https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/857/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/game-thread-twins-white-sox-821410pm-and-tbd-r5999/1. Carbondale – In extreme Southern Illinois lies the city of Carbondale. I’m out of things about which to make fun of Chicago, and since a large chunk of Chicagoans will be in Carbondale for the eclipse, I thought I’d focus on this place of mainly Cardinals Fans. Nearly 26,000 people live in Carb...5999Mon, 21 Aug 2017 11:29:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/gleeman-amp-the-geek-ep-329-youth-is-served-r5998/http://traffic.libsyn.com/gleemangeek/820_FINAL.mp3?dest-id=745905998Mon, 21 Aug 2017 03:54:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-in-driver39s-seat-in-wild-card-race-r5996/The Twins haven't really been able to experience the perks of the new system; outside of 2015 they've never been remotely close to the second wild-card since it was added six seasons ago. But we all know the feeling of a single everything-on-the-line contest, after witnessing back-to-back Game 163...5996Mon, 21 Aug 2017 00:29:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/min-12-ari-5-twins-sweep-arizona-have-won-11-of-last-14-r5995/Win Expectancy (via Fangraphs) Top 3 Twins per WPA: Buxton .125 | Kepler .096 | Polanco .069 The Twins offense put up a nine spot to open the game, ensuring it would be a nice little low-stress Sunday at the ballpark. That kind of an inning obviously took a team effort, but Eddie Rosario provide...5995Sun, 20 Aug 2017 22:06:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/min-5-ari-0-berri-0s-r5994/Win Expectancy (via Fangraphs) Top 3 Twins per WPA: Berrios .281 | Dozier .148 | Castro .084 We’ve seen several Twins break out of slumps around the same time these last couple weeks, I guess it was Berrios’ turn tonight. Jose entered the evening with a 6.18 ERA and 1.52 WHIP over six second-hal...5994Sun, 20 Aug 2017 04:19:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/min-10-ari-3-buxton-inside-the-parker-highlights-6-hr-game-for-twins-r5992/Win Expectancy (via Fangraphs) Top 5 Twins per WPA: Buxton .302 | Polanco .213 | Hildenberger .198 One of my all-time favorite baseball quotes is this one from Rogers Hornsby: “People ask me what I do in winter when there’s no baseball. I’ll tell you what I do. I stare out the wi...5992Sat, 19 Aug 2017 04:20:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/game-thread-twins-v-diamondbacks-818-710pm-ct-r5990/1. Burnsville – With a population of 61,000 plus, Burnsville is a rather large bedroom community by Minnesota standards. To qualify as an official bedroom community, you must have nothing else to do but sleep and that fits Burnsville. Another way to qualify as an official bedroom community is to p...5990Fri, 18 Aug 2017 11:36:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-building-off-the-mound-r5989/Through a full season last year, the Twins used 11 different starting pitchers, and they trotted out 29 in total. Both of those numbers have been blitzed in 2017, as the club has set franchise records using both 14 starters and 33 arms in total. While that’s a pretty monumental feat in and of itse...5989Fri, 18 Aug 2017 05:22:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/recap-slegers-shines-in-debut-twins-split-doubleheader-r5987/This is like a choose your own adventure recap. If you wanna get to the good stuff, just go ahead and scroll down to Game 2. Otherwise, buckle up for a whole lotta ugliness from Game 1. GAME 1 Win Expectancy (via Fangraphs) Top 3 Twins per WPA: Polanco .175, Gee .167, Buxton .088 The day didn’t...5987Fri, 18 Aug 2017 02:30:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/st-paul-saints-season-on-the-brink-r5986/Sioux Falls Canaries (Aug 10th – 13th) At the start of their latest home stand, the Saints looked to continue their winning ways, facing the Sioux Falls Canaries in a four-game showdown. Unfortunately, the 3-1 series loss was highlighted by two season marks the Saints wish they hadn't set. In the...5986Fri, 18 Aug 2017 01:34:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/the-stew-review-imaginary-innings-r5983/Stew Thornley is one of the Twins official scorers and a baseball historian. He will occasionally provide insight to the decisions official scorers make. If you have any questions you would like him to address in a future story, you can ask them in this Twins Daily thread. You can also read more...5983Thu, 17 Aug 2017 02:38:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/this-week-in-baseball-history-ep-11-mashi-murakami-mania-r5982/Although the Twins' forays into Asia have both been busts, that doesn't diminish the importance of Japan, Korea, and Taiwan as hotbeds of talent and enthusiasm for the game. And long before there was ByungHo Park or Tsuyoshi Nishioka, there was Masanori Murakami, the first Japanese player to make...5982Wed, 16 Aug 2017 17:32:00 +0000