These are the best of times to be a Twins fan. After their shutout win over the Chicago White Sox on Sunday, the Twins are now 20 games over .500, 11-1 in their last 12 games and they have a 10-game lead on the second-place Cleveland Indians. They also just completed a second consecutive sweep.... Continue Reading »

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 »

So, where was this all season? That’s the question Twins fans might be pondering after the Twins took two of three games from the Detroit Tigers and then swept the four-game series against the Chicago White Sox, including Sunday’s 5-4 win on the last day of the 2018 season. The result is that the Twins... Continue Reading »

The “opener” appears to have a future in Minnesota. Once again a reliever started the game for the Twins, followed by a rookie primary pitcher who took advantage of the moment and won his first major league baseball game. That was the case Wednesday when reliever Gabriel Moya did his thing and so did primary... Continue Reading »

Willians Astudillo, whose unique statistical accomplishments have quickly earned him a devoted following, delivered in a big way Sunday after he hit a walk-off home run to beat the Kansas City Royals and win the three-game series. The Legend of Willians Astudillo™, updated: Homers – 3Strikeouts – 2Walks – 0 pic.twitter.com/jDIUrrqIYo — Aaron Gleeman (@AaronGleeman)... Continue Reading »

In an otherwise disaster of a game on Wednesday — including a missed opportunity between third base and home plate that turned into a whole lot of nothing for the Twins — there was one bright spot: Reliever Oliver Drake, one of the few players in major league history to graduate from the U.S. Naval... Continue Reading »

Perhaps it’s the Chicago White Sox, and not the New York Yankees, that truly give the Twins a hard time. I say that after the Twins lost to the South Siders on Monday for the sixth time this season. That would be easier to stomach if the Pale Hose were a team on the rise,... Continue Reading »

When one thinks of the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox, power, pitching and tradition come to mind. When one thinks of the Minnesota Twins and Chicago White Sox… well, loyal fans might be questioning what exactly the two teams stand for after they practically outdid each other not to win on Thursday. In... Continue Reading »

My crystal ball must have a crack in it because after predicting that the Twins had a shot to go 12-4 over the next 16 games due to some relatively weak competition (the White Sox, Orioles and Royals), the Twins lost Tuesday and Wednesday to lose the series against the Pale Hose. Wednesday’s loss was... Continue Reading »