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A Snowy Vision of the 2013 Twins.

While I was moping behind my snowblower, I noticed an unusual formation of snow. I turned off the machine and stepped closer to it.   The identify of those piles of snow became clear. You've seen them before, too. They're the smiling, handshaking baseball players whose image lights up when Twins players hit home runs. The players looked at me as if they were waiting for me to speak.   "Who will these 2013 Twins be?" I asked. "Who can I cheer for? Who can I believe in?"   The figures just kept sh

Axel Kohagen

Axel Kohagen

The Snowed In Opening We've All Imagined.

Weather reports tell me something wicked this way comes. I've got two gallons of gas for the snowblower and just enough left in my own tank to dig out from this one.   Downtown, Target Field better be ready. Come April, we're all coming over to watch the game.   With the weather waiting to pummel us yet again, how many of us are imagining a Wintery Wasteland Opening Day nightmare? Ever since they announced the stadium, the truly pessimistic of have smirked small, bitter smirks and imagined a sn

Axel Kohagen

Axel Kohagen

2013 Twins Spring Training Battle Dashboard: Version 1

Originally published at The Tenth Inning Stretch (and with a little better colors) ----   With the Twins' Spring Training about half a month old and eight official games in the books, it is about time that I start posting these dashboards again keeping track of how the players who are batting for positions are doing. It might seem that Spring Training has been going on for a while, and it has because of the World Baseball Classic. For comparison, last year the first Twins' game of Spring

Thrylos

Thrylos

Introducing the Gagne Threshold

Originally posted at Kevin Slowey was Framed!   The most recent episode of Gleeman and the Geek touched on a familiar topic for Twins fans. The middle infield has been a consistent area of need for the Minnesota Twins, since the days of Greg Gagne and Chuck Knoblauch. It was discussion of Gagne that specifically interested me. I remember Gagne as a kid. He was a player that I never really thought a whole lot about. Now that I am older, I understand his value. The Twins haven't had a consis

Brad Swanson

Brad Swanson

Playing on the Radio.

I think Twins magic begins with a car radio, a commute of erratic, skidding traffic, and staring at the sun while waiting for red lights.   Returning to baseball life is a greater gift to the fans living in places where the offseason is covered in snow and loneliness.   When the bat cracks and the crowd cheers, we know the small city filled with red- and blue-clad fans will be born around Target Field. There will be beer, hugs, and shouting.   At that moment, the shouting comes from the guy in

Axel Kohagen

Axel Kohagen

Vance Worley and the need for a third pitch

Vance Worley is poised for his second unofficial start for the Minnesota Twins today.   Compared to the other recent additions to the rotation, the 25-year-old right-hander’s first outing in the Grapefruit League was very positive. He worked two innings, allowed a pair of hits but didn’t allow any runs. Feedback from his new manager was good.   “I like him. He looks like a gunslinger with that windup,” Ron Gardenhire told reporters following the team’s 5-4 victory over the Pirates. “It looks lik

Parker Hageman

Parker Hageman

Talk to Contact EP 27 - Spring Training and 70-Grade Brownies

http://puckettspond.com/files/2013/03/519394851_a47d236765.jpg Episode 27 of the Twins baseball podcast, Talk To Contact (@TalkToContact), is now available for download via iTunes or by clicking here. Eric and Paul discuss the Twins news of the week, ranging from the Oswaldo Arcia injury, the CF competition, Joe Mauer's twins to the Baseball Prospectus prospect rankings. They are joined this week by Kristen Brown (kbrobaseball.blogspot.com) to talk about spring training, voodoo paper dolls and

Paul Pleiss

Paul Pleiss

Rosario, Carew and the Jump from Single A to the Majors

Hey friends,   I am willing to admit that it's way too early to get our hopes up regarding Eddie Rosario and his 5 for 8 outburst against AA to AAA level pitchers. Some of the heavy hitters on this site have commented that it's absurd to believe that we could hear--once again--chants of "Eddie, Eddie" as early as this spring in Minnie. I get it.   But don't tell me it can never happen. http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=carew-001rod   Calvin Griffith took a flyer on a kid nam

Calling All Bribes

You can vote for the "Hall of Fame" discussed in this blog (and see this post with all kinds of other goofy photoshops) on our main blogger page.   After the debacle of the Hall of Fame's "non-election" and last weekend's Academy Awards, there is but one honor left to bestow before the baseball season begins: the Peanuts From Heaven Hall of Fame! Yes, we still offer induction to all those who make the game fun to watch (even if they weren't exactly "good" at "playing the game of baseball"). [TAB

PeanutsFromHeaven

PeanutsFromHeaven

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