Photo by Brace Hemmelgarn/Minnesota Twins/Getty Images We finally have some legitimate rumors! The Past Week on Twinkie Town: With MLB Pipeline releasing their top 100 prospect list on Friday, Ben Jones takes a look at the top two prospects in the Twins organization, Walker Jenkins and Emmanuel Rodriguez. For every glass half full, there is a glass half empty … [Read more...] about Monday Morning Minnesota: The “Rumors Abound” Edition
Bull Durham & the fun book about making it
I really want Crash Davis to leave this seat and for me to sit there instead. | Photo by The Mount Company/Getty Images That movie’s 37 years old this year. Woof! I’d like to share with you a typical prayer that my father led the family in, when my mother was pregnant with her fourth child. “Lord, protect this precious baby that was conceived in sinful lust. Don’t … [Read more...] about Bull Durham & the fun book about making it
Total Twins Draft League, Top Pick Series, Game 5: Rad-ical signs
Dominant off the mound! For the first time, the Top Pick Series saw a pitcher’s duel, with Brad Radke and Matt Garza putting zero after zero on the scoreboard. But the Berries got to Garza first, Steve Braun breaking the dual shutout with a key two-run home run, helping Bloomington extend the series with a 4-1 victory. Braun’s home run was the second and final … [Read more...] about Total Twins Draft League, Top Pick Series, Game 5: Rad-ical signs
The dangers of going prospect-ing
Photo by Brace Hemmelgarn/Minnesota Twins/Getty Images A Buxton & Sano cautionary tale (Author’s Note: I pinky-promise this piece is not a direct response to Ben’s great top prospect outlook. As you’ll read, I’m fine with prospect excitement—so long as dreaming on the future doesn’t mean punting on the present) I’ve never been a big “prospect guy”. Sure, I get … [Read more...] about The dangers of going prospect-ing
Twins Blackout-Free TV Pricing Revealed
Photo by Joseph Weiser/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images 10 years too late, the Twins have a cable-free direct-to-consumer streaming option. After finally divorcing themselves from the blackout and streaming disaster that is/was Bally Sports/Diamond Sports/Fox Sports North and is now FanDuel TV, the Twins announced last October that they would be taking their TV … [Read more...] about Twins Blackout-Free TV Pricing Revealed