2011 Game 160: Royals at Red Wings

September 26th, 2011, at 6:01 pm 37 LTEs - (Sorry, but the time to add LTEs has expired) , ,

Can K-Slow get off the schneid for a coveted W? Inquiring minds want to know. The rest of us will be…? From the Yahoo preview:

The Twins need to win two of their final three to avoid 100 losses, but sending Slowey (0-7, 6.54 ERA) to the hill might not help. Minnesota is 0-13 when [...]

Bilateral Cerebral Incontinence Strikes Hack

September 5th, 2011, at 8:40 am 15 LTEs - (Sorry, but the time to add LTEs has expired) , , , ,

The disease, once thought to affect only politicians and political journalists, is both physically debilitating and detrimental to any career with public contact. That’s what doctors told Jim Souhan earlier this summer. Longtime readers alerted the Star Tribune medical staff that something in Souhan’s delivery was off, and that the paper’s resident enforcer appeared to [...]

Game #139: Angels 4, Twins 1

September 4th, 2011, at 9:50 pm 8 LTEs - (Sorry, but the time to add LTEs has expired) , , ,

Twins record: 58-81 Fangraphs MLB Game Wrap

I give Kevin Slowey a solid 7-star rating for today’s game. However, I give the offense (non-Mauer division) an absolutely-serious, whopping 1-star rating. No, I did not listen dispassionately before I rated.

Hitter of the Week: Trevor Plouffe Pitcher of the Week: Kevin Slowey

2011 Game 134: Spoilers on the South Side

August 29th, 2011, at 6:01 pm 91 LTEs - (Sorry, but the time to add LTEs has expired) , , ,

Yahoo sez:

Buehrle has a 0.39 ERA this season and 26 wins in his career against Minnesota, reasons the White Sox should feel confident heading into Monday night’s opener of a three-game set at U.S. Cellular Field.

On July 10th, the Twins had just taken the third of four games from the South Siders [...]

Game 129: O’s at Twins

August 24th, 2011, at 6:38 pm 145 LTEs - (Sorry, but the time to add LTEs has expired) , , ,

GO Slowey!

Bmore:

Hardy SS Markakis RF Jones CF Wieters C Reynolds 1b Andino 3b Fox DH Reimold LF Adams 2b Twins Revere CF Plouffe SS Kubel LF Morneau 1b Cuddyer RF Thome DH Valencia 3b Hughes 2b Butera C Go Twins!

Brainstorm

May 24th, 2011, at 1:59 am 48 LTEs - (Sorry, but the time to add LTEs has expired) ,

Do the Twins ever trade players who both have a few years ahead of them and are not supposedly difficult to manage? Off the top of my head, I can think of the following players who have been traded and had value:

(J.J. Hardy? were there personality issues there? — 0.3 fWAR and counting) Carlos [...]