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 »

The Twins scored 4.19 runs per game in 2025, a figure that is not going to win you many games, and so it didn’t as the club finished well out of the running in the AL Central at 70-92. And given that team ownership appears to be in a cost-cutting frame of mind — what... Continue Reading »

It’s clear the Twins could use a little offense — the kind provided by injured players such as Byron Buxton and Matt Wallner — because the club has a grand total of eight hits over two games, both losses. They had all of three hits in Sunday’s loss to the Royals and five more in... Continue Reading »

The Twins have announced the TV team for the new MLB-produced broadcasts, and all the familiar names are there, including lead voice Cory Provus and ex-Twins and booth mates Justin Morneau, LaTroy Hawkins and Glen Perkins, to name just a few. Just one person was missing: Roy Smalley, who also announced last week that he... 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 »

The Twins rocked Motown on Friday 9-3 and then took one on the nose Saturday, losing 7-2. The bullpen again struggled. Joe Ryan made a quality start, despite the loss, and exited the game with the Twins down only by a run, 3-2. But relievers Brock Stewart and Seven Okert allowed four more runs and... Continue Reading »

The Twins made it three wins in a row Friday night after they rallied from a 4-0 deficit to a 6-5 walk-off win in 10 innings over the Oakland A’s. The Twins earned a series win over the Rockies earlier in the week, including the 17-9 rout on Wednesday, and now they have won the... Continue Reading »

The losing streak is over and now a new streak, the winning kind, is potentially at hand because the Twins head home to play three games against the lowly Colorado Rockies, followed by four more versus the somewhat improved Oakland A’s. At any rate, the five-game losing streak is over after the Twins pounced for... Continue Reading »

The Twins ran their current winning streak to 11 games on Friday, perhaps showing the baseball naysayers that the winning is no fluke. There has been reason to wonder because a large part of their success has come at the hands of two of the worst teams in baseball: the Chicago White Sox and Los... Continue Reading »