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No only "Going home alone" but "Going home alone early". Disappointing but I have gotten used to the Twins saying one thing while doing something completely different.

And we have this coming up too: 2020 Justin Morneau Ice Fishing Classic hosted by UPS and United Way of Hastings benefiting United Heroes League Mille Lacs Lake – February 8, 2020

All things considered I would rather have the Moose but Donaldson is one heck of a ballplayer. No one wants to win more than Donaldson. Todd Frazier should not even be in this conversation with this Twins team.

Why trade Rosario who admittedly had a bad season in the field but knocked in 100+ RBI to play an unproven hitter like Rooker who is a worse fielder than Rosario?

I don't get too excited about/over pickups like this at this time of the year, here today and maybe gone tomorrow if a perceived better name pops up on the waiver wire.

Why the big to-do over a possible home run record? It is only wins and losses that count in my book. A home run record is nice but not as nice as an AL Pennant waving over Target Field.

Right on USAFChief.

Nice job John.

Kepler is far from reaching his potential, as he matures he will become a better hitter.

We attended the Miracles vs Dunedin game last nite and here are a couple of take-aways from the game. 1.Royce Lewis is going to be fun to watch. 2. Vladamir Guererro Jr. is huge and slow but the man can HIT! Watching him play 3B will be interesting. 3. Johan Quezada is in his sixth season of pro ball but is only 24. The man is 6'9" tall and last night he was consistently between 95-97 and topped out at 99. He deserves to be in a higher league.

All that really matters is wins and losses.

I was always told that if you can't say something nice that you shouldn't say anything at all, but here...........geez.....

Absolutely agree. The Twins are desperate to keep their fan base and will do anything it takes to hype Twins baseball because they have nothing else right now. It will take a good season from the current Twins team to finally get Joe's shadow behind them.

You can not grade an organization on what you think will happen in the future, you can only grade on what has transpired. In baseball all that counts is wins and losses, no excuses for injuries, suspensions, bad luck, etc., every team has those. Bottom line, this years Minnesota Twins are a failure and deserve an F.

I give him a D and that is being generous. His use of the bullpen has been terrible and his players keep making the same mistakes. Falvey and Levine would be foolish to keep this old war-horse pulling the Twins wagon.

Nice article Seth, thanks for doing it.

Nice story Steve.

Happy Thanksgiving! It is once again that time of the year to select our annual Twins Turkey of the Year winner. This year we get to select our seventh annual Twins Turkey of the Year award winner, who will be lucky number seven? As always we have plenty of blue-chip candidates to scrutinize, analyze, and reflect on. First off we need to narrow the list down to a manageable size. To view the rest of the story that was recently posted at twinstrivia.com please go to http://wp.me/p1YQUj-37Z

Nice job Seth, a fun piece, I enjoyed it. I remember "The Klaw" when he was a Twin, there was a lot of buzz around him.

Yesterday I attended part 3 of a 4 part Wayzata community education class called "Moneyball, Sabermerics, and the Science of Chance. At the session yesterday we had a guest speaker for the entire 1 1/2 hours and it was Andrew Ettel from the Twins Baseball Research department. It was an enjoyable session and the time went by all too quickly. Andrew did a nice presentation on how the Twins employ sabermetrics and answered many questions from the class members. It as a fun session and Andrew did a very nice job.

With the traffic that this site has, a weekly poll of some type might be interesting. To make a poll viable it needs to have raffic and you guys are the only Twins blog that can pull it off. I think polls are fun and interesting and they might add something to your site. I think the one thing that your site has to "watch out for" is that it truly remains a Minnesota Twins blog site and des not become too much of a mainstream Minnesota Twins schill. By that I mean that it is easy to jump in the Twins bed and fall in love with the organization by becoming too close to it and its people. The Twins organization has many wonderful staff members and players and sometimes when you get too friendly, it becomes difficult to write objectively. Overall, you guys do a great job and have to be one of the top baseball blog site in the country, keep up the good work.

The major league baseball season is a real grind. There are 162 games in about 185 days (give or take) and that includes travel time, not to mention spring training and the postseason. It's a marathon. Players need to keep chugging along, working through illness and injury while they strive for peak performance. Ability is critical, but if a team isn't durable, it's headed for a long season. Everyone knows that Baltimore Orioles Cal Ripken Jr. holds the major league record for consecutive games played with 2,632. But what is the Minnesota Twins record for most consecutive games played and who holds the record? The Twins record for consecutive games played stands at 319, less than two full season. You may be surprised to learn that the record holder is still playing for the Twins today. [PRBREAK][/PRBREAK]He's Justin Morneau, the same guy that has not played more than 135 games since 2008. Download attachment: Morneau_Justin_600_321.JPG Posted at www.twinstrivia.com on Sunday January 13, 2013 Let's take a look at the Twins six longest consecutive games played streaks and see who owns them. Some of the "gamers" on this list will probably surprise you. 319 games - Justin Morneau (1B/DH) - Streak started on June 29, 2007 and ended on June 20, 2009. 249 games - Harmon Killebrew (3B/1B, and OF) - Streak started on September 21, 1965 and ended on July 4, 1967. 245 games - Harmon Killebrew (3B/1B) - Streak started on September 23, 1968 and ended on July 7, 1970. 230 games - Gary Gaetti (3B/OF) - Streak started on September 29, 1983 and ended on June 22, 1985. 210 games - Roy Smalley (Shortstop) - Streak started on April 6, 1979 and ended on June 2, 1980. Smalley's streak would actually have stood at 254 and in second place on this list had he not chose to sit out the last day of the 1978 season. 203 games - Cesar Tovar (played all over) - Streak started on September 4, 1966 and ended on May 4, 1968.In the Twins 52 year history of the Twins, only five players have appeared in every game that the Twins played in a season, so it is a fairly rare occurrence with only one player accomplishing this feat twice. The most recent occurrence was Justin Morneau appearing in all 163 games in 2008 and that was 24 years after Gary Gaetti appeared in all 162 games in 1984. In 1979 Roy Smalley played in all 162 games, Harmon Killebrew did it twice playing in 162 games in 1966 and again in 1969 and Cesar Tovar played in all 164 games in 1967. The list of players that have led the Twins in games played over the years is an interesting list indeed. Who has led the Twins in games played the most frequently? That would be Kirby Puckett who did it eight times including five years in a row. 2012 - Joe Mauer played in 147 of a possible 162 games. 2011 - Danny Valencia played in 154 of a possible 162 games. 2010 - Michael Cuddyer played in 157 of a possible 162 games. 2009 - Michael Cuddyer played in 153 of a possible 163 games. 2008 - Justin Morneau played in all 163 games. 2007 - Torii Hunter played in 160 of a possible 162 games. 2006 - Justin Morneau played in 157 of a possible 162 games. 2005 - Lew Ford played in 147 of a possible 162 games. 2004 - Lew Ford played in 154 of a possible 162 games. 2003 - Torii Hunter played in 154 of a possible 162 games. 2002 - Jacque Jones played in 149 of a possible 161 games. 2001 - Luis Rivas & Corey Koskie played in 153 of a possible 162 games. 2000 - Cristian Guzman & Matt Lawton played in 156 o fa possible 162 games. 1999 - Todd Walker played in 143 of a possible 161 games. 1998 - Matt Lawton played in 152 of a possible 162 games. 1997 - Chuck Knoblauch played in 156 of a possible 162 games. 1996 - Paul Molitor played in 161 of a possible 162 games. 1995 - Karby Puckett & Marty Cordova played in 137 of a possible 144 games. 1994 - Chuck Knoblauch played in 109 of a possible 113 games. 1993 - Kirby Puckett played in 156 of a possible 162 games. 1992 - Kirby Puckett played in 160 of a possible 162 games. 1991 - Chili Davis played in 153 of a possible 162 games. 1990 - Gary Gaetti played in 154 of a possible 162 games. 1989 - Kirby Puckett played in 159 of a possible 162 games. 1988 - Kirby Puckett played in 158 of a possible 162 games. 1987 - Kirby Puckett played in 157 of a possible 162 games. 1986 - Kirby Puckett played in 161 of a possible 162 games. 1985 - Kirby Puckett played in 161 of a possible 162 games. 1984 - Gary Gaetti played in all 162 games. 1983 - Gary Gaettti and Gary Ward played in 157 of a possible 1962 games. 1982 - Gary Ward played in 152 of a possible 162 games. 1981 - John Castino played in 101 of a possible 110 games. 1980 - John Castino played in 150 of a possible 161 games. 1979 - Roy Smalley played in all 162 games. 1978 - Roy Smalley played in 158 of a possible 162 games. 1977 - Rod Carew played in 155 of a possible 161 games. 1976 - Rod Carew played in 156 of a possible 162 games. 1975 - Rod Carew played in 143 of a possible 159 games. 1974 - Rod Carew played in 153 of a possible 163 games. 1973 - Rod Carew played in 149 of a possible 162 games. 1972 - Bobby Darwin played in 145 of a possible 154 games. 1971 - Cesar Tovar played in 157 of a possible 160 games. 1970 - Cesar Tovar played in 161 of a possible 162 games. 1969 - Harmon Killebrew played in all 162 games. 1968 - Cesar Tovar played in 156 of a possible 162 games. 1967 - Cesar Tovar played in all 164 games. 1966 - Harmon Killebrew played in all 162 games. 1965 - Zoilo Versalles played in 160 of a possible 162 games. 1964 - Tony Oliva played in 161 of a possible 163 games. 1963 - Zoilo Versalles played in 159 of a possible 161 games. 1962 - Zoilo Versalles played in 160 of a possible 163 games. 1961 - Bob Allison played in 156 of a possible 162 games. When I looked back over the entire franchise history going back to 1901 for the Washington Senators I found that there was a true "iron man" who currently is ninth on the MLB all-time consecutive games played list with 829 games. Senators 3B Eddie Yost started his streak on August 30, 1949 and he played in every game through May 11, 1955. That is a lot of games. The current active MLB consecutive game streak is in the firm grasp of Detroit Tiger 1B Prince Fielder who stands at 343 and counting. Actually Fielder has missed just 1 game (September 13, 2010) since September 3, 2008 and if he had not skipped that game due to a stomach virus his streak would be at 669 today. The man has been in the big leagues since 2005 and full time since 2006. Since 2006 he has played in 157, 158, 159, 162, 161, 162, and 162 games. An amazing streak for a man his size. Click here to view the article