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Game 24: Twins at Mets
First Pitch: 6:10 PMTV: Twins.TVRadio: TIBN, WCCO 830, The Wolf 102.9 FM, Audacy AppKnow Yo’ Foe: Amazin’ Avenue Don’t get no sleep,Watch Wednesday ball.Sun becomes steep,Sun begins to fall.Log in online,What? This is lame:Blacked it out;Can’t watch the game… You’re living in ConnecticutWhere the drivers have no etiquette,Yet somehow you’re the predicateWhim of Manfred on […]
Twins 5, Mets 3: Buxton, Keaschall lead comeback win
With the Twins trying to avoid extending their losing streak to 5, Simeon Woods Richardson was tasked with out-dueling the Mets Nolan McLean. The assignment proved to be difficult, as McLean would take a perfect game into the 6th inning. Meanwhile, old nemesis Francisco Lindor smashed a 3-run homer in the third off of SWR, […]
Game 23: Twins at Mets
First Pitch: 6:10 PM CDT TV: Twins.TV Radio: TIBN, WCCO 830, The Wolf 102.9 FM, Audacy App, LosTwins.com Know thine enemy: Amazin’ Avenue Since my last game thread, a 6-0 win against the Red Sox, the Twins have proceeded to lose 4 in a row. Its funny how quickly the vibes of a baseball season […]
Monday Morning Minnesota: The “Searching for Bullpen Help” Edition
All the good vibes from last week have disappeared as the Twins are now on a four-game skid, mostly thanks to an ineffective bullpen and bad defensive play. Despite three straight elite starts this weekend from Joe Ryan, Taj Bradley, and Bailey Ober, who only gave up three earned runs in 18.1 combined innings, the […]
Reds 7, Twins 4 (F/10): The Red(s) Scare
Coming into this weekend series with the Cincinnati Reds, the Minnesota Twins had won three consecutive series and were in first place in AL Central. None of that momentum would carry over into the cold conditions as the Twins were swept by Terry Francona’s Reds. The Twins got off to a good start in the […]
Game 22: Reds at Twins
First Chuck: 1:10 PM CDT (new anthem each week!) The Tube: Twins.TV The Dial: Treasure Island Baseball Network Spies ‘R Us: Red Reporter Today is the final day of Wrestlemania 42. This may not mean anything to you. Heck, it hardly means anything to 40-year-old me. But for Little (I’ve never been that) Younger Zachary, […]
Reds 5, Twins 4: Coming In For a Landing?
The Twins frustrated in all the predictable ways today, with eleven runners left on base and a leaky bullpen squandering a quality start from Taj Bradley. With a 4-2 lead in the seventh, Minnesota’s pen gave up one run in each of the following innings to cough up the lead and hand the series over […]
Game 21: Reds at Twins
First Pitch: 1:10 pm CDTTV: Twins.TVRadio: TIBN / WCCO 830 / The Wolf 102.9 FM / Audacy Twins baseball is officially Fun Again, although Friday’s series-opening loss to the Reds marks two defeats in a row and has taken the wind out of the sails a bit. The Minnesota Twins have been on a solid stretch of ball, […]
Reds 2, Twins 1: Bats are cold on cold night (that’s no excuse!)
Joe Ryan was good enough to win, but the Twins were 0-for-everything with RISP and you don’t win too many games that way. Inning-by-inning notes: 1: Joe Ryan’s Express sends the Reds down on 11 pitches. Brandon Williamson does the same with 14. Von Ryan’s Express was a late-60s Frank Sinatra movie involving Toughness and […]
Game 20: Reds at Twins
First pitch: 7:10 Central Weather: Partly sunny, 44° Opponent’s SB site: Red Reporter. Indie site: Redleg Nation TV: Twins TV. Radio: There is no actual WKRP in Cincinnati (there is a low-power WKRP radio station in Raleigh, NC) The Reds come into town sitting at 11-8 (same as the Twins), after finishing 83-79 last year […]
The Twins’ recent dominance of Cy Young contenders could be historic
After some particularly impressive performances against usually-dominant starting pitchers last week, this graphic began making the rounds on social media… A truly remarkable battering of three hurlers who could easily find themselves in AL Cy Young Award consideration by season’s end. Per my usual “this got me wondering about…” thought process, I looked back at […]
Red Sox 9, Twins 5: Early to rise
They blew our doors off‘Cause sometimes it’s pain;It’s always crazy like that.As we watched from our couches,We had hope in the upside;It may continue.We saw as Woods Richardson threw;Strong start, a Martin jack,But it crashed amid a muddled third,And we hit the sack.First Luke erred, then Story hit one over the wallWhile Early made our […]
Game 19: Red Sox at Twins
First Pitch: 12:40 PMTV: Twins.TVRadio: TIBN, WCCO 830, The Wolf 102.9 FM, Audacy AppKnow Yo’ Foe: Over the Monster Rewind the clock to ‘46,Of segregation politics:A minor league second baseman, Jack;Opponents wouldn’t play him ‘cause his skin was black.The Army dropped him when he made a fussOf being ordered to the back of bus.But then […]
Twins 6, Red Sox 0: Abel dominates, Buck blasts two home runs
The Twins struck first in this game with a Luke Keaschall single scoring Byron Buxton from 2nd. There was a tag play at the plate and he was initially called out but replay overturned it, putting the Twins up 1-0. In the 3rd, Buxton would make it 2-0 with a solo shot to left. In […]
Game 18: Red Sox at Twins
First Pitch: 6:40 PM CST TV: Twins.TV Radio: TIBN, WCCO 830, The Wolf 102.9 FM, Audacy App, LosTwins.com Know thine enemy: Over The Monster Mick Abel, who tossed six scoreless innings his last time out, will face off against old friend Sonny Gray. Today’s Lineups RED SOX TWINS Roman Anthony – LF Byron Buxton – […]
Twins 13, Red Sox 6: Minnesota un-Crochets some Sox
Is this my most strained pun headline yet? Most likely. Also, please don’t crochet your socks. That’s just asking for blisters. After chasing Tarik Skubal and Framber Valdez early last week, tonight they ambushed 2025 AL Cy Young runner-up Garrett Crochet for 11 runs in the first two innings. To say the lineup has come […]
Game 17: Red Sox at Twins
First Pitch (CT): 6:40 PMTV: Twins.TVRadio: TIBN/830 WCCO/102.9 The Wolf /Audacy AppKnow Yo’ Foe: Over the Monster You’re not going to believe this, but the Twins are facing a left-handed starter once again. Even more suprising: it’s once again one of the best starters in the sport. The good news is the Twins have already […]
Monday Morning Minnesota: The “Tristan Gray Appreciation Post” Edition
The “American League-leading” Minnesota Twins are 9-7 after two straight series wins over the Tigers and the Blue Jays. It’s been certainly impressive to see the team fight back after three straight series losses, and doing so without needing the heroics of Byron Buxton or Luke Keaschall. Instead, infielder Tristan Gray has been a solid […]
Twins 8, Blue Jays 2: Twins go Road Warriors on Mad Max
As the game thread intro indicated today, the Minnesota Twins historically do not fare well against the previous year’s American League champions. Fortunately, they were able to flip the script this afternoon against veteran starter Max Scherzer and take the rubber match in Toronto against the Blue Jays. Twins SP Taj Bradley was extremely shaky […]
Game 16: Twins at Blue Jays
First Chuck: 12:37 PM CDT (click here each week for a new anthem!) The Tube: Twins.TV The Dial: Treasure Island Baseball Network Spies ‘R Us: Bluebird Banter With the Minnesota Twins battling the 2025 AL Champion Toronto Blue Jays this weekend, it got me thinking how our boys have historically fared against the previous year’s […]
Twins 7, Blue Jays 4: Just Score Seven Runs at Once
The Twins bounced back in decisive fashion on Saturday afternoon, riding a wonderful start from Joe Ryan and an early crooked number to best the Toronto Blue Jays by a 7-4 final, and even the series at a game apiece. Early momentum was not in Minnesota’s favor; after allowing 10 unanswered runs in the series […]
Game 15: Twins at Blue Jays
First Pitch: 2:07 pm CDTTV: Twins.TVRadio: TIBN / WCCO 830 / The Wolf 102.9 FM / Audacy Not only did the Twins blow a 4-0 lead last night in what looked like a morale-boosting, streak-extending win against a top-tier opponent, but they also officially lost two players, as Royce Lewis and Cody Laweryson hit the IL. It’s the […]
Blue Jays 10, Twins 4: Even Twins pitchers get the blues
Well, things were looking good for Twins starter Simeon Woods-Richardson until a Roman servant whispered in his ear “all glory is fleeting,” and the Bad Mojo spread through the bullpen like bedbugs in a bad motel. Ouch! Inning-by-inning notes: 1: Austin Martin singles and scores; Luke Keaschall beats out a single of his own. Bringing […]
Game 14: Twins at Blue Jays
First pitch: 6:07 Central Weather: Partly sunny, 6° Canadian, 43° ‘Murican, They Have A Roof Opponent’s SB site: Bluebird Banter TV: Twins TV. Radio: Treasure Island Baseball Network for most of us, eight stations in Ontario, nothing in Manitoba (maybe they could pick up Roseau’s signal?) Talk about a bummer ending for Blue Jays fans […]
Have the Twins really stunk against LHP the past decade?
Quoting from the Book of Ben, chapter & verse: “For seemingly the 10th season in a row, the Twins simply can’t manage to string together any offense against left-handed starting pitchers” Is this actually true? Well, let’s take a look (I’m including all lefties here—SP & RP alike). In 2016-2018, the Twins were about league […]
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