Category: Dean Chance

September 23, 2026

Taj Bradley reaches 200 strikeouts in Twins win

The Twins held on for a 3-2 win over the San Francisco Giants on Tuesday, leveling the series at a game apiece and marking a milestone for starting pitcher Taj Bradley. Bradley struck out six batters across six innings to give him 205 strikeouts this season. He becomes the 10th pitcher in Twins history to... Continue Reading »

August 15, 2023

If George Will can do it, I guess I can, too

At a loss* for something to watch the other day, I re-watched “Baseball: The Tenth Inning,” a sequel of sorts by documentary filmmaker Ken Burns that followed the 1994 release of “Baseball,” his multiple-episode look at the National Pastime. In the Tenth Inning, Burns revisits the long-suffering history of the Chicago Cubs, including the fan... 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.