Gardy & Ullger studying up for a fantasy draft | Set Number: X76473 TK1 R1 F0 Draft season cometh Since 2004—a year that cemented by baseball fandom in more ways than the Minnesota Twins—I’ve been playing fantasy baseball. While obviously not reaching the social status of its football brethren, fantasy baseball remains the O.G. of made-up sports. Because it is … [Read more...] about Is this the real life—is this just fantasy?
All-Time Twins team by state of birth
And by “state of birth,” I don’t mean “naked and screaming.” (Take a circle from Bert if you got the reference in the subhead.) For no other reason than curiosity, I wanted to see which Twin (expansion era only) born in each U.S. state had the most valuable Minnesota tenure. Don’t have much more of an intro than that, except maybe with OOTP 26 on the way, this can spawn another … [Read more...] about All-Time Twins team by state of birth
Spring Training Game 5: Twins at Tigers
Photo by Elsa/Getty Images Mickey Gasper makes his much-anticipated Spring debut. First Pitch: 12:05 PM CT TV: FREE on MLB.TV or MLB App (via Tigers broadcast) Radio: None as far as I can tell, but someone correct me in the comments if I’m wrong! The Twins send out the prospects and backups against reigning AL Cy Young winner Tarik Skubal, which should go swimmingly. … [Read more...] about Spring Training Game 5: Twins at Tigers
Twins Top Ten: Right Field
Photo by Brace Hemmelgarn/Minnesota Twins/Getty Images The Hosken Powell Memorial Right Field Rankings Introducing “Twins Top Ten” Over the past few months, I’ve been taking a weekly look at the history of each position on the diamond and figuring out who is the best of the best since the franchise moved to Minnesota. This means that only players from 1961-on will be … [Read more...] about Twins Top Ten: Right Field
Spring Training Game 4: Yankees at Twins
Photo by Julio Aguilar/Getty Images Armando Alvarez and the boys are back in action. First Pitch: 12:05 PM CT TV: None Radio: Audacy The evil empire makes the march to Fort Myers to take on the Twins this afternoon. The Yankees are running out a group of backups and prospects while the Twins roll with a mix of starters and backups, as they’ve been doing throughout the … [Read more...] about Spring Training Game 4: Yankees at Twins