https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/801/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/week-in-review-joe-mauer-and-snow-showers-r6631/Weekly Snapshot: Mon, 4/9 through Sun, 4/15 *** Record Last Week: 3-1 (Overall: 7-4) Run Differential Last Week: +6 (Overall: +14) Standing: 1st Place in AL Central (0.5 GA) Joe Mauer's AVG Last Week: .500 (Season: .412) As a housekeeping note, over the course of the season I wil...6631Mon, 16 Apr 2018 02:51:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/puerto-rico-series-comes-with-added-importance-r6625/Work To Be Done For many, it’s hard to believe that Puerto Rico is still trying to dig out from Hurricane Maria. Most major cities are closer to being back to normal but the mountainous regions are still dealing with the long-term effects. Players and coaches with connections to Puerto Rico are ho...6625Sun, 15 Apr 2018 17:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/the-twins-almanac-for-april-15%E2%80%9321-r6626/April 15, 1947 Robinson Breaks Color Barrier Jackie Robinson breaks major league baseball's longstanding color barrier, starting at first base and batting second for the Brooklyn Dodgers versus the Boston Braves at Ebbets Field. St. Paul Central and Hamline alumnus Howie Schultz replaced Robins...6626Sun, 15 Apr 2018 12:24:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/joe-mauer39s-future-r6620/1. Stay with the Twins Personally, I think this is the most likely scenario. He's from here, his family is here, he's spent his entire career here, his personality and demeanor (although frustrating to fans) fits well with the "Minnesota nice" mantra, and the Twins are starting to become contender...6620Fri, 13 Apr 2018 17:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/min-4-chw-0-mauer-reaches-2000-hits-leads-twins-to-victory-r6622/Snapshot (chart via FanGraphs) Of course, in order to get to 2,000 Mauer had to get 1,999. He delivered an RBI single in the third inning and also walked in the first. https://twitter.com/TwinsHighlights/status/984629661387894784 Mauer has been one of the best hitters in baseball so far in this...6622Fri, 13 Apr 2018 03:19:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/2000-words-on-joe-mauer-to-celebrate-2000-hits-r6621/THE NATURAL In a number of ways. I've always felt a personal connection to Joe Mauer. Maybe it's because we both grew up in the Twin Cities, and are only about two years apart in age. Maybe it's because our subsequent paths have been so closely intertwined. When I was on the fresh...6621Fri, 13 Apr 2018 03:06:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/a-milestone-for-minnesota-and-mauer-r6619/In a Twins broadcast early during the 2018 major league baseball season, Dick Bremer stopped and offered a comment to his partner Bert Blyleven. He noted that with Joe getting close to such a monumental mark, he will definitely make sure to give the achievement its due. Carrying more weight than t...6619Thu, 12 Apr 2018 22:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/game-thread-twins-v-white-sox-412-710pm-ct-r6618/1. Top Non-Trump News Story (Or Stories): The Millcreek School District outside of Erie, Pennsylvania has distributed baseball bats to all 500 of their teachers. It was a mostly symbolic gesture but yet they were distributed with the intention of providing a last resort option to fight back with,...6618Thu, 12 Apr 2018 11:01:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/through-ten-games-twins-on-pace-for-97-wins-r6617/The Starting Pitchers We all got pretty excited about the Twins starting rotation after the season’s first series in Baltimore. Why? Well, the three Twins starters went a combined 21 innings without giving up a run. In fact, they gave up just four hits, walked eight and struck out 19 batters. Odor...6617Thu, 12 Apr 2018 06:01:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-minor-league-report-411-kirilloff-crushes-for-the-kernels-r6616/RED WINGS REPORT Syracuse 7, Rochester 1 Box Score Dietrich Enns got his first action of the season for the Red Wings, and was unfortunately chased after just 3.2 IP. Leaving with a three run deficit, it was up to Rochester to mount a comeback, and the bats simply didn’t cooperate. Recently acquir...6616Thu, 12 Apr 2018 02:12:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/min-9-hou-8-max-to-the-rescue33-r6614/Snapshot (chart via FanGraphs) Here’s the walk-off homer: https://twitter.com/TwinsHighlights/status/984174861286338562 For a moment, it appeared the Twins were going to turn a game-ending double play in the top of the ninth. Instead, Brian Dozier’s throw sailed past Fernando Rodney, who was com...6614Wed, 11 Apr 2018 21:17:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/min-4-hou-1-odorizzi-twins-battle-their-way-to-victory-r6613/Snapshot (chart via FanGraphs) Houston scored 57 runs in their six games against the Twins last season, but in their first two contests of 2018 have been held to just three runs. The Astros lineup looks very similar to last season. The Twins pitching staff? Not so much. Odorizzi had some kind o...6613Wed, 11 Apr 2018 04:14:00 +0000