Photo by Brad Rempel/Getty Images Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory The 2nd half of the season has not gone well, with three straight series losses, including dropping winnable games against the Los Angeles Dodgers and then getting outclassed by the Washington Nationals. This leaves the team at 50-55 for the season and 5.5 games out of the last wild card spot. … [Read more...] about Monday Morning Minnesota: The “Freefallin’” Edition
Twins trade Chris Paddack & Randy Dobnak to Tigers
Matt Krohn-Imagn Images The Twins are selling. Any question as to the Minnesota Twins’ intentions at the trade deadline evaporated when the team came out flatter than a can of Pepsi left open for a week, dropping six of nine to the Rockies, Dodgers, and Nationals. Fans and media alike knew the team would be sellers in the last days of July. On Monday, the team made … [Read more...] about Twins trade Chris Paddack & Randy Dobnak to Tigers
Game 106: Red Sox vs. Twins
Nick Wosika-Imagn Images Things aren’t getting any easier for the Minnesota Twins. First Pitch: 6:40 PM CT TV: Twins.TV Radio: TIBN Opposing Team Website: Over the Monster Twins Lineup Larnach DH Castro LF Correa SS Clemens 2B Lewis 3B Wallner RF France 1B Vazquez C Keirsey CF Boston Lineup Anthony LF Bregman 3B Duran CF Story SS Yoshida DH Narvaez C Abreu … [Read more...] about Game 106: Red Sox vs. Twins
Red Sox 4, Twins 5: Twins win! Twins win!
Bruce Kluckhohn-Imagn Images The Twins wait out the rain delay in the bottom of nine and get the walkoff win. The Minnesota Twins outlasted the Boston Red Sox after being down one run going into the bottom of the ninth. Unsure if the game was even going to continue — as we were in the middle of a dang near derecho here — the Twins somehow found time to walk it off and … [Read more...] about Red Sox 4, Twins 5: Twins win! Twins win!
Game 105: Nationals at Twins
Photo by G. Newman Lowrance/WireImage Let’s remember some guys on the 2005 Nats! First Pitch: 1:10 PM CT TV: Twins.TV Radio: TIBN Know Thine Enemy: Federal Baseball Twenty years ago this season, the Montreal Expos were purchased by Major League Baseball—the franchise had so fully floundered that they didn’t even have an English-speaking broadcast contract—and … [Read more...] about Game 105: Nationals at Twins