February 18, 2019
The day the Twins took a 7-run lead into the 8th inning and lost
Baseball-Reference.com never ceases to amaze. I visit this site nearly every day and always find something of interest, including a new list of the biggest regular season and postseason comebacks in baseball history. I quickly scanned the list of regular season comebacks for the Twins and came across an ugly team and an ugly loss in... Continue Reading »
October 6, 2018
Let’s remember a time when the Twins crushed the Red Sox
The Boston Red Sox beat the New York Yankees on Friday in Game 1 of their playoff series. But I’m no fan of either team, so let’s remember the year 1977 when the Twins rolled into Fenway Park for a doubleheader and blew the doors off the place. Of course, I was too young to... Continue Reading »
February 7, 2016
Another year, another trip to Seattle to see the Twins
The Twins travel to the Northwest in late May, which means the continuation of a tradition that started 30-some years ago when my father and I decided to see at least one Twins game every season. It’s not a perfect streak: It was interrupted by college, by living in Japan for seven years and by... Continue Reading »