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Re-Imagining 2009
As we all know, Hollywood ran out of ideas in 1997, so rather than remaking classic horror flicks, they have started “re-imagining” them. Finding new ways to tell old stories. Thank you Rob Zombie. And I don’t mean that. With the...
Mauer Takes Another Step Toward Cooperstown
Virtually limitless are the adjectives one could utilize to properly describe Joe Mauer — unbelievable, incredible, marvelous, unprecedented. One in particular, however, may hold credence above all others — historically significant. In ...
We Had that Coming
Is it the juice or Hawn's kid? As Yogi would say, “It was like deja vu all over again.” For the second time, the Twins were ahead at Yankee Stadium in Game 2 of an ALDS, with Joe Nathan on the mound for multiple innings and Alex Rodri...
Fifteen Faces Of October: The DRT Playoff Preview
With the game’s marquee team noticeably absent, this year’s MLB playoffs are virtually guaranteed to be a ratings disaster. There’s a palpable death of anticipation and excitement that’s almost reminiscent of 2007’s in...
Not Ready to Say Goodbye
Sunday afternoon was supposed to represent Minnesota’s goodbye to the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome, but it represented so much more. It represented a team that has lost its clean-up hitter and an MVP-winner (Justin Morneau), but still does...
Ode to Dan Barreiro
After the Minnesota Twins clinched the American League pennant at Tiger Stadium in 1987, Barreiro penned a short piece for the Minneapolis Star Tribune titled Who Would Have Believed It? 22 years later, in honor of Mr. Barreiro, here are 20 memorable...
Live or Die? Make Your Choice.
Minnesota has enjoyed a successful road trip, but after Carl Pavano lost to Detroit for the first time this season the Twins have dropped three of their last four and now sit three games back with four games to go. Long story short, should the Tiger...
The Showdown in Motown
All that Minnesota wanted was to be within striking distance of the Tigers for its crucial four-game series in Detroit. The Twins pursued and closed ground, and now find themselves two games back at zero hour. A group of men whose collective goal lie...
Span-tastic
Denard Span drove in a career-high six runs as the Twins kept pace in the tight AL Central race with an 11-6 win over Kansas City on Saturday night. Span went 4-for-5, including a bases-loade triple in the fourth, a two-run single in the sixth and an...
Down to Two
On the strength of a 9-4 win over the Royals last night, coupled with a Tigers loss on the South Side, the Twins have narrowed the deficit in the AL Central to just two games. That said, a theme seems to have emerged out of this streak of 10 wins ...
11 Days to Determine a Season: Game 1 — Blackburn Right at Home on the South Side
The Minnesota Twins used a strong pitching performance from Nick Blackburn, some small ball and a bit of timely hitting to win the series-opener 7-0 over the White Sox at Comiskey and draw to within two-and-a-half games of the first place Tigers. ...
