously, People, It's Still Too Damn Early to Even Have This Conversation

Brad Zellar — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 01:59:10 -0500

^{AP Photo, by Paul Battaglia}

Opening Night: And So It Begins. Again.

Brad Zellar — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 23:51:35 -0500

^{AP photo by Tom Olmscheid}

What Do I Know?

Brad Zellar — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 11:30:40 -0600

Here's what I'd like to know: Since when are the New York Yankees in any position to play hardball with the Twins? Given the pitching situation in New York, and given the fact that this is a team that is now in the (for them) desperate position of playing second-fiddle to the Red Sox, would you not think that the Twins should have all the leverage in a deal for Johan Santana?

You have to imagine that the new Yankee regime would be willing to pull out all the stops to get Santana, and if they're not, they for damn sure should be, or fuck 'em.

Marathon Man

admin — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0500

Beyond a long window that offered a panoramic view of the Minneapolis skyline, the end-of-the-workday exodus was already under way. Traffic was snarled on the streets stretching all the way downtown. Dave St. Peter had his back to the window, and he was looking and sounding like a man whose day was just getting started. St. Peter has a big, open, Midwestern face—it could be the face of a small-town high-school principal or insurance salesman—and he somehow manages to come across as both relaxed and impatient.