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Game Thread: Twins vs. Seattle, 4/10/21 @ 1:10pm
Minnesota Twins Talk Yesterday, 08:59 PM
Welcome back to the Twins Daily game thread party! After a rare Friday night off the Minnesota Twins will take on the Seattle Mariners t...
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Why isn't Buxton on MLB OPS leaders list?
Minnesota Twins Talk Yesterday, 04:36 PM
Buxton is listed only on the MLB HR leaders list. Not on OPS or AVG or SLG or OBP.
He should be the leader in several of these.
He has as...
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Morneau
Minnesota Twins Talk Yesterday, 02:09 PM
I thought he was was really good last year. Maybe I'm on an opening day high (Not high) but he is so good.Who would have thought he would...
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The 5 Rule Draft
Twins Minor League Talk Yesterday, 10:40 PM
This year's Rule 5 draft we lost Akil Baddo and Tyler Wells. So I thought I'd check to see how they were doing. 1st I checked on Baddo, h...
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Ex Twins in 2021: Where Are They Now?
Minnesota Twins Talk Yesterday, 12:19 PM
One of my favorite annual threads on the site. Let’s stay updated on ex-Twins in the news... This is a start of a list, and feel free to...
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Very Well Then

We Didn’t Start (Tony) Fiore: A Billy Joel Ode to the 2002 Twins
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25 July 2017
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We Didn’t Start (Tony) Fiore: An Ode to the 2002 Twins
Inspired by Billy Joel’s concert at Target Field on July 28th.
Tom Kelly retires. Terry Ryan rehires.
Carl Pohlad conspires with Commissioner Bud.
Contraction. Legal Action. Metrodome gets an injunction.
Forty year old franchise. Saved by a judge.
A decade since ’91. Losing in near every one.
New...
Inspired by Billy Joel’s concert at Target Field on July 28th.
Tom Kelly retires. Terry Ryan rehires.
Carl Pohlad conspires with Commissioner Bud.
Contraction. Legal Action. Metrodome gets an injunction.
Forty year old franchise. Saved by a judge.
A decade since ’91. Losing in near every one.
New...

Minnie's Haberdashery -- A Very Tarantino Season at Target Field
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12 May 2016
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You know who I blame for this complete mess of a season that is the 2016 Twins?
Quentin Tarantino.
This winter, I sat down in a movie theater to watch the gory glory of Tarantino's Hateful Eight in all its 70 mm Ultra Panavision splendor. Tarantino set his most recent carnage-piece in an isolated stagecoach lodge called Minnie's Haberdashery.
"Minnie...
Quentin Tarantino.
This winter, I sat down in a movie theater to watch the gory glory of Tarantino's Hateful Eight in all its 70 mm Ultra Panavision splendor. Tarantino set his most recent carnage-piece in an isolated stagecoach lodge called Minnie's Haberdashery.
"Minnie...

If I Owned the Twins: Manager Jonah Hill, Cloned Joe Mauer, Replacements In the Outfield and Other Unasked For Opinions
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06 October 2014
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It’s that time of the year when everyone offers up their opinions on how they’d improve the Twins if they owned the team. Just like everyone else (including George Steinbrenner in real life), I’m going to ignore that the role of owner is distinct from the roles general manager and manager.
Here is goes. If I owned the Twins…
If I owned the Twins I w...
Here is goes. If I owned the Twins…
If I owned the Twins I w...
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Opening Day lineups are fun. But the real definition of a team is the composite lineup throughout the season.
Were the 2006 Twins defined more by opening day starter Tony Batista or the meteoric rise and fall of young Francisco Liriano?
IN 1984, the year Kirby Puckett established himself in centerfield for the Twins, the opening day center fielder w...
Were the 2006 Twins defined more by opening day starter Tony Batista or the meteoric rise and fall of young Francisco Liriano?
IN 1984, the year Kirby Puckett established himself in centerfield for the Twins, the opening day center fielder w...
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Over at my blog VeryWellThen.Com I am hosting a contest -- a challenge -- for you to pick the predominant Twins lineup of 2013. By "predominant", I mean "what BaseballReference.Com will show at season end for the Twins."
Baseball Reference fills in the predominant lineup of the team -- generally, whoever plays the most at any position gets that sl...
Baseball Reference fills in the predominant lineup of the team -- generally, whoever plays the most at any position gets that sl...

Brian Harper’s Index — 2012 Minnesota Twins by the Numbers
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15 October 2012
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[Originally posted at VeryWellThen.Com]
Harper’s magazine begins each issue with a list of number-oriented factoids called Harper’s Index. Below is VeryWellThen.Com’s third annual series of number-oriented factoids about the Twins baseball season. Here on the Twin-ternet, such a list has to be called “Brian Harper’s Index.”
The sing...
Harper’s magazine begins each issue with a list of number-oriented factoids called Harper’s Index. Below is VeryWellThen.Com’s third annual series of number-oriented factoids about the Twins baseball season. Here on the Twin-ternet, such a list has to be called “Brian Harper’s Index.”
The sing...
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[Originally posted at VeryWellThen.Com]
Ben Revere does not yet qualify for the Batting Title. His 4 for 5 evening against Cleveland sent his batting average up to .331 – which would be good enough for second place in the American League. Except that to qualify for the leader board, he needs 3.1 plate appearances for every game his team has played....
Ben Revere does not yet qualify for the Batting Title. His 4 for 5 evening against Cleveland sent his batting average up to .331 – which would be good enough for second place in the American League. Except that to qualify for the leader board, he needs 3.1 plate appearances for every game his team has played....

2012 (Bobby) Darwin Award — for Best Start to Twins Season
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15 April 2012
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The 2012 Twins: Don’t Get to Know ‘Em, They Might Not Be Around Long
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06 April 2012
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Let’s cheer for the Minnesota Twins today. Because these Minnesota Twins – the 2012 Minnesota Twins – might not be around tomorrow.
I just took a look at the Opening Day lineup and I’m struck by how few players I see — at least in the starting lineup — as a reliable part of the Twins future. The same thing goes for the projected starting rotation (m...
I just took a look at the Opening Day lineup and I’m struck by how few players I see — at least in the starting lineup — as a reliable part of the Twins future. The same thing goes for the projected starting rotation (m...

The 2012 Twins: Don’t Get to Know ‘Em, They Might Not Be Around Long
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05 April 2012
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Let’s cheer for the Minnesota Twins today. Because these Minnesota Twins – the 2012 Minnesota Twins – might not be around tomorrow.
I just took a look at the Opening Day lineup and I’m struck by how few players I see — at least in the starting lineup — as a reliable part of the Twins future. The same thing goes for the projected starting rotation (...
I just took a look at the Opening Day lineup and I’m struck by how few players I see — at least in the starting lineup — as a reliable part of the Twins future. The same thing goes for the projected starting rotation (...