https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/page/678/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/as-mlb-delays-npb-and-some-former-twins-begin-play-r9484/While the Minnesota Twins are still not playing games as MLB and the MLBPA continue to hammer away at negotiations, yet another baseball league has resumed play. This time it is Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball League (NPB), which began play over the weekend. The NPB is widely considered to b...9484Tue, 23 Jun 2020 02:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/gleeman-amp-the-geek-ep-480-do-the-right-thing-r9481/Aaron and John talk about the latest 'this is the week' for MLB's owner vs. player negotiations, the Twins' decision to remove Calvin Griffith's statue from Target Field, the Pohlad family changing their reputation for the better, and mailbag questions from listeners. You can listen by downloading...9481Mon, 22 Jun 2020 02:08:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/cruz-named-2020-muhammad-ali-sports-humanitarian-award-r9356/The honors just keep piling up for Minnesota Twins Designated Hitter Nelson Cruz. Last month, he was named a finalist for the Muhammad Ali Sports Humanitarian Award. Tonight at the ESPYs, he was named the winner. (Story updated from the original to remind people of many of the good things that Nel...9356Mon, 22 Jun 2020 01:55:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/the-best-father-son-duos-in-minnesota-twins-history-r9479/Sports have given us some of the greatest father-son duos imaginable over the years. From the Mannings in football, to the Griffeys in baseball and even the Earnhardts in NASCAR, we have been treated to the best of the best. In light of Father’s Day, what are some of the best father-son duos in Mi...9479Mon, 22 Jun 2020 01:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/the-show-must-go-on-down-to-the-wire-r9480/Six games left to go. The American League Central (and a fallback wild-card berth) hanging in the balance. Jose Berrios taking the team on his shoulders. Read on to for the final regular-season entry – for better or worse – in our interactive 2020 Twins simulation. To get caught up on what we're...9480Mon, 22 Jun 2020 00:51:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/lg-twins-recap-wacky-loss-conjures-up-weird-mn-twins-trivia-r9478/The KBO’s LG Twins had an uneven week, starting things off with a sweep before getting swept themselves. Along the way, they were part of a strange game that inspired a weird bit of trivia regarding the 1970 Minnesota Twins to be dug up. Before we start ... I wrote an LG Twins/KBO primer article...9478Sun, 21 Jun 2020 14:30:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/an-inside-look-at-draft-free-agency-with-a-new-twin-r9477/This year has been anything but normal. As a global pandemic throws wrenches into plans all across the world, baseball and sports as a whole have needed to improvise. With the MLB Draft cut short, undrafted free agency came into the spotlight. I caught up with John Stankiewicz to see what that loo...9477Sun, 21 Jun 2020 01:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/the-twins-stand-to-lose-the-most-in-2020-r9475/Believe it or not, the Twins were a juggernaut in 2019 despite getting rolled out of the playoffs in 3 games. With a young core of MLB talent, strong veteran leadership, and a fast approaching glut of talent in the minors, the whimper 2019 ended with at least brought hope for the coming “window” t...9475Sun, 21 Jun 2020 00:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/role-reversal-is-michael-pineda-the-new-rich-hill-r9470/Before all the Covid madness it looked as if Rich Hill would be a late-season boost to the rotation. However with the potential season pushed back and significantly shortened, Hill should be ready to go and in a reversal of roles, it’s Michael Pineda who looks to be the late addition. Originally...9470Sat, 20 Jun 2020 01:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/twins-remove-calvin-griffith-statue-r9474/On Friday morning, the Minnesota Twins announced that they had removed the bronze statue of Calvin Griffith from outside Target Field.   Last week, Nate Palmer wrote an article here at Twins Daily about the 1978 event in Waseca in which then owner Calvin Griffith, who brought the team t...9474Fri, 19 Jun 2020 15:18:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/60ish-games-isn39t-a-real-seasonbut-it39s-going-to-be-epic-r9472/Rob Manfred and Tony Clark met face-to-face earlier this week and appear to have made major progress on getting a season rolling in the ballpark of 60 games. A season so short will hardly resemble a real baseball season, but it might just be the most exciting season we’ve ever seen. One of the be...9472Fri, 19 Jun 2020 02:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/twins-win-the-universal-dh-battle-r9471/We’ll we’ve arrived. Back in May I wrote about the designated hitter being universally adopted by Major League Baseball for 2020. It now appears that will be the case going forward as well, and the Twins immediately vault to the top of the class. This was supposed to be Nelson Cruz’s age-39 seaso...9471Fri, 19 Jun 2020 01:00:00 +0000