Starter Taj Bradley allowed just two hits over seven innings, Trevor Larnach and Ryan Jeffers delivered big hits and the Twins won another series 4-2 on Sunday over the Los Angeles Angels, making it their fifth straight series win. The Twins are now a game under .500, three games back of the division lead in... Continue Reading »

What might have been? It has often been asked of Hall of Fame slugger Mickey Mantle, who belted a not-too-shabby 536 home runs during his career with the New York Yankees. But it was also a career that saw him miss significant playing time because of injuries and an unwillingness to take care of himself,... Continue Reading »

As the postseason came to its conclusion, what did we learn? Ex-Twin and reliever Louis Varland set a major league record with 15 appearances in the playoffs and fellow former Twins Paul Molitor and Jack Morris threw out first pitches before the start of Game 7. And just before the completion of the World Series,... Continue Reading »

You never know when you’re going to have a Minnesota Twins moment. There I was, perusing the internet as I often do, when I came across a Twins Almanac tweet about a Twins/Yankees game played on April 29, 1972, in which Harmon Killebrew hit a rare triple and Jim Kaat tossed six innings of four-hit... 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 »

The Twins have produced their share of players who have won the Rookie of the Year award. There’s Tony Oliva, of course, and his incredible 1964 debut. It was so amazing (look it up, newbies) that he also finished fourth in the AL MVP vote that season. He was followed by Rod Carew (no surprise)... 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 »

The Twins and Tampa Bay Rays played seven straight games decided by one run, including the Twins’ 5-4 win on Monday and the Rays’ 2-1 victory on Tuesday. But that all came to an end Wednesday after the Rays exploded for an eight-run fourth inning and then held on for a 9-4 win. The Twins... Continue Reading »

Bailey Ober made one mistake on Monday, but he settled down from there to give the Twins seven strong innings, the offense backed him with efficient hitting and the bullpen was perfect to take Game 1 against the Philadelphia Phillies, one of the best teams in baseball. The mistake was serving up an early two-run... Continue Reading »