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Historically Bad Franchise Teams
Yes, friends, there have been some bright spots this year. Mention Byron Buxton's name, and your average Twins fan's stomach will no longer immediately feel indigestion. But it may be time to venture...
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Vin Scully Narrates 1965 World Series Documentary
Enjoy this gorgeous, color recap of the exciting '65 World Series, as told by the incomparable Vin Scully, who signed off a short time ago this afternoon after the Dodgers final regular season game of...
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It's Official: Senators Announce Move To Minnesota, Oct. 26, 1960
NOTE: this post is a part of my ongoing "Twins Genesis" series, with "The Naming Of The Twins" being the other published back on November 26, 2011.In the October 26, 1960 edition of The Sporting News,...
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The Twins And Tigers Brawl, 5/14/82 (a Gif Showcase)
In baseball of the 21st Century, there is mere anger, displays of "displeasure," including the throwing of inanimate objects, like clothes, bats, water buckets, and the dreaded pointing of fingers at...
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Mr. Killebrew Comes To Bat: A 1967 GIF-a-Rama
My GIFs focusing on Harmon Killebrew are ripped from the Saturday afternoon game of September 30, 1967 (box, BBRef.) versus the Boston Red Sox. The source film for them is the oldest known,...
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Ervin Santana's 4/15/17 Gem Ranks High On AT Twins List
Who says there's no pitching in today's MLB?Today's lovely 6-0, 1 hit, 1 walk, 8 strikeout, nine inning shutout win against the Chicago White Sox by Ervin Santana vaults him to a nice spot near the...
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Appreciating Francisco Liriano’s No-Hitter | FanGraphs Baseball
For anyone who enriched themselves with my 2011 post on Francisco Liriano's No-Hitter, this Fangraphs piece serves as a nice postscript, albiet 6 years later. Dave Cameron's excellent report wears well...
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Farewell, Sam Mele
From 1966 Minnesota Twins YearbookSam Mele, the second man to ever manage the Twins, died this week. He passed away at his home on Monday, May 1, in Quincy, MA., at the age of 95. He was a solid hitter...
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Kent Hrbek Beats The Yankees In Debut, Aug. 24, 1981
It's Herbie's birthday today. And it seemed like a good time to look back on a happy memory.The tall, gangly kid had quite an auspicious debut on August 24, 1981 (The Sporting News report), hitting one...
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The Tovar Of Bloggers: A Chat With Erik Lundegaard
Today it is our treat to have Erik Lundegaard, a modern day Cesar Tovar, to share his ideas on a number of fronts. Like the All-Time Twins utilityman, who could ably play multiple positions on the...
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Jose Berrios & Dominating Starts By Young Twins Pitchers
In his most dominating, May 18, 2017, start to date against the Colorado Rockies, Jose Berrios sliced and diced through the Colorado Rockies to get credit for a 2-0 victory. It was pretty, it was...
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The Shutout Kings In Twins Pitching History
Jim Gensheimer/Bay Area News GroupErvin Santana has thrown three complete game shutouts to date in 2017, as he whitewashed the Giants last night (BBRef boxscore). Now, all he has to do is notch 6 more...
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Eddie Rosario-Glory Hogs Spotlight-3 Homeruns Vs Mariners
Nick Wosika/Icon SportswireLast night, Eddie Rosariobecame the seventh Twins player to hit as many as three home runs in a game, in Minnesota's 20-7 bludgeoning of the Mariners (BBRef box). I would...
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Some Twins Purple Fireworks For A Dad and His Girl
- Definitely: start playback, then bust for the 720 HD view, hover cursor near gear, lower right of vid - It was a gift-wrapped, late spring night, hinting at rain, but never actually materializing....
View ArticleBrandon Kintzler Climbing Twins Single Season Saves Chart
As the Twins roared back this weekend to retake the Central Division lead with a three game sweep of division rival Cleveland, it seemed an appropriate time to examine one of the players responsible...
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The Easy-Going Slants of Jake Odorizzi
Easy like Sunday morning, in fact. Meet new Twins free agent starter (Fangraphs), right hander Jake Odorizzi, signed by the team barely 24 hours ago. The phrase "rotation shot in the arm" never rang...
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They Paved Paradise To Put Up A Shopping Mall / Met Stadium Pictorial P. III
via GIPHY - via pkragthorpe / RedditTime-lapse photo of Metropolitan Stadium in Bloomington, Minnesota, as it looked in 1956, and later, the Mall of America shopping center. The Twins were the first...
View ArticleGene Mauch And The Demonstration Of Launch Angle
via GIPHYSource video at You TubeIf I haven't said it before, here it is: Gene Mauch was a thing of beauty.And wherever he was, Mike Marshall was never far behind!So long, everybody! - Herb Carneal
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Rule 5s & Circle Changes: Johan Santana Joins Twins Hall
The well-ballanced, Tom Seaver-styled "drop and drive" delivery-whom Santana should have tied for career Cy Young Awardswere if not for some ridiculous voter preferences for Bartolo Colon and Mariano...
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Dean Chance Pitches The Second Twins No-Hitter, Aug. 25, 1967
It was on this date, August 25, 1967, that Dean Chance threw his nine inning no-hitter against the Cleveland Indians at Cleveland Stadium (BBRef box). He was an excellent pitcher who had been acquired...
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Luring The Senators To Minnesota: Expanding Met Stadium, 1958
Build it and they will come. But move the cows and corn fields first!60 years ago yesterday, on September 2, 1958, this news hit the print and airwaves in Minnesota and the nation:"Minneapolis, MN...
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Twins Walk Off Grand Slams!
"Mr. Becquer, meet Misters Allison, Green & Battey"Yesterday, Francisco Mejia, Padres catcher, took Jeffrey Springs of the Rangers deep with 2 outs in the bottom of the ninth for a walk-off grand...
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Lyman Bostock In Retrospect
Lyman Bostock was a 5.1 WAR player in 1977. And had a .329 BaBip for his 4 year career.Fangraphs StatsIt was forty years ago today that Lyman Bostock, 27, died. It was the early morning of September...
View ArticleJim Kaat Discussion On MLB Network
The Christmas music gigs are behind me, and now there's time for enlightening the world with Twins data. That and cleaning out the cat boxes, feeding our animal managerie...this gif bit was lifted from...
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When Harmon Killebrew's Career Almost Ended:The 1968 All Star Game
ALL STAR HONORS, BUT...It was 50 years ago that Harmon Killebrew was elected to his tenth All Star Game, in 1968. That, despite having a very uncharacteristic down season to that point, having hit only...
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