Another one off the bucket list! A quick recap of my Seattle & Canada fun last weekend! First Pitch: 1:10 PM CT TV: Twins.TV Radio: TIBN Know Thine Enemy: Bluebird Banter Today, the Minnesota Twins play the Toronto Blue Jays. This is convenient, as last weekend I was in Canada as part of my journey to the Pacific Northwest. The trip started in Seattle, home of … [Read more...] about Game 65: Blue Jays at Twins
Twins 6, Blue Jays 3: Clipping Wings
Jordan Johnson-Imagn Images The Twins salvage a game from the Blue Birds The blue jay is a passerine bird in the Corvidae family. It is often described as noisy, bold, & aggressive (per Wikipedia sources)—a pretty apt description of its Canadian baseball namesake for the first two games of this series. But today, the Minnesota Twins brought their slingshots and … [Read more...] about Twins 6, Blue Jays 3: Clipping Wings
The Pohlads have an opportunity for one last legacy run—will they grasp it?
Photo by Focus on Sport/Getty Images A chance to go out on a high note The legacy of Pohlad family ownership of the Minnesota Twins (1984-Present) will always be a checkered one. On one hand... Carl Pohlad rescued the franchise from Calvin Griffith’s 1970s malaise. Photo by Marlin Levison/Star Tribune via Getty Images Carl takes over from Cal … [Read more...] about The Pohlads have an opportunity for one last legacy run—will they grasp it?
Game LXIII: Blue Jays @ Twins
This handsome fellow would later be revealed as the Zodiac Killer. | Photo by Rich Pilling/Sporting News via Getty Images via Getty Images I always loved Toronto fans visiting at Twins games, they were so polite! First pitch: 7:10 Central Weather: National Weather Service still gutted, gettin’ humid, 70° Opponent’s SB site: Bluebird Banter TV: Twins TV. Radio: Let’s … [Read more...] about Game LXIII: Blue Jays @ Twins
Blue Jays 6, Twins 4: Twins bats canna da it after the second inning
This is their special Ontario celebratory thing | Jesse Johnson-Imagn Images Bailey Ober and the Twins’ offense not so hot, although Royce Lewis improves from hitting .139. Bailey Ober’s miss-bats mojo goes missing after a strong early stretch, and the Twins tag Toronto’s “opener” but go quiet after that. Inning-by-inning notes: 1: Woo-hoo! We’re dogsitting for people … [Read more...] about Blue Jays 6, Twins 4: Twins bats canna da it after the second inning