May 2, 2022
Twins make it look easy again, rip Rays 9-3
The Twins took two of three games from the Tampa Bay Rays, including Sunday’s 9-3 win, the second straight game that the Twins have scored nine runs. They scored nine runs on 14 hits on Saturday and did it again on Sunday with 13 hits. Byron Buxton, Carlos Correa, Trevor Larnach, Jorge Polanco and Gilberto... Continue Reading »
August 25, 2021
Losing streak grows to 4 games after Twins drop Game 1 in Boston
The Twins put up a fight in their Game 1 loss to the Boston Red Sox on Tuesday, but couldn’t overcome nine runs allowed through five innings, finally losing 11-9. It was a long night for rookie pitcher Griffin Jax, who was handed a 3-1 lead — Max Kepler hit a first-inning leadoff triple —... Continue Reading »
December 29, 2020
81-75 with 6 games to go and it all fell apart for the Twins in ’84
After I became a Twins fan (yes, there was a beginning), I suffered through a 102-loss season in 1982, another down year in ’83 and then, incredibly it seemed, the Twins began to show signs of life in 1984. They were helped by a young nucleus of rising stars, including Kirby Puckett, Kent Hrbek, Frank... Continue Reading »
February 18, 2019
The day the Twins took a 7-run lead into the 8th inning and lost
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 »
February 11, 2019
The day the Twins and Red Sox turned 10 double plays
The Twins Almanac is a website and active twitter feed that reports on the history of the team, its players and those athletes with a connection to Minnesota. An old Twins Almanac tweet showed up in my own twitter feed last week, reminding me of a time when the Twins turned two triple plays against... Continue Reading »
March 7, 2017
Hector Santiago has an ERA of 12.27 — and that’s a good thing
Starter Hector Santiago lowered his spring ERA to 12.27 after a much improved effort against the Washington Nationals on Sunday. Normally, an earned run average that high would be no cause for celebration, except that in Santiago’s case, his ERA was even higher after he was on the losing end of a 19-0 blowout loss... Continue Reading »
June 6, 2016
When religion divided the Minnesota Twins
What do you do when the Twins fall to 16-40 by early June? You find a reason to avoid reading depressing box scores. For me that meant buying “Down To The Last Pitch,” sportswriter Tim Wendel’s book on the 1991 World Series between the Twins and Atlanta Braves. Many have called it the greatest World... Continue Reading »