https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/page/1059/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/should-the-twins-emulate-the-royals-r3101/On Friday night, the Kansas City Royals clinched a playoff spot for the first time in 29 years. It will be a short postseason appearance if they can't beat the Athletics on Tuesday, but finally KC has emerged from the void. The Twins, now coming off their fourth straight "rebuilding year" where li...3101Mon, 29 Sep 2014 04:28:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/the-no-juice-podcast-episode-23-that39s-a-wrap-and-jamie-ogden-r3100/In this week's No Juice Podcast episode, Dan Anderson and Parker Hageman discuss the week's Minnesota Twins talkers and interview former minor leaguer Jamie Ogden. Topics include the future of the coaching staff, Vance Worley's success, Derek Jeter's final game in the Bronx, and framing 100 mile...3100Mon, 29 Sep 2014 04:26:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/brian-duensing-striking-out-batters-striking-out-cancer-r3097/Brian Duensing did not always anticipate a career in baseball, nor did he envision that he would one day have a significant impact on numerous families. But now he's doing both. Although actively playing sports from the age of six, Duensing considered himself a very average athlete. Duensing prima...3097Fri, 26 Sep 2014 03:40:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/the-16-walks-of-phil-hughes-r3096/On Wednesday, Phil Hughes made his final start of the season for the Twins. It capped a memorable first year in Minnesota for the former Yankees pitcher. He signed with the club as the lesser of two big off-season upgrades to the rotation but he turned out to be the staff ace. One of the most amaz...3096Fri, 26 Sep 2014 02:05:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/think-you-can-hit-a-100-mile-per-hour-fastball-r3095/Earlier in the week, Parker Hageman and Dan Anderson showed you what it looked like to try to pitch frame a 100-mph fastball. Today, they try to hit it. According to ESPN/TruMedia, in the Major Leagues this year there have 821 fastballs thrown over 100 miles an hour -- with Cincinnati’s closer Ar...3095Thu, 25 Sep 2014 13:27:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/if-i-owned-the-twins-r3094/I’ve been a bit out of touch with Twinsville for a couple of weeks as I’ve had some business travel and other non-Twins-related matters to occupy most of my time. I did catch up a bit on my Twins reading in the past day or so, however, and – well – let’s just say I’ve been much more interested in...3094Thu, 25 Sep 2014 00:04:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/hughes-ends-season-with-record-without-bonus-r3093/It appears the Phil Hughes 2014 season is complete. He ends the year with 186 strikeouts and just 16 walks. The 11.6 K/BB rate is the best in MLB history. Of course, if he is done, he also finished with 209.2 innings. If the rain had not fallen and he recorded one out in the ninth inning today, he...3093Wed, 24 Sep 2014 21:34:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/the-twins-have-a-problem-r3091/For the past several years, my parents have been part of a season ticket group, buying 10 games from a full 81-game package along with several other parties. The couple running the group has been season ticket holders for a long, long time, and they had worked their way into some pretty prime seat...3091Wed, 24 Sep 2014 14:30:53 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/twins-top-10-pitching-seasons-r3090/Clayton Kershaw is in the midst of one of the best pitching seasons in baseball history. He looks to be a lock for the National League Cy Young and there's a chance he could win the NL MVP. After missing a chunk of games at the beginning of the season, he has rebounded to post one of the best seas...3090Wed, 24 Sep 2014 14:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/video-how-difficult-is-it-to-frame-a-100-miles-per-hour-pitch-r3088/Catcher Framing has been the statistic that has been all the rage -- it is the sooper popular thing right now among stat nerds. Catchers who previously were undervalued, like Rene Rivera or Jose Molina, are suddenly highly sought after when studies showed that some catchers could coax extra strike...3088Tue, 23 Sep 2014 17:24:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/the-no-juice-podcast-episode-22-all-out-of-glens-r3087/In this week's No Juice Podcast episode, Dan Anderson and Parker Hageman discuss the week's Minnesota Twins talkers. Topics include shutting down Glen Perkins for the year, the shift from New Britain to Chattanooga, thoughts on Danny Santana at short and #HotTwinsTakes from the Twins Daily forum f...3087Tue, 23 Sep 2014 13:33:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/hangout-and-talk-twins-september-23-episode-43-r3089/For the final time during the regular season, Seth and Jeremy will be doing a live Twins Hangouts at 9pm. Please leave your questions below. Seth has started his prospect countdown, so we'll be sure to visit that. As the season winds down, we'll also be able to focus more closely on when the Twin...3089Tue, 23 Sep 2014 10:10:00 +0000