https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/1073/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-to-sign-lewin-diaz-r1749/As happens every July 2nd, teams begin to announce deals with "International Free Agents". This year is no different and the Twins made an early splash, signing Dominican 1B/OF Lewin Diaz as well as four others, according to Doogie Wolfson. (Seth has learned that they have reached agreements with s...1749Tue, 02 Jul 2013 21:42:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/message-from-the-king-best-seats-in-the-house-for-heckling-the-yankees-r1745/sponsored by Ticket King C’mon, you can admit it – it’s fun to hate the Yankees. Let go of your stoic Minnesotan demeanor for one minute and confess: you enjoy watching those pampered Gothamites get their come-upance. If they want to act like a bunch of fancy-pants in their own stadium, surrounded b...1745Tue, 02 Jul 2013 05:49:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/trade-talk-the-washington-nationals-r1743/Buyers or Sellers Last year, the Nationals won 98 games, the most of any team in baseball. And though they didn’t make it past the first round of the playoffs, it was supposed to mark the beginning of an era, fronted by top shelf, super young and (maybe most importantly) affordable talent like 24-ye...1743Tue, 02 Jul 2013 05:36:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/beautiful-games-why-baseball-and-soccer-go-hand-in-foot-r1741/XI Reasons Being a Baseball Fan Makes it Easy to Be a Soccer Fan (and vice-versa) I. Under the surface strategy: Don't get me wrong, a well placed 3 run homer or penalty kick is all well and good, but more often than not it's not what you see happening on the ball, it's what's happening away from...1741Tue, 02 Jul 2013 02:14:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/testing-article-hidden-r1739/Testing.1739Mon, 01 Jul 2013 13:12:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/gleeman-and-the-geek-ep-100-gibsanity-r1738/Aaron and John completely forget that it's their 100th episode and talk about Kyle Gibson's debut, what to do with Aaron Hicks when he's healthy, who Mike Pelfrey should bump in the rotation, being sad about Glen Perkins trade rumors, the demise of the Yankees, Polish pride, Josh Willingham and...1738Mon, 01 Jul 2013 05:02:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/trade-talk-the-atlanta-braves-r1737/1st of a series Buyers or Sellers They sure aren’t selling. The Braves only real competition in the NL East is the Washington Nationals, over whom they hold a 6.5 game lead. But they’re unlikely to take that lead for granted. Last year they won 94 games – and got knocked out in the one-game Wild Ca...1737Mon, 01 Jul 2013 04:49:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/5-nominations-for-minnesota-twins-hall-of-shame-r1735/With the addition of Eddie Guardado to the Minnesota Twins’ Hall of Fame two weeks ago, I got to thinking about the opposite end of the spectrum from great players. When I began watching the Twins in the early nineties, Kent Hrbek was retiring, Kirby Puckett was at the tail-end of his career and the...1735Mon, 01 Jul 2013 03:05:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/treading-royal-blue-water-twins-royals-recap-r1734/All Summers are Royal Blue (Twins 3 Royals 1 - Game 74) When, in the course of baseball events, the Twins are clearly not going to make the playoffs, the Royals will play against them approximately one million times. Neither team will be playing meaningful baseball, and yet they will continue playin...1734Mon, 01 Jul 2013 02:46:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/mixed-developments-for-future-of-twins-rotation-r1733/Kyle-a-palooza? Gibsanity? Gibsmas? Whatever you wanted to call it, Kyle Gibson's debut on Saturday generated a palpable buzz throughout Twins Territory. Eagerly awaited and long overdue, the rookie's arrival aids a pitching staff in the midst of its third straight year of sub-mediocrity. He doesn'...1733Mon, 01 Jul 2013 00:42:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/those-damn-yankees-monsters-of-the-midway-r1732/This is the 10th story in "Those Damn Yankees" series, stories about Twins-Yankees rivalry by some of our favorite Twins Daily writers, leading up to the Bombers visit July 1st to the 4th.   The first thing you need to understand is the New York Yankees breed monsters. Monstrous Yankees seem to be...1732Sun, 30 Jun 2013 14:37:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-minor-league-report-629-goncalves-pitchers-en-fuego-r1731/Merry Gibsmas! Kyle Gibson made his Major League debut this afternoon in front of a nearly-packed house. If you're waiting to get home to watch Gibson's start on DVR, I won't ruin it for you. ROCHESTER RED WINGS 0, SYRACUSE CHIEFS 1 Box Score Offensively, the Red Wings just didn't get it done. Do...1731Sun, 30 Jun 2013 11:51:00 +0000