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Transactions Involving Former Twins - February edition

This was posted at The Tenth Inning Stretch and reposted here. This off-season I have been keeping track of former Twins who were signed by other teams. This is the final edition, since Spring Training has started. Here is the cumulative list of former Twins who are playing for new teams this season:   Arizona Diamondbacks:   C Henry Blanco (major league; free agent, November 2011) LHP Craig Brelsow (traded by the Oakland Athletics with Trevor Cahill for Jarrod Parker, Ryan Cook and Collin Cow

Twins Top Tampa 7-3 in Spring Opener

This afternoon, the Twins made their official spring training debut and they came away with a 7-3 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays.   This got off to an ominous start for the Twins. Starter Carl Pavano gave up a two-run, first inning home run to Matt Joyce. In the bottom of the first, David Price hit Jamey Carroll in the helmet with a fastball. Carroll quickly got to his feet and went to first base. (He said later he was fine. It was a glancing blow.) Joe Mauer and Justin Morneau each struck out

The Corner Outfield

Original post from twinsrubes.blogspot.com.   With the departures of Michael Cuddyer, Jason Kubel, and Jason Repko; the corner outfield positions are going to have a significantly different look in 2012. With the addition of Josh Willingham, the 3 outfield positions will most likely consist of some combination of Denard Span, Josh Willingham, Ben Revere, and Trevor Plouffe. Last week, we determined that it might be best defensively for Revere to play in center, moving Span to one of the corner

Expanded Playoffs Adopted... and I Like It!

This post appeared originally at http://www.knuckleballsblog.com   Right up front, I LIKE the expanded playoffs adopted officially by MLB today. I went on record supporting this concept a couple of years ago and I stand by that support.   Beginning this fall, there will be TWO Wild Card spots in both the AL and NL, instead of one in each. In a perfect world, I’d have no Wild Cards at all, but that realistically is never going to happen. This is the next best thing.   I know that scheduling issu

Selling Low on 40-man Roster Talent

I was in Milwaukee a few years back to catch the Twins and Brewers. Slowey was on the mound and the Twins pounded the Brewers staff. Slowey was a professional pitcher. Good pace. Good control. Commanding the strike zone. At the time my thoughts were with Baker and Slowey we have 40% of a starting staff that can be counted on for a few years.   Flash forward to 2011. Slowey finds himself in the doghouse. The reasons behind the decent to mop up man is based on his inability to stay healthy, quirky

Positive Early Reports & Friday Links

[Originally posted at Twins Fan From Afar]   Whether the 2012 Twins can even be a .500 team largely rests on the ample shoulders of Joe Mauer and Justin Morneau. Let yourself think -- just for a second -- about how fun things could be if our 3-4 hitters were healthy and productive all season long. Thus far -- yes, I know players just showed up a week or so ago -- the early reports are positive. Justin Morneau took Francisco Liriano deep in batting practice, and hasn't had to sit out of any pract

Still Preheating.

September 1st, 2007.   Driving home from a night class at St. Mary's, I turned on the Twins game. Gordo was hinting at something big happening for the guy on the mound. I listened to the game and drove home in a daze. I parked my car and did my best to walk to my back door without running or skipping. Once inside, I turned on the baseball game and called my wife into the living room.   "I can't say what's going on, but look at the numbers on the scoreboard when Scott Baker gets to the mound," I

Friday Links-N-Thinks

It's hard to believe that another week has gone by and the Twins are one step closer to beginning their 2012 season. The first Grapefruit League action for the Twins will take place on Saturday and it sounds like Joe Mauer, Denard Span, and Justin Morneau could all be available to play. Span ran into the center field wall during a simulated game on Thursday and as of right now he only had a cut lip to deal with. Fingers are crossed that he will show up to the facility on Friday without any linge

Here is what is wrong with Joe Mauer....

First let me start this by pointing out I know how good Joe Mauer is. Come on!....three time batting champ, MVP, gold glove winner, the list goes on and on. Basically, if he get his crap back together, we are talking hall of fame and arguably one of the best catchers of all time! Now, let me point out what is wrong with Joe. Joe was an unbelievable athlete at about the age of 10. Every coach he had from that point on knew they had a real special talent. Trust me, this is when the coddling b

Top 10 Ballparks

1. Fenway Park - Boston   2. Wrigley Field - Chicago   3. Target Field - Minnesota   4. Colors Field - Colorado   5. PNC Park - Pittsburgh   6. Camden Yards - Baltimore   7. Busch Stadium - St Louis   8. Yankee Stadium - New York   9. Kaufman Stadium - Kansas City   10. Nationals Park - Washington DC

What If Joe Mauer Did Steroids?

Hello, Twins fans. Some of you may remember me from my old blog, Undomed. Some of you may know me from my Twitter account, @ejoh24. Or, more likely, most of you have no idea who the hell I am. Regardless, allow me to state two things:   1. I love this Twins Daily page. Most importantly, it allows Twins fans to congregate in one place. Less importantly, it allows wayward bloggers like myself to write occasionally without people wondering why we disappeared from our blog for six months.   2. I nee

Spring Training Games Fans' Guide

Originally posted at k-bro's baseball blog   Twins 2012 Spring Training games start on Saturday! Isn't it wonderful that they figured out to have practice games in Florida right at the time when baseball fans can't stand not having baseball anymore and Minnesotans want to go somewhere warm?       If you've never been to Fort Myers for Spring Training, I highly encourage you to go. It's a great family vacation, whether you love baseball, the beach, or both.     I've been to Fort Myers once

Gleeman & the Geek Event - Monday 3/5, 6:05 at The Wild Boar

Waddya say we watch us some baseball?   Our first chance to see the Twins on TV is this Monday night, so why not celebrate with some Twins fans? Aaron Gleeman and I will be at The Wild Boar on Monday night (3/5 at 6:05) for our weekly podcast and kicking back to watch the Twins. Hopefully, you can join us, bring your questions and help us revel in end of the offseason. We'll see you there!

On Tone of Writing

The following are examples of comments we've received on blog posts over the past few days.   The first came from Twins Daily member roger responding to my post earlier this week about the Zumaya injury:     The second came from StarTribune.com user "njc264isback" on Seth's bullpen article there today:     Look, I'm a huge fan of reader interaction and I value pretty much every comment received – even the ones I vehemently disagree with. But I hate comments like these ones.   When you've got a m

TwinsTrain, Territory Train, Bus Driver Ed, and Scott Stahoviak

Hello again, everybody. For those of you who haven't had the opportunity to familiarize yourself with the TwinsTrain operation over the last couple of years, don't feel left out; it's never too late to sync up with our touring outfit and join the excitement this summer.   In a nutshell, we package weekend trips to follow the Minnesota Twins on the road, with game tickets, hotel, and premium bus transportation. For more information, you can head over to http://territorytrain.com. For veterans of

Nick Punto expresses concern for Justin Morneau

There’s plenty of concern internally for Justin Morneau’s future. Now former teammate and friend Nick Punto has echoed that concern.   On Monday, Punto described a game of phone-tag he’s been having with Morneau and he sounds like he’s having some concerns that the big Canadian is not returning his calls.   From Gordon Edes’s ESPN Boston article:     Perhaps Punto may be reading too far into the meaning behind Morneau’s non-calls.   Perhaps not.   Certainly Morneau’s comments to the media in F

Walk Out Music.

Picture it: It's the bottom of the ninth at Target Field. The Twins are down by one and there's a runner on second. For a moment, you forgot there were two outs, and you forgot who was up next. Then, the walk-up music starts . . . and you still can't tell. It's not AC/DC, so it's not Morneau. The guy behind you asks "What song is that?"   A trip to Target Field is a trip to baseball heaven, but the music gets piped in from elevator hell.   Walk-up songs are a cue for fans to believe their home

Keys to a Successful 2012 Season

1. Health of Justin Morneau and Joe Mauer   2. Bounce back years from Francisco Liriano, Matt Capps, Denard Span, and Brian Duensing   3. Strong Bullpen - Including Capps, Duensing, Swarzak, Perkins, and others   4. Strong support from the Minor League teams - Many players will contribute this season that start the year in the minors   5. Execution - Go out and win

Joel Zumaya and the Twins: Fool me Once, Shame on You; Fool me Twice, Shame on Me?

[Originally posted at Twins Fan From Afar]   The Twins are in a sort of interesting position when it comes to Joel Zumaya. Somewhat unsurprisingly, the firethrowing righty didn't make it past one of his first batting practice sessions last week, and now needs decide whether, at age 27, to retire and become a professional fisherman (apparently he is enough of a realist to understand that becoming a professional on Guitar Hero was not going to happen), or to opt for Tommy John surgery and attempt

Tough schedule could put Twins in early hole

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/--jvPqmEC0Vk/T07zkszcmtI/AAAAAAAABGw/2-kEtGFuqe0/s320/twins-yankees.jpg One of the downfalls of having an unbalanced schedule in MLB is that teams will end up facing a lot of competition from the other divisions in their league earlier in the year. For the Twins this means a healthy dose of the AL East and AL West to start the 2012 campaign. The AL East has three of the top teams in the entire American League and the AL West has put together two of the best rosters at t

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