https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/1086/?d=1enhttps://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 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/talk-to-contact-episode-43-kyle-gibsons-debut-r1729/Episode 43 of the Twins baseball podcast, Talk To Contact (@TalkToContact), is now available for download via iTunes or by clicking here. Eric and Cody talk recent Twins happenings, including a struggling bullpen, an awful PJ Walters, and whatever it is that is going on with some Twins Minor League...1729Sat, 29 Jun 2013 15:56:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-birthdays-june-29-harmon-killebrew-r1728/Harmon Killebrew (1936) Trey Hodges (1978) Dusty Hughes (1982) An original Twin, Harmon Clayton Killebrew was with the Twins through the 1974 season. Born and raised in Payette, Idaho, he was signed by Washington in 1954 under the “bonus baby” rules, which required him to be on the major league ros...1728Sat, 29 Jun 2013 15:34:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/20-twins-trades-viola-for-the-broken-heart-of-a-seven-year-old-r1725/Back in 1989, the Twins ripped my tiny heart out and traded my favorite person from New York for a bunch of crap that I didn't care about. Let's investigate why they would devastate a child in such a manner. The Trade: BREAKDOWN! On July 31, 1989, the Minnesota Twins traded the truly beautiful Fra...1725Sat, 29 Jun 2013 01:07:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/royals-present-a-note-of-prospect-caution-r1724/The culprit, to a large extent, is an offense that has proven shockingly incapable of hitting for power. With the season's halfway point approaching, KC has tallied only 43 home runs, pacing them to become the first AL team to fall short of triple-digits in a season since the strike-shortened 1994...1724Fri, 28 Jun 2013 17:31:00 +0000