April 29, 2021
Give more speeches, Rocco
After Tuesday’s terrible Twins loss, manager Rocco Baldelli addressed the club after the game. And whatever he said, worked, because the Twins stepped on the gas early in Wednesday’s game against the Cleveland Indians and never looked back. The #MNTwins got a much-needed laugher today. They avoid a series sweep with a 10-2 blowout over... Continue Reading »
December 7, 2020
Ol’ Ike didn’t bring much luck to Camilo on Opening Day
President Dwight D. Eisenhower, when presidents still did such things, threw out the first pitch or attended a number of Washington Senators games during his time in office. And pitcher Camilo Pascual often was on the bump for an Opening Day start, according to Baseball Almanac and Baseball-Reference.com. Pascual, who won 174 games over 18... Continue Reading »
September 30, 2020
Twins’ 17th postseason loss was about one thing: faith
Tuesday’s horrific Twins loss was not about Jorge Polanco, or Marwin Gonzalez, or Sergio Romo, or Tyler Duffey, or a lack of hitting, including 0-for-7 with runners in scoring position. After all, the Twins scored the first run of the game. But it was about faith, or in this case, the lack of faith shown... Continue Reading »
September 18, 2020
Fiery Twins drop series on South Side, now head to North Side
The Twins hit three home runs on Thursday, including a controversial blast from Josh Donaldson, but still fell 4-3 to the Chicago White Sox. The Sox took three of four games in the series and clinched a postseason berth for the first time since 2008. You could tell throughout the series that the Twins were... Continue Reading »
September 14, 2020
Twins sweep Tribe. Now, bring on the Chicago White Sox
It’s just what the doctor ordered: A three-game sweep, a nice cushion in the form of a 30-18 record and what would appear to be plenty of momentum as the Twins head to Chicago to play the White Sox and Cubs. But first there was Sunday’s game. The Twins rallied from a 3-0 deficit by... Continue Reading »
September 5, 2020
Twins take 2 from Tigers
Call it partial payback. After the Detroit Tigers swept three games from the Twins last week, the Twins swept a doubleheader on Friday at Target Field to gain a little payback from Gardy’s Guys. It will be even sweeter if they win all five games of this series, which continues Saturday, Sunday and Monday. In... Continue Reading »
September 1, 2020
The Twins are in trouble, folks
For the Twins rotation, bullpen and offense, it goes something like this: not enough innings pitched, too many innings pitched and hits and runs in bits, but not enough overall to win. That combination played out Monday night and resulted in an 8-5 loss to the Chicago White Sox, the Twins’ sixth straight. The South... Continue Reading »
August 30, 2020
Oh, boy: Twins lose twice to Tigers
The not-so-terrible Tigers on Saturday swept a doubleheader from the Twins, a situation that now has the team from Minnesota looking up in the AL Central at new league leaders. The Tribe is in first, the White Sox are in second and the Twins are now in third place, 1.5 games out of the top... Continue Reading »
August 12, 2020
Twins snap 4-game losing streak, then lose again
It was a bullpen day at the ballpark for the Twins. They elected to go with six relievers on Tuesday and the loss fell squarely on them after they served up four home runs in a 6-4 loss to the Milwaukee Brewers. Trevor May was tagged with the blown save and Taylor Rogers took the... Continue Reading »