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Front Page: Week in Review: Back on Top
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Front Page: Mitch Garver’s Other Big Improvement
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In a season full of pleasant surprises for the Minnesota Twins, there are perhaps none more so than the play of third-year catcher Mitch...
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Where are they now? Ex-Twins in 2019
Minnesota Twins Talk Today, 07:29 PM
I had fun with the "Ex-Twins in the Box Scores" post last year. I know, it's too early for any games at this point in the year, but I hav...
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Harmon Killebrew - our classic home run hitter
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14 August 2019
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home runs, mickey mantle and 3 more...
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I could not resist putting up this Home Run Derby between Harmon Killebrew and Rocky Colavito. In this contest the two who had tied for the HR championship of the AL faced off. https://youtu.be/GKq4xdoS4vE It is preceded by Harmon taking the crown from Mickey Mantle - https://youtu.be/2JAMbwIiV80
And followed by a contest Harmon lost to Ken Boyer -...
Playoff pitchers - where do Twins rank
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12 August 2019
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If the playoffs started today – these are the teams and their top three-man rotations. Which would you choose? I have them listed as I would rank them.Starting three for the playoffs
1. Houston – Verlander, Cole, Greinke
2. Cleveland – Bieber, Clevinger, Kluber
3. Tampa – Morton, Chirinos, Glasnow or Snell if he returns
4. Yankees – Tanaka, Paxton, Ger...
Community Blog Post
11 1/2 game lead is huge, losing it by August 10 is terrifying. True, we have time left and Cruz will come back and maybe Buxton too. Jack Cave might be replaced by someone who can do better in MLB from our minor leagues and maybe we will strike gold with one or two pitchers as we allow the entire minor league system to audition for us this year, but stil...
Pete Reiser - Byron Buxton - two of a kind
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07 August 2019
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Nick Nelson's excellent look at Byron Buxton and his injuries made me think about who would be a counterpart to him and his career so far and Pete Reiser immediately came to mind. Called Pistol Pete long before Pete Marinovich, he was a sensation.Read this paragraph from his Wikipedia Page - "In 1941, his first season as a regular starter, Reiser helped...
The greatest games ever
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mikelink45
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25 July 2019
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twins, world series, great games
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Ted wrote "Arguably the most exciting game the Minnesota Twins have played in nearly a decade, the home team dropped a 14-12 affair last night (err this morning) at Target Field." In his recent post - Yankees blog. So I got to thinking - what are the best games the Twins have played - win or lose?Do the two extra innings affairs with the Oakland A's co...
