https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/1142/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/friday-links-n-thinks-r433/Original post from North Dakota Twins Fan ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Wait for it... Are you ready, yet? Don't adjust your monitor but the Twins just swept a two game series in Detroit. That's not a typo either. Over the course of the two games, the Tigers were a little error prone with six mistakes and the Twi...433Fri, 18 May 2012 11:48:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/shoulder-stifling-pavanos-repertoire-r432/It was revealed a week ago that Carl Pavano’s shoulder was hurting and that the team had him undergo an MRI for precautionary measures. [PRBREAK][/PRBREAK] Fortunately for the already thin pitching staff, the MRI showed nothing more than inflammation and, in preventative efforts, the Twins eased up...432Fri, 18 May 2012 05:12:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/changing-luck-r431/Back in February, I framed the Twins' rotation as a series of five coin flips. Looking back, it's funny how the worst case scenario seems to have struck in every single situation: [PRBREAK][/PRBREAK] The Twins seem to have flipped tails five times in a row. Ouch. Granted, there were a number of warn...431Thu, 17 May 2012 22:44:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/factors-for-frustration-r429/When spring training opened up in late February, I posted an article called Twins Two-Way Planning in which I said that the Twins 2011 roster was probably built perfectly to go one of two directions. In essence, if things went poorly, they had enough one-year, veteran contracts of guys that other te...429Thu, 17 May 2012 03:31:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/are-we-ever-biased-towards-umpire-bias-r428/There is no question that umpires have biases. The question is whether we want them or not. A couple of years ago I reported on a book that I was reading titled Scorecasting by Tobias J Moskowitz and L. Jon Weerthem. This writeup is going to copy a lot of that story. The book is similar to the book...428Thu, 17 May 2012 01:47:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/jason-marquis-and-that-sinking-feeling-r427/Once upon a time, in a land far away on the other side of downtown, covered by a beautiful white bubble – where the weather was always a pleasant 72 degrees – there was a starting pitching staff who understood the intrinsic value of working ahead of opponents. In the last decade, from 2000 to 2010,...427Wed, 16 May 2012 04:35:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/is-mauer-breaking-down-r426/Much has been made of Twins fans booing Joe Mauer at Target Field this year. Personally, I'm not offended by it. It's how some invested fans choose to express their disappointment and frustration. They paid for the tickets that help pay the players' enormous salaries, so those in attendance should b...426Wed, 16 May 2012 03:27:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/official-justin-morneau-activated-chris-parmelee-optioned-r424/From the Twins Twitter Feed: #Twins to reinstate Justin Morneau from 15-day DL prior to tomorrow night's game in Detroit. Option Chris Parmelee to Triple-A Rochester. For discussion on this latest move, please click here. [PRBREAK][/PRBREAK]424Wed, 16 May 2012 02:57:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/on-this-date-may-15-r423/The Twins lost again last night to fall to 10-25 on the season. A Ryan Doumit 8th inning home run got Twins fans quite interested, but Matt Capps gave back the run in the top of the ninth. Enough about that, huh? [PRBREAK][/PRBREAK] Today, Justin Morneau turns 31 years old. New shortstop Brian Dozi...423Tue, 15 May 2012 11:58:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/random-thoughts-on-a-random-loss-r422/I don’t know if these are questions, or thoughts, of forum topics, but after a 13-hour day, I’m pretty much free associating. Let’s see what happens. Because Fourth Place Is Just Five Games Away? Why is Carl Pavano pitching? The Twins long term strategy regarding Pavano needs to be to have him demon...422Tue, 15 May 2012 03:55:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/concerns-with-pavanos-velocity-continue-to-mount-r420/Original post from North Dakota Twins Fan ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-zw_MlMY_n8g/T7Ds4BCIBCI/AAAAAAAABRI/jscxapm3W00/s320/PavanoThrowing.jpg Word came out over the weekend that Carl Pavano underwent an MRI on his right shoulder to see if there was anything wrong with this important...420Mon, 14 May 2012 13:35:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/gleeman-ampamp-the-geek-ep-41-shake-ups-and-wake-ups-r418/Aaron and John talk about the latest roster shakeup, including Danny Valencia's demotion to Triple-A and Francisco Liriano's move to the bullpen, get a call from Aaron's mom for Mother's Day, marvel at Scott Diamond's unexpected gems, make their PickPointz picks and name last week's winners, and...418Mon, 14 May 2012 00:01:00 +0000