Category: A.J. Minter

September 20, 2026

Twins lose ugly, cough up four runs late in 6-5 defeat

The Twins took a 5-2 lead into the bottom of the 8th inning on Saturday, and then watched it all slip away as the bullpen struggled again in a 6-5 loss to the Los Angeles Angels in 11 innings. The Twins have been eliminated from playoff contention in the American League Central and are a... Continue Reading »

September 13, 2026

Twins win season series over Guards for first time since 2021

The Twins have the longest of long shots to qualify for the postseason, but at least they have this: the team edged the Cleveland Guardians 4-3 on Saturday to win the season series over the Guards for the first time since 2021. And it took another top prospect to make it happen. The Twins called... Continue Reading »

September 12, 2026

Winding down the season with another Twins loss, part 78

The Cleveland Guardians in many ways should not have a winning record. Coming into Friday’s game against the Twins, they were below league average in runs per game (4.07), below league average in runs scored (598) and dead last in home runs with 138. But the one thing the Guards seem to be very good... Continue Reading »

August 3, 2026

Twins can’t escape first-inning curse, drop series to M’s

The Twins showed a lot of fight in their series loss to the M’s, but asking them to come from behind in every game is a tall order. They pulled it off on Friday — their only win in the series — and came up short in the next two games, both back-to-back walk-off losses,... Continue Reading »

July 31, 2026

From 1 hit to walk-off grand slam. Twins are living right

Royce Lewis hit a walk-off triple to win Game 1 of the Twins’ three-game series against the Kansas City Royals, and Kody Clemens capped it with one of the biggest hits in Twins history, a bases loaded walk-off grand slam to give the Twins an unbelievable 4-3 win after they were flat out dead for... Continue Reading »

Hi, I’m Rolf Boone, Twins fan.

I became a fan of the Minnesota Twins after a friendly wager in the early 1980s. I survived Ron Davis, the meltdown in Cleveland, Phil Bradley at the Kingdome and then marveled at a rising generation of stars and two World Series wins in 1987 and 1991. Brad Radke made the 1990s bearable, while Kirby Puckett’s eye injury, exit from the game and eventual death made it almost too much to bear. The new century ushered in more talent — Joe Mauer, Johan Santana, Joe Nathan, Torii Hunter, Justin Morneau — and consecutive seasons of playoff baseball, followed by consecutive seasons of losing baseball. A winning season returned in 2015. So here we are. Go Twins.