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Photo by Focus on Sport/Getty Images Easy dubs. Half an inning set the tone for this game. Minneapolis scored four runs and hit two home runs in the top of the first, cruising to a 9-3 victory and reclaiming the series lead. Despite Mark Guthrie giving up two-run shots to Royce Lewis and Jay Bell in the first then surrendering a fifth run on Jeff Reed’s RBI … [Read more...] about Total Twins Draft League, Top Pick Series, Game 3: Batter repowered

Photo by Brace Hemmelgarn/Minnesota Twins/Getty Images The Guardians have been, as some would say, bizzy. New year, new me. New you. New us. New year, one step closer to a mutual Ship of Theseus. So say we, the public, and so too say the general managers of the American League Central’s other four teams — after all, each of these rosters reaches a unique 26-man … [Read more...] about Rival Roundup, Vol. 60: Carousel on the Corner

Photo by Ron Vesely/MLB Photos via Getty Images The 1991 gang disbands Happy New Year Twinkie Town! Alas, I spent my New Year’s Eve wearing a path from bedroom to bathroom battling the worst norovirus I’ve had since, well, perhaps the start of this millennium. Fortunately I am on the mend and here to bring you some Minnesota Twins anniversary history. 2015 & 2005 … [Read more...] about Twins Flashback 1995: A mixed bag of losing

Denver Post via Getty Images One team’s domination on mound and at bat led to an easy win. Happy New Year, Twins Territory! Let’s ring in 2025 with a simulated baseball tournament result: For only the second time in the Total Twins Draft League playoffs, the Minneapolis Winners did not hammer the opposition to bits, their lumber muted by the opposition’s … [Read more...] about Total Twins Draft League, Top Pick Series, Game 2: A Darrell of laughs

The voice of our live baseball experiences Rounds 1-7 Results: Herb Carneal Tom Kelly The Metrodome Jack Morris Win Twins Theme Dick Bremer Bob Casey We sure do seem to love our Minnesota Twins voices here at Twinkie Town! With Herb Carneal eternally employed on the radio airwaves and Dick Bremer similarly so on the visual spectrum, Bob Casey was the vocal steward of the MN … [Read more...] about Minnesota Twins Eccentricity & Ephemera: A Twinkie Town Definitive List (Round 8)