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The Kansas City Royals Have Played the Minnesota Twins Tough This Year
By Tom Schreier - Jun 23, 2019
On Sunday the Minnesota Twins and Kansas City Royals wore throwback Negro League jerseys. The Royals donned the red-striped white K.C. caps and white jerseys with red […]
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The Minnesota Twins Have Avoided a Three-Game Losing Streak Once Again
By Tom Schreier - Jun 22, 2019
When Martin Maldonado drove in Humberto Arteaga to put the Kansas City Royals up 3-0 in the first inning, it looked like the Minnesota Twins would suffer […]
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How the Minnesota Twins are Dealing with Injuries, Fatigue and Short Starts
By Tom Schreier - Jun 21, 2019
About the cruelest thing you can do to a baseball team coming off a 17-inning game against the defending champion Boston Red Sox is to send them […]
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Who Should the Minnesota Twins All-Stars Be This Year?
By Tom Schreier - Jun 18, 2019
The Minnesota Twins have not had more than three All-Stars since avoiding contraction and winning the AL Central in 2002. This year they have a player receiving […]
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Rocco Baldelli on the Minnesota Twins Unfortunate Eighth Inning vs. the Boston Red Sox
By Tom Schreier - Jun 17, 2019
Jose Berrios and Rick Porcello were locked in a pitcher’s duel for most of Monday night. Porcello and the Boston Red Sox ultimately held the Bombas scoreless, […]
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What Does It Mean When We Say the Minnesota Twins Need to “Beat Up” on Losing Teams?
By Tom Schreier - Jun 17, 2019
When the Minnesota Twins played the Seattle Mariners in Washington earlier this season, they outscored them 40-18. They won the first three games 11-6, 7-1 and 18-4, […]
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Joe Mauer’s Jersey Retirement is a Reminder of His Greatness, the Limitations of One Player
By Tom Schreier - Jun 16, 2019
Byron Buxton wore No. 7 at multiple stops in his minor league career, including at Cedar Rapids and Chattanooga. Upon arriving in Minneapolis in 2015, he chose […]
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The Minnesota Twins Need Pitchers Like Fernando Romero to Fill Out the Bullpen
By Tom Schreier - Jun 13, 2019
In his first five starts last year, Fernando Romero owned a 1.88 ERA. The Minnesota Twins appeared to have found a gem in the international draft, a […]
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With Their Hot Start, Why Have the Minnesota Twins Yet to Induce Confidence?
By Tom Schreier - Jun 10, 2019
It’s easy to forget that Minnesota Twins starter Martin Perez had a 2.95 ERA before he was tagged with six runs and couldn’t get out of the […]
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How Much of the Twins Offensive Production is Coming from their Homegrown Players?
By Tom Schreier - May 28, 2019
Rocco Baldelli says that the main difference between this year’s Minnesota Twins team, and the Tampa Bay Rays teams he coached are that the Rays had a […]
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The Minnesota Twins are Running into First-World Baseball Problems Now
By Tom Schreier - May 26, 2019
Lost in the Minnesota Twins’ 18-4 win over the Seattle Mariners on May 18 was that all four runs Seattle scored came in the fifth inning. The […]
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How All-In Should the Minnesota Twins Actually Be?
By Tom Schreier - May 20, 2019
On May 15, in the Minnesota Twins final game against the Los Angeles Angels at Target Field, Jake Odorizzi left the game in the sixth inning with […]