March 9, 2023
Something actually resembling a Twins lineup played baseball this week
A Twins lineup consisting of Joey Gallo, Carlos Correa, Max Kepler, Jose Miranda, Donovan Solano, Kyle Farmer, Michael Taylor, Trevor Larnach and Ryan Jeffers — in other words, a lineup we might actually see during the regular season — took the field this week and won, edging the Baltimore Orioles 7-6 in Grapefruit League action.... Continue Reading »
February 5, 2023
What baseball moments would count as Pat Mahomes’ ‘Super Bowl?’
Pat Mahomes’ son Patrick is headed to his second Super Bowl as the quarterback of the Kansas City Chiefs. But what about his old man? What were the Super Bowl-like moments for the former Twins pitcher who spent five of his 11 major league seasons in Minnesota? Well, there weren’t many, largely, it appears, because... Continue Reading »
September 4, 2022
Twins in a jam after 3 straight losses
Thirty-one years ago, Hall of Fame broadcaster Jack Buck, whose memorable call of the 1991 World Series will never be forgotten, was clearly in his element as he described the final moments of the Twins’ Game 7 win. The Twins’ Gene Larkin was at the plate, Kirby Puckett stood at second base and Dan Gladden... Continue Reading »
July 6, 2022
Twins’ home run barrage buries White Sox, 8-2
The Twins may have recently struggled with the Cleveland Guardians, but they own the Chicago White Sox and improved to 5-0 against the South Siders this season after an 8-2 rout of the club on Tuesday. The Twins ran away from the Sox with power, hitting five home runs, including two from budding star and... Continue Reading »
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 »
February 13, 2022
A troubling discovery about a former member of the Twins
There I was again: All set to write about a new Twins discovery (at least for me) when I came across another Twins item that was equally new but also deeply disconcerting. The initial discovery was about Twins Hall of Fame player Kirby Puckett and the two times he played in the infield. Puckett was... Continue Reading »
August 16, 2021
Here come the second-half Twins. Just like Kevin Tapani
The Twins recently celebrated the 30th anniversary of the team that won the 1991 World Series, including bringing former players to Target Field. Among them: Twins pitcher Kevin Tapani, who went 16-9 that season with a 2.99 ERA. Tapani started the 1991 season at 2-6 before going 14-3 to finish it, according to Baseball-Reference.com. The... 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 »
May 10, 2020
The week the Twins had 4 walk-off wins, all by a score of 2-1
In 1987, the Twins were nearly unbeatable at home, compiling a record of 56-25 at the friendly, but strange confines of the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome. They didn’t play nearly as well on the road, so when the season was over, the Twins inched over the finish line, a mere eight games over .500. That... Continue Reading »