September 21, 2023
Here comes the rooster: Twins rally for 5-3 win, slash magic number to 1
The Twins on Wednesday withstood a 14-strikeout effort from Reds starting pitcher Hunter Greene and then they went to work, down 2-0 through six innings. They scored a run in the seventh inning, a run in the eighth and then three runs in the ninth, in part because the Twins put runners in scoring position... Continue Reading »
July 6, 2023
Twins take care of business, sweep Royals
The Twins accomplished job No. 1 on Wednesday by completing a three-game sweep of the Kansas City Royals which now makes the club 4-1 this month with plenty of winnable games still to come. I can’t emphasize this enough because the time is now. The Twins face nothing but weak competition in July, so if... Continue Reading »
May 10, 2023
For the Twins, the math looks like this: 1 run over 2 games equals 2 losses
The Twins suddenly can’t hit or score runs, which has this fan seriously concerned after looking at the team’s remaining schedule for May. After losing back-to-back series to the Chicago White Sox and Cleveland Guardians, including Sunday’s 2-0 loss to the Guards (in which the Twins generated a grand total of one hit), they are... Continue Reading »
December 26, 2022
The day Tony Oliva hit a home run off a car. Or was it a house?
The Twins’ Tony Oliva was in fine form the afternoon of June 29, 1969, as the Twins hit the road to face the Kansas City Royals at Municipal Stadium. The Twins took it on the nose in Game 1 of the doubleheader, a 7-2 loss, but came roaring back in Game 2, and no one... Continue Reading »
November 28, 2022
The day the Twins’ Earl Battey met President Kennedy
In 1962, a year when major league baseball still played two All-Star games, the first of those games was played before 45,000 fans at D.C. Stadium on July 10. Among the fans that day, if one can call him that, was President John F. Kennedy. President Kennedy was assassinated 59 years ago today. Here's a... Continue Reading »
August 8, 2022
About what I expected: Twins split 4-game series with Blue Jays
At least the Twins went a long way in erasing the memory of Thursday’s terrible 9-3 loss to the Toronto Blue Jays. They won on Friday and Saturday and then dropped a close one Sunday, losing 3-2 on a controversial call at home plate. In the top of the 10th inning, Twins left fielder Tim... Continue Reading »
August 5, 2022
Can the Twins’ Michael Fulmer and Jorge Lopez pitch every day?
Twins Territory got a good look at two new additions to the team on Wednesday, seeing the recently acquired Michael Fulmer and Jorge Lopez pitch scoreless frames en route to a 4-1 win over the Detroit Tigers. After Thursday’s disaster of a game, those same fans might be asking: How often can Fulmer and Lopez... Continue Reading »
August 3, 2022
The Twins have no business losing to the Detroit Tigers
One would think that after a walk-off win on Monday, followed by some pre-game wheeling and dealing to bolster the lineup, that the Twins would emerge from the dugout inspired, a team ready to take on the New York Yankees, let alone the Detroit Tigers. Instead, the Twins took a 2-0 lead over the Tigers... Continue Reading »
June 21, 2022
Twins drop series to D-backs, limp home to face Cleveland
The Twins turned a promising road trip into a ho-hum affair after they lost two of three games to one of the most mysterious lineups in baseball. I thought the Tampa Bay Rays had won the honors of no-name lineups, but no, that distinction now goes to the Arizona Diamondbacks. I didn’t recognize a single... Continue Reading »