https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/1162/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/minnesota-twins-at-the-all-star-game-r625/Joe Mauer is the Twins lone All Star representative tonight in Kansas City. In over 52 seasons in Minnesota, the Twins have had many All Stars, obviously at least one each year. There are the greats of the game, like Killebrew, Carew and Puckett who went to many All Star games. And there are the Coo...625Tue, 10 Jul 2012 15:15:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/the-twins-2013-payroll-crunch-r623/How low can it go? Not a whole lot lower. According to USAToday, the Minnesota Twins dropped their payroll $18.5M from last year ($112M) to this year ($94M). And while the mantra coming out of Target Field is that “payroll isn’t that important” ask youself: where this team would be with another $18....623Mon, 09 Jul 2012 23:59:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/handing-out-twins-mid-season-awards-r622/Original post from North Dakota Twins Fan ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ With the All-Star Break at hand, it marks the unofficial midpoint of the 2012 season for the Minnesota Twins. Coming off of one of the worst seasons in franchise history, it was hard to have optimism for the 2012 campaign. There were question...622Mon, 09 Jul 2012 14:25:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/scorecard-excerpt-post-break-bursts-r620/If you're not familiar with the Twins' Official $1 Scorecard, you should be. It's sold at the program stands near the entrances to Target Field, and it's only one buck. How many things can you buy at the ballgame for a dollar? Aside from providing the necessary tools for a scorekeeper to do his/her...620Mon, 09 Jul 2012 03:02:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/gleeman-ampamp-the-geek-ep-49-overs-unders-and-mailbag-r619/Aaron and John talk about the endless game of musical pitchers, revisit their preseason over/under predictions, answer Twitter questions from listeners, try to decide who comes off worse owning the same shirt, wonder if Nick Blackburn is worth having in the 2013 plans, review Samuel Deduno's fir...619Mon, 09 Jul 2012 00:55:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/on-mitch-williams-horrible-non-balk-explanation-r618/For Twins fans who were fortunate enough to tune into last night's Twins-Rangers broadcast on FOX, they were treated with the soothing baritone of former pitcher Mitch "Wild Thing" Williams. Turns out, Williams is the new Joe Morgan of saying semi-crazy things on the air. In the top of the first, D...618Sun, 08 Jul 2012 18:55:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/friday-links-n-thinks-r616/The Fourth of July holiday means that the All-Star Break is quickly approaching and the Twins are near a break that might be good for a team that is struggling to find pitchers for their starting staff. There has been a well-worn road from Rochester to Minneapolis as the Twins try to find players to...616Fri, 06 Jul 2012 14:15:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/morneaus-struggles-against-southpaws-persist-r614/So far this season Justin Morneau has seemed as comfortable facing lefties as Mitt Romney would as the opening act for a Phish concert. In spite of performing quite well against right-handed pitchers (hitting .310/.386/.561 and smacking 8 of his 10 home runs), among qualified hitters Morneau’s .100...614Fri, 06 Jul 2012 03:07:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/trade-target-team-profile-cincinnati-reds-r612/The Big Picture The Reds are currently 44-37 and one game behind the Pittsburgh Pirates in the NL Central. They are just 1.5 games ahead of the St. Louis Cardinals. The Reds last won a playoff game in 1995 when they beat the LA Dodgers in the Division Series before being swept by the Braves in the N...612Thu, 05 Jul 2012 16:31:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-vs-tigers-07052012-1205pm-r611/Well, it happened. The Twins winning streak was ended last night by a another strong pitching performance from Justin Verlander. Defeated 5-1, the Twins look to take three of four in Detroit against Tiger lefty Rick Porcello. To count, the Twins send Scott Diamond to the mound. If the Twins can...611Thu, 05 Jul 2012 14:02:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/what-would-a-francisco-liriano-contract-extension-look-like-r610/If the Twins want to sign Francisco Liriano to an extension, it will need to be in the parameters of what Liriano will make on the free agent market this winter. But its hard to know even roughly how much he’ll command. Partly that’s because of his mercurial performance. But that problem is compound...610Thu, 05 Jul 2012 02:27:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-vs-tigers-07042012-605pm-r608/Nick Blackburn was bad again last night. Really bad. Thankfully, the Twins were able to overcome an early deficit and defeat the Tigers 8-6. Willingham and Plouffe homered again and the Twins' pen put in a stellar performance to close out the game. Tonight is not going to be any easier. The Twin...608Wed, 04 Jul 2012 18:15:00 +0000