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Twins Use Crooked Numbers, Homers and Replay Reviews to Dump Tigers, 11-4
By Brandon Warne - Sep 27, 2018
If there was ever a metaphor for the things baseball fans miss least while the game is on hiatus during the winter, the early innings of Wednesday […]
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REPORT: Twins Leaving Double-A Affiliate Chattanooga
By Brandon Warne - Sep 25, 2018
In a move that has been talked about under-the-radar for a while now, the Minnesota Twins will be playing with a new Double-A affiliate next year — […]
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Twins Drop Two of Three in Oakland — Both in Walk-Off Fashion
By Brandon Warne - Sep 24, 2018
Kyle Gibson tossed 7 1/3 solid innings and the bullpen did the rest as the Minnesota Twins topped the playoff-bound Oakland A’s 5-1 on Sunday afternoon, but […]
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Down the Stretch They Come: Twins Sweep Tigers at Comerica
By Brandon Warne - Sep 20, 2018
There may not be much optimism for the rest of this season, but the Minnesota Twins still went into Detroit and swept a three-game series from the […]
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What Statcast Says About Minnesota Twins Outfielders — 2016-18
By Brandon Warne - Sep 19, 2018
Perhaps the most brilliant mind in contemporary baseball analysis — at least among those creating products available to the public — is Daren Willman, the proprietor of […]
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Odorizzi Takes No-No into Eighth as Twins Take Series from the Yankees
By Brandon Warne - Sep 13, 2018
Jake Odorizzi is no stranger to the New York Yankees. After spending the vast majority of his career with the Tampa Bay Rays, he’d seen them for […]
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Twins Prevail in Battle of Dueling Grand Slams Against Yankees, 10-5
By Brandon Warne - Sep 11, 2018
Regardless of if it’s the end a storied 15-year, potentially Cooperstown-bound career or just playing out the string of another forgettable Minnesota Twins season, Joe Mauer found […]
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Twins Unravel in the Seventh, Drop Opener to Yankees, 7-2
By Brandon Warne - Sep 10, 2018
For six innings, the Minnesota Twins managed to keep things close. That’s where everything came to a screeching halt. The New York Yankees batted around in the […]
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Walk-Off Homer Adds to Astudillo Legend, Gives Twins Series Win over Royals
By Brandon Warne - Sep 9, 2018
It’d be easy to see why crowds would have been subdued over the weekend as the Minnesota Twins (13 games under .500 entering the series) took on […]
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Ask a Twin: What do Foul Balls Mean to Pitchers? — Part II
By Brandon Warne - Sep 9, 2018
Sometimes inspiration comes from weird places. On the television show “30 Rock,” Jack Donaghy talks about the “shower principle.” Or, as Alec Baldwin’s character sums it up, “Moments […]
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Twins Break Up Perfect Game, No-Hitter in Ninth against Royals’ Lopez in 4-1 Loss
By Brandon Warne - Sep 9, 2018
There was far more excitement at Target Field on Saturday night than one might expect with two teams a combined nearly 50 games out of first place […]
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Twins Outlast Royals in Offensive Slugfest
By Brandon Warne - Sep 8, 2018
The Beatles sang the line “Oh, I get by with a little help from my friends” and that was certainly true on Friday night at Target Field. […]