https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/page/328/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/twins-minor-league-report-miracle-win-again-kernels-win-twice-rock-cats-walk-off-r1368/The Twins got a second win against the Angels on Tuesday night. Joe Mauer got four hits for the second straight game. Brian Dozier was forced into the leadoff spot at the last minute and got on base three times. He was leading off because Aaron Hicks was moved down in the order, and then Darin Mastr...1368Wed, 17 Apr 2013 05:06:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/qampampa-with-chris-colabello-r1366/Photo courtesy of Tim Doohan and the Rochester Red Wings After spending eight seasons playing baseball in the Independent leagues, Chris Colabello finally was given the opportunity to play for a major league affiliate last year. In AA-New Britain, Colabello turned some heads hitting .284 with 19 ho...1366Wed, 17 Apr 2013 00:50:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/twins-minor-league-report-miracle-stay-perfect-r1363/The baseball games tonight give us a chance to clear our minds from the devastating news out of Boston. For those of you living in the nightmare, I think I can speak for everybody at TwinsDaily - creators, writers and readers - that our thoughts are with you during this difficult time. For as excit...1363Tue, 16 Apr 2013 03:12:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/rochester-red-wings-road-trip-review-r1361/At 2-8, the Rochester Red Wings 2013 season is not going the way anyone had hoped. It was just two weeks ago that optimists (including myself) were wondering if this would be the season that Rochester would finally put a competitive team on the field for the first time in several years. The Scran...1361Mon, 15 Apr 2013 04:53:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/sign-up-today-adopt-a-prospect-2013-r1359/At Twins Daily, we believe that the Minnesota Twins minor leaguers deserve to be recognized. They may not play in front of big league crowds or for big league pay checks. However, they work really hard and deserve to be noticed when they perform. Last year, we started Adopt-a-Prospect as a way to he...1359Mon, 15 Apr 2013 03:31:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/early-highlights-r1357/The fan-friendly AJ Pettersen has been blogging at Twins Daily since the onset of the site. The Minnetonka native had an impressive career at the University of Minnesota. Following his collegiate career, the Twins made him their 25th round draft pick in 2011. He signed quickly and spent the summer a...1357Mon, 15 Apr 2013 01:44:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/sunday-funday-in-the-minors-r1356/Although the Twins-Mets game was ‘weathered out’ on Sunday, it was another busy day in the Twins farm system. Two games went to extra innings and ended with a walk-off hit. Cedar Rapids finished two more games in Clinton before 5:00 meaning they completed four games in just under 24 hours. Each of t...1356Sun, 14 Apr 2013 22:10:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/saturday-in-the-minor-league-parks-r1353/It’s been fairly easy to write the Twins minor league reports the past four or five days. Aside from the Ft. Myers Miracle, the other Twins affiliates have each missed games this week due to weather. The Cedar Rapids Kernels haven’t played since Monday. So, on a Saturday, it all came together. Four...1353Sun, 14 Apr 2013 04:32:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/weather-wins-and-so-do-the-miracle-r1349/The weather conditions have wreaked havoc on the baseball schedule for much of this week. Games from the Midwest to the Northeast have been postponed, and the story was the same for Friday night. The Cedar Rapids Kernels were weathered-out for the fourth straight day. New Britain was supposed to pla...1349Sat, 13 Apr 2013 03:39:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/pettersen-propels-another-miracle-win-r1348/The Twins had their first scheduled off-day of the season on Thursday. They were in Minnesota watching the snow fall. As they look forward to a weekend, interleague series against the New York Mets, the forecast is for snow to fall in Minneapolis throughout the day on Friday. Hopefully they will be...1348Fri, 12 Apr 2013 11:56:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/qampampa-with-jake-mauer-part-ii-r1346/Yesterday, I posted Part 1 of my interview with Jake Mauer, the manager of the Cedar Rapids Kernels. Cedar Rapids is the home of the Twins Low Class A affiliate in the Midwest League. We discussed his goals as a manager/coach, the language barrier that there can be in baseball, the best part of man...1346Fri, 12 Apr 2013 09:48:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/qampampa-with-jake-mauer-part-i-r1342/As you know, I was able to spend four days in Cedar Rapids last week. I arrived in time for their Meet the Kernels event at Perfect Game Field. At a press conference, hitting coach Tommy Watkins introduced me to manager Jake Mauer. Over the next few days, I had a chance to talk to Watkins, pitching...1342Thu, 11 Apr 2013 04:47:00 +0000