https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/page/996/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/1987-revisited-twins-upset-tigers-r4213/“What an unlikely bunch of champions we’re looking at here.” Those were the words NBC’s Bob Costas offered overlooking the on-field scrum of Minnesota Twins players as they pushed from the initial contact point near first base and moved as a horde toward second base across the historic Tiger Stadi...4213Mon, 12 Oct 2015 16:33:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/gleeman-amp-the-geek-ep-219-jackalopes-r4211/Aaron and John talk about watching the playoffs and trying to imagine the Twins making a deep run, reviewing the good and (mostly) bad preseason Vegas over/under picks, buying a mattress from Casper, Ron Gardenhire's ongoing job search, eating Jackalope and drinking beer at New Bohemia, how to bec...4211Mon, 12 Oct 2015 02:52:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/did-you-know-r4210/The 2015 Minnesota Twins season is dead and gone. People mourn the end of the baseball in different ways. One way is to stare at tons of numbers on a computer screen trying to make sense of the season. For instance, did you know Trevor Plouffe was terrible when facing fastballs? Or that Kyle Gibso...4210Fri, 09 Oct 2015 13:08:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/twins-daily-awards-2015-most-valuable-player-r4209/After handing out the 2015 Twins Daily Award for Most Improved (Aaron Hicks), Best Rookie (Miguel Sano) and Best Pitcher (Kyle Gibson), today we focus on the 2015 Minnesota Twins Most Valuable Player. Each year, it seems, there is some controversy on what the definition of “Valuable” is in basebal...4209Fri, 09 Oct 2015 04:56:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/winning-season-raises-expectations-for-inexperienced-inconsistent-minnesota-twins-r4208/"I’m coming here to win. I think that it’s very important to lay that out there, right from the start. Things can change in this game very dramatically at this level." — Paul Molitor at the press conference in November, announcing his hiring as Twins manager "It might have sounded corny last winte...4208Thu, 08 Oct 2015 18:48:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/twins-daily-awards-2015-best-pitcher-r4207/We began our look Twins Daily Award 2015 on Tuesday by naming Aaron Hicks the Twins Most Improved Player. Yesterday, Nick surprised no one when he wrote that Miguel Sano was named the Best Rookie. Today, we continue handing out some hypothetical hardware by naming the Best Twins Pitcher in 2015. I...4207Thu, 08 Oct 2015 05:20:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/no-juice-podcast-71-the-end-r4206/On this week's NO JUICE PODCAST, Dan Anderson and Parker Hageman review the 2015 Minnesota Twins season, hand out their awards and revisit their over/unders set during the offseason. LISTEN UP. They talk about the parallels to the 2005 season in which the Twins finished with the same 83-79 recor...4206Wed, 07 Oct 2015 13:44:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/twins-daily-awards-2015-best-rookie-r4205/Across baseball, 2015 was The Year of the Rookie. A majority of the game's highest rated prospects debuted this season, and in most cases they made that transition with notable success. The Twins were a microcosm of this trend, graduating several of the best young players in their system and recei...4205Wed, 07 Oct 2015 05:13:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/not-enough-at-the-end-but-the-twins-had-a-great-2015-r4204/It's over. The book has closed on the 2015 season for the Minnesota Twins. What a ride it was. Coming into the last week of the season, the Twins had seven games left. Many thought they needed five or six wins to capture the second AL wild card spot, or even just to tie either the Astros or Angels...4204Wed, 07 Oct 2015 02:33:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/warne-a-eulogy-for-the-2015-minnesota-twins-r4203/Surprises are great. They crop up when you least expect them and can frequently be a harbinger of the days to come. And if the 2015 season is any indicator, things are about to be a lot more fun in Twins Territory. This season was dotted with debuts of players that fans have been awaiting for year...4203Tue, 06 Oct 2015 16:59:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/twins-daily-awards-2015-most-improved-player-r4202/At Twins Daily this week, we will hand out some more 2015 Minnesota Twins awards. As you know, we believe in recognizing achievement and that’s what we’re doing here. The Twins Daily writers, including the minor league writers, had votes in each category. Today we begin with a look at the 2015 Mos...4202Tue, 06 Oct 2015 10:42:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/fun-season-for-twins-and-twins-daily-r4201/What a ride. The Twins came up just short in their surprising run at a playoff spot thanks to a disappointingly flat effort at Target Field over the weekend, but nonetheless the 2015 season has to be viewed as a profoundly positive one for the organization. After four straight 90-loss campaigns,...4201Mon, 05 Oct 2015 02:03:00 +0000