As I said in my previous post, I urged the Twins to make hay against the Baltimore Orioles because they are about to face three good National League teams in the Philadelphia Phillies, Atlanta Braves and San Diego Padres. Why is this so important? The Twins are 13-23 against the National League this season, according... Continue Reading »

Outfielder Hosken Powell, who played four seasons with the Twins in the late 1970s and as a rookie cracked home runs against two future Hall of Fame pitchers, died this past June in Pensacola, Florida. He was 70. Powell was drafted out of Chipola College by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the first round of the... Continue Reading »

You never know when you’re going to have a Minnesota Twins moment. Once again I was watching You Tube when a Sept. 6, 1986, game between the Twins and Boston Red Sox popped up in my feed. I settled in to watch it and was disappointed to see the Twins suffer a 3-2 walk-off loss... Continue Reading »

Bull Durham, a wildly overrated baseball comedy (give me “Bad News Bears” over it any day), features a character and pitcher named Nuke LaLoosh, a goofy son-of-a gun who throws extremely hard but with little control until he falls under the tutelage of catcher Crash Davis as played by Kevin Costner. Except there was nothing... Continue Reading »

It crossed my mind, I looked it up and there it was: Fernando Valenzuela, who died last week at the much too young age of 63, faced the Twins twice in his 17-year career and beat them both times, getting complete game victories on July 18, 1993, and again on July 23 at the Metrodome.... Continue Reading »

You never know when you’re going to have a Minnesota Twins moment. Once again my son and I found ourselves in the Centralia/Chehalis area of Washington state — which, by the way, is known as the Twin Cities of Lewis County — visiting an antique store. The store owner had stack upon stack of old... Continue Reading »

The Twins were swept by the Baltimore Orioles on Sunday, officially turning a once promising season into a complete disaster. The team, which at one time was 17 games over .500, fell to 82-80 after a 6-2 loss to the Birds. Despite the ugly finish, the president of baseball operations Derek Falvey and manager Rocco... Continue Reading »

There’s no two ways about it: The Twins have struggled during the second half of the season. And they officially hit rock bottom on Sunday after the Boston Red Sox swept a doubleheader from them, outscoring Minnesota 17-4 over both games. Pablo Lopez was terrible in Game 1, the bullpen was even worse in Game... Continue Reading »

The Washington Senators had many a lean year before they moved to Minnesota and 1958 was no exception as the team lost 93 games, including 13 straight to end the season. As if the losing needed to get any worse, the Sens also were blanked four times from Sept. 19 to Sept. 22. All four... Continue Reading »