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The Twins Way: The Worst Way?

A couple weeks ago someone was talking to me about a local radio personality freaking out about playing "the Twins way" and how that needs to stop because "the Twins way is the worst way". That got me to thinking, are the Twins still playing "the Twins way"?   (Originally posted at Flyballs In Orbit.)   I've always thought of "the Twins way" as being "doing all the little things right." Things like running the bases, sacrificing runners over, not committing errors, throwing strikes and not walk
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The next generation of Latin American prospects for the Minnesota Twins

Originally published at The Tenth Inning Stretch ---   The lore of baseball has it that the jumps from single A to high A and from high A to AA are the hardest jumps in a pro player's minor league career. In actuality, there is another jump that is much harder and only about one in five players make it: The jump from the Dominican Summer League to the Gulf Coast League. The players who make this jump are what an organization thinks is the cream of the crop of the next generation of the

Those Damn Yankees: Dealing with Fans

This post (and a wealth of other goofy ones like it) is available at our independent website: Peanuts From Heaven Inc.  http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/images/yankee_fans-600.jpg Most people have a "Yankees fans stink" story. Back at the Metrodome, my wife and her father sat in front of three "woo-girls" from Iowa, so desperate for Derek Jeter's attention that they squealed and shouted "pretty much every time he existed". The game didn't matter, just Jeter's existence. I was in a g

Twins Birthdays--June 24

I'll be out of range of the internet tomorrow, and I don't see a way to schedule this ahead of time, so you'll get it a day early. Don Mincher (1938) Tom Klawitter (1958) Doug Bernier (1980) First baseman Don Mincher played for the Twins from 1961-1966. Born and raised in Huntsville, Alabama, he was signed by the White Sox as a free agent in 1956. He had a very good minor league record, batting over .300 twice and hitting over 20 homers three times. Just before the 1960 season, Mincher was tr

Twins Birthdays--June 23

Also posted at wgom.org   Dave Goltz (1949) Jim Deshaies (1960) Right-hander Dave Goltz pitched for the Twins through most of the 1970s. He was born in Pelican Rapids, Minnesota, went to high school in Rothsay, Minnesota. He was a four-sport star, playing basketball, football, and participating in track as well as playing baseball (he was all state in both basketball and baseball). Goltz was drafted by Minnesota in the fifth round in 1967. He had two very good years in the low minors, then m

Comparing Mauer's '12 and '13 and career numbers

Mauer hitting his 8th home run tonight got me thinking about how this year stacks up against last season and his career. I thought about doing further back, but since '11 was messed up due to the injuries, '10 is starting to get a little far back for my liking for comparative purposes, and '09 is a fluke, I settled on this year, last year and compared them to his career numbers.   So I'm going to start off with the more traditional stats. (Note: stats are from Fangraphs unless otherwise noted, c

What Do You Do When They Come For You?

Minnesota resident arrested in D.C. for trying to resell baseball tickets to a makeup game that he could not attend. The streets are safe once again.   http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/welcome-baseball-fan-go-directly-to-jail/2013/06/21/a34b67ee-d911-11e2-a9f2-42ee3912ae0e_story.html?hpid=z1   Perhaps the public servant could have just explained the rules, asked the guy to move 15 feet to the accepted area? Serve and Protect ......or...... Annoy and Bother?

Twins Birthdays--June 21

Also posted at wgom.org   Greg Booker (1960) Luis Maza (1980)   Right-handed reliever Gregory Scott Booker appeared in six games for the Twins in 1989. The son-in-law of Jack McKeon, he was born in Lynchburg, Virginia, went to high school in Burlington, North Carolina, and then attended Elon University in Elon, North Carolina (a school also attended by Dick Such). He was drafted by San Diego in the tenth round in 1981. Mostly a starter in the minors, he did not have very good numbers there at

The Myth of the 130-Inning Limit

One of the topics being ardently discussed by the Twins fanbase these days is the status of Kyle Gibson and his recovery from Tommy John surgery. As a part of that discussion much has been made of the 130-inning limit to which Gibson is being held – indeed, it has become for some the focus of the discussion. If Gibson has only so many innings before he is shut down this year, then doesn’t it make sense to have him “spend” those innings with the parent club, getting MLB experience in preparation

Bullpen - Second Glance

[TABLE=class: tablehead] [TR=class: colhead] [TD=align: left]RK[/TD] [TD=align: left]TEAM[/TD] GP W L ERA SV CG SHO IP QS ER R BB SO BAA[/TR] [TR=class: oddrow team-10-7] [TD=align: left]1[/TD] [TD=align: left]Kansas City[/TD] 67 14 11[TD=class: sortcell]2.82[/TD] 19 0 0 175.1 -- 55 60 72 169 .222[/TR] [TR=class: evenrow team-10-9] [TD=align: left]2[/TD] [TD=align: left]Minnesota[/TD] 69 11 10[TD=class: sortcell]2.84[/TD] 21 0 0 240.2 -- 76 83 78 212 .221[/TR] [TR=class: oddrow team-10-11]

Starting Pitching - Second Glance

[TABLE=class: tablehead] [TR=class: colhead] [TD=align: left]RK[/TD] [TD=align: left]TEAM[/TD] GP W L ERA SV CG SHO IP QS ER R BB SO BAA[/TR] [TR=class: oddrow team-10-6] [TD=align: left]1[/TD] [TD=align: left]Detroit[/TD] 71 35 18[TD=class: sortcell]3.46[/TD] 0 2 4 447.2 -- 172 184 109 472 .239[/TR] [TR=class: evenrow team-10-7] [TD=align: left]2[/TD] [TD=align: left]Kansas City[/TD] 70 20 25[TD=class: sortcell]3.64[/TD] 0 3 5 442.1 -- 179 199 133 327 .263[/TR] [TR=class: oddrow team-10-2]

Team Batting - Second glance

[TABLE=class: tablehead] [TR=class: colhead] [TD=align: left]RK[/TD] [TD=align: left]TEAM[/TD] GP AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI AVG OBP SLG OPS[/TR] [TR=class: oddrow team-10-2] [TD=align: left]1[/TD] [TD=align: left]Boston[/TD] 75 2571[TD=class: sortcell]376[/TD] 686 162 18 83 1133 370 .267 .343 .441 .784[/TR] [TR=class: evenrow team-10-1] [TD=align: left]2[/TD] [TD=align: left]Baltimore[/TD] 73 2567[TD=class: sortcell]360[/TD] 703 161 5 98 1168 346 .274 .325 .455 .780[/TR] [TR=class: oddrow team

Twins Birthdays--June 21

Also posted at wgom.org   Jackie Collum (1927) Jay Pettibone (1957) Garrett Jones (1981)   ​Left-hander Jack Dean “Jackie” Collum pitched in eight games for the Twins in 1962. He was born in Victor, Iowa and went to high school in Newburg, Iowa. He signed with St. Louis as a free agent in 1946. He was used as both a starter and a reliever in the minors and appears to have pitched pretty well in both roles. He got cups of coffee in the majors in both 1951 and 1952, appearing in a total of fiv

What is reasonable return for Twins' veterans?

Originally posted at Kevin Slowey was Framed! Check out this cool Kevin Slowey time line I made!   There has been a lot of talk about trading the Twins established MLB players for prospects in recent weeks. This concept has become a bit more complicated due to the Twins' relative success this season. A terrible team is an easy seller while a great team is an eager buyer. The Twins are neither great nor terrible. The difficulty for the Twins' front office will be determining who is a part of

Weekly Links-N-Thinks

The Twins put together a solid series against the White Sox to earn a three-game sweep. The rival Sox are plummeting in the AL Central but it is still nice to beat a hated foe. Powerful offensive performances and some decent pitching helped to club in the series. Now it will be time to see what the team can do when they head out on the road for a couple of series.   Some of the other Twins headlines from this week included: Justin Morneau finally ended the longest home run drought of his career,

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