As predicted by this fan, the Twins earned a series win over the New York Yankees on Sunday, getting plenty of production from the lineup and a dynamite start from Joe Ryan, who fanned nine over seven innings in the 6-1 win. It was the Twins’ first series win in the Bronx since 2014. “This... 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 »

I’m working my way through Jane Leavy’s memoir/biography of slugger Mickey Mantle, tilted “The Last Boy: Mickey Mantle and the end of America’s childhood.” I enjoyed her book on pitcher Sandy Koufax, so I thought I would give this a try, although Koufax as a person is much more to my liking than Mantle ever... Continue Reading »

You never know when you’re going to have a Minnesota Twins moment. There I was watching You Tube again when a video popped up in my feed about former Twins third baseman Gary Gaetti, better known as the Rat or G-man, who, according to the video, played a role in eight triple plays, most of... Continue Reading »

The term “evil empire” used to be synonymous with the New York Yankees, but now the Bronx Bombers look absolutely tame and tepid alongside the Los Angeles Dodgers, a money-spending, player-hording, behemoth of a team that appears willing to hoover up any talent in sight to maintain their World Series-winning ways. The latest example? The... 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 »

Man oh man oh man oh man… what is happening to this team? I say that after reading a recent MLB.com story about Twins executive Derek Falvey and his “expectation” that the Twins’ two best pitchers — Pablo Lopez and Joe Ryan — will be part of this team next season. Here’s the money quote... Continue Reading »

Twins starting pitcher Zebby Matthews rebounded nicely on Tuesday and Taj Bradley followed suit, allowing just a run over six innings with nine strikeouts on Wednesday. But the bullpen got into trouble again and this time the Texas Rangers emerged with a 4-2 win. Reliever Travis Adams followed Bradley and promptly served up single, single,... Continue Reading »

One hit and 11 base on balls is some “tough math,” said Twins’ radio play-by-play voice Kris Atteberry during Tuesday night’s game at Yankee Stadium. Boy, is it ever. The Twins had the first hit of the game and then came up empty for the next eight innings as they watched team pitching completely unravel... Continue Reading »