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Weekend wallops. Compensatory Clash Game 3 Select League (1) Rochester Locks 5(5) Lakeville Noses 4Locks lead 2-1 In this round’s played game, the Noses kept it close throughout but were unable to break Rochester’s lead, falling behind to the top seed in a 5-4 battle. Lakeville brought the deficit to one run three times but never tied the game. The key inning this game was the … [Read more...] about Total Twins Draft League, Compensatory Clash, Game 3: Three to get ready

Photo by Nick Cammett/Diamond Images via Getty Images Rosters are shuffling already, but the faces are all too familiar. The air is thick with the holiday spirit, and also Scott Boras. Take a nice deep breath in together and let’s all round up some rivals. After all, we’re running out of time! There’s only about three and a half months left until baseball is back on the … [Read more...] about Rival Roundup, Vol. 57: Beliebe It, Baby

Photo by Genevieve Ross/Getty Images Some hotshot newspaper kid goes full hubris In recent weeks, we’ve seen how the 2011-2014 disaster removed one Twins manager, hired another, and brought a legend back into the 2015 fold hoping for any kind of spark. The mood quite literally could not have been more different ten years prior. Coming off the 2002-2004 AL Central … [Read more...] about Unparalleled optimism heading into 2005

There will be no surprise ending to this one Introducing “Twins Top Ten” Over the next few months, I’ll be 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 considered, but I will be taking into account their entire tenures … [Read more...] about Twins Top Ten: Catchers

Photo by Ron Jenkins/Getty Images A pitcher’s duel stands out among a sea of offensive slugging. Starting the two-a-weeks now. Compensatory Clash Game 2 Select League (5) Lakeville Noses 4(1) Rochester Locks 7Series tied 1-1 This isn’t the pitcher’s duel promised in the subhead, but for five and a half innings, it was. Then the Locks exploded for seven in the … [Read more...] about Total Twins Draft League, Compensatory Clash, Game 2: Cut to the Chase