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[TABLE=class: tr-caption-container, width: 1, align: center] http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-cPfM-ie6Qx4/T3itwHKTDFI/AAAAAAAAAPk/O5oJ76ltO2Q/s320/dozier.jpg [TD=class: tr-caption]source: mlb.com[/TD] [/TABLE] 9. Brian Dozier, Shortstop, 24 years old 2011 stats: .320/.399/.491 with 9 HRs and 24 stolen bases in 35 attempts for Fort Myers & New Britain. Last Year's Rank: NA Acquired: Drafted by the Twins in the 8th round of the draft out of Southern Mississippi in 2009. Dozier had a quite a y
Originally posted at The Tenth Inning Stretch --- FORT MYERS FL. A bit before the seventh inning stretch of today's game with the Boston Red Sox, Twins' manager Rod Gardenhire went to the visitor's clubhouse at the Jet Blue Park and decided to have an impromptu press conference. He announced that, since last Saturday when Drew Butera was optioned to Rochester, Gardenhire has been having severe symptoms of separation anxiety including indigestion, night terrors, flu-like symptoms and other un
On Sunday morning, Brian Dozier, JR Towles, Brian Dinkelman and Casey Fien were all re-assigned to minor league camp. The moves have mean that the Twins roster is essentially set. Dozier came into camp hoping to make a strong impression and it would be an understatement to say he did. He displayed strong defense that appears to give the Twins coaches and front office confidence that he can be an every day shortstop. He hit well, including three spring home runs. It's safe to say that he'll he
[h=3]originally posted at ontheroadwithshawn and TwinsTarget.[/h] [TABLE=class: tr-caption-container, width: 1, align: center] http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-o3o85_Qz0fg/T3fGsI1DsRI/AAAAAAAAAPY/juduo-YYLQo/s320/parmelee.jpg [TD=class: tr-caption]source: twinkietown[/TD] [/TABLE] 10. Chris Parmelee, First Base/Outfield, 24 years old 2011 stats: .287/.366/.436 with 13 HRs for New Britain. Last Year's Rank: #18 Acquired: Drafted by the Twins in the 1st round (20th overall) out of Chino Hills, CA
The Twins announced today catcher Drew Butera and infielder Michael Hollimon were optioned to Rochester leaving only 31 active players left in camp. Opening day in Baltimore is only six days away and more roster decisions will be made soon. It appears reliever Alex Burnett could find himself on the roster again because of injuries. Perhaps no other player in recent memory has job security like that of Burnett. Critics keep telling us he is young (24), has great stuff, but just needs to work on s
Here is something interesting about game 2 of the 2004 Division Series against the Yanks: CBS Sports’ Jon Heyman, the longtime Sports Illustrated baseball writer, talked to Hunter and Michael Cuddyer about the Yankees’ hold on the Twins. Hunter, while getting the situation slightly wrong (the Twins weren’t trailing by a run, the score was tied), said that someone on the bench was asked to pinch hit for Kubel but declined. On the bench at the time were catcher/first baseman Matthew LeCro
[h=3]Originally posted at TwinsTarget and Ontheroadwithshawn.blogspot. com[/h] [TABLE=class: tr-caption-container, width: 1, align: center] http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-oHgPpjQ6qaw/T3aB91Yv0lI/AAAAAAAAAPM/ak71RDu-Qyo/s320/levi-michael.jpg [TD=class: tr-caption]source: acc.blogs.starnewsonline.com[/TD] [/TABLE] 11. Levi Michael, Shortstop, 21 years old 2011 Stats: .289/.434/.434 with 4 HRs and 14 steals in 15 attempts at the University of North Carolina. Last year's rank: N/A Acquired: Drafte
This post was originally posted in its entirety at The Tenth Inning Stretch. Because of the image limitations I can only post some of it. To see the whole post with 21 action photos of Twins' players from today's game against the Red Sox, please go here ----- Tonight is my last night at Fort Myers. It has been a super blast to be able to spend 8-10 hrs a day at the Twins' Spring Training Complex on a daily basis. This will be the last of my Daily Reports from Fort Myers and it is a bit su
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-BKtuV2B9hr8/T3Yn1MWTiUI/AAAAAAAAA0o/3fD4mX7yvXM/s400/20111107_terry-ryan_33.jpg Twitter and the Blogosphere broke with the news today that the Twins had acquired Matt Rizzotti from the Phillies for "cash considerations". This move is in lieu of the minor leagues being one first baseman short now that Chris Parmelee is likely to break camp with the Twins due to his inspired play that's carried over since late last year. The bigger news however, is what's to come. A
The only thing more wonderful than a summer in full swing is the very promise of summer. And at no time is that promise more anticipated or electric than on Opening Day. On Opening Day, all those warm nights you'll spend at the ballpark beneath the bright lights and dark sky are like a cold beer not yet tasted; each sip is craved and full of sweet, calming booze. And while even the most bitter beer will be gladly glugged on a hot day in July, there is almost nothing so bad about a lousy baseball
[Originally published at Twins Fan From Afar] Chris Parmelee should be fine. He looked great last September in a Twins uniform, and was a bright spot during an otherwise dismal time. Of the three prospects called up -- Parmelee, Joe Benson and Liam Hendriks -- Parmelee looked the most ready for the show. After watching several Rock Cats games last year in person, I was a little surprised that Parmelee, and not Benson, looked better in his time as a Twin, but that is why I don't get paid to do
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-9AWuzukRAjw/T3U98ygxs2I/AAAAAAAAA0c/35CeOK2Rl0g/s400/DSC00727.JPG Well, nothing better than Spring Training to get me back here to write something. Despite arriving in Florida on Wednesday in time to head straight from the airport to catch the game against the Phillies, I decided to head down to Naples, get some Cuban food, and just relax on the beach instead. Thursday, however, I got up early and went to check out camp first thing. I got there at 9am, before th
Original post from North Dakota Twins Fan ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The first two games of the season have been complete and I can honestly say I have yet to watch a single pitch. One of the problems was that both of the contests were not on any major channel and the other issues was the games were being played very early in the morning. I still don't know how I feel about the first two games of the season being played in Japan. It is great to spread the game to international markets but I love when all o
I admit this is kind of ridiculous looking at this before the beginning of the season, but being bored after watching a horrible Golden Gophers basketball game, I wanted to take a look at the Twins options if they are out of the race and looking to unload, what that looks like, and what are the options for 2013. Free Agents for the 2012 season for the Minnesota Twins Carl Pavano (37) Scott Baker (31) 9.25M option Fransicso Liriano (29) Ryan Doumit (32) Jason Marquis (34) Matt Capps (29) 6M
i was driving on 394 eastbound in golden valley and saw on the message board that radke was doing autographs from 8-8 today....it was 7:18.....meant to be, i had just bought my dad(a tigers fan in michigan) a twins hoodie, so i did a uturn and went and met radke.......strange world, reminds me of eastbound and down, no disrespect to rake
This post was originally posted in its entirety at The Tenth Inning Stretch. Because of the image limitations I can only post some of it. To see the whole post with 16 action photos of Twins' players from today's minor league games including top Twins' prospects, please go here --- Double Bill today at Fort Myers: The Twins' AAA club played the Red Sox' equivalent at Field 2 and the Twins' AA club played the Red Sox' equivalent at Field 3. At the same time while the Twins were playing the
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