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August 2006 Archives
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- Santana gets Twins back in win column
- Johan Santana did exactly what you want your ace to do: he went out and stopped the Twins 3-game skid before it turned into a season-ending slump. Santana allowed just five hits and a run while...
- Twins struggling with Royals
- The Twins have lost two straight games to a team they should beat. There’s still a month left in the season, but if the race comes down to the final days of the season, they might be able to...
- Shutout by Redman
- The Twins have seemed to play their poorest baseball after off days, and Tuesday’s series opener was no exception. The offense could only muster 5 hits against mediocre lefty, Mark Redman. This...
- Big Willie and the piranhas
- The last two nights have been perfect indications that the playoff race is heating up. Two of the most exciting games of the season came back to back, and best of all, the Twins won both. The Twins...
- Bartman spotted on South side
- I’m not sure if it was Steve Bartman, a good Twins fan or a typical White Sox fan, but some guy at U.S. Cellular field helped out the Twins in the bottom of the ninth on Friday night. With two...
- Offense back for Twins
- The Twins offense had been lackluster in the run department the past few games, but it returned to form against the Orioles on Thursday night. Michael Cuddyer was 4-4 with 4 RBI, Joe Mauer was 3-4...
- Twins shut down by a rookie
- It’s become a common story for the Twins in 2006: shut down by a mediocre pitcher. Adam Loewen entered the Baltimore rotation on June 3rd and has never managed to complete 7 innings. He came...
- With averages rising, catchers stand for ovations
- The New York Times had a Sunday story about the great hitting catchers in baseball today. Obviously, Mauer is the first mentioned.
- Justin Morneau, Canada's All-Time Best at 1st?
- When consulting the numerous All-Time Canadian team lists on the internet and in printed works, many will claim that Bill Phillips, an 1800’s ballplayer is the greatest Canadian born first baseman
- Off night for Twins
- The Twins were pretty flight all-around on Saturday. Sloppy defensive play is being blamed for the 4-1 loss, and there’s definitely some validity to that clame, however, the offense also only...
- Boof and bullpen win opener
- Friday night’s series opener between the Twins and the White Sox was the game that the White Sox were supposed to win. Boof Bonser hadn’t shown much all season long and the way of the...
- Eighth inning rally wins it
- For the second straight night the Twins put together an eighth inning rally to beat the Cleveland Indians. Just as important, the Kansas City Royals were once again able to defeat the White Sox which...
- Radke ends skid
- The resurgence of Brad Radke continues to impress me. Early in the season Radke was terrible, and we later discovered that he was indeed pitching with pain in his throwing shoulder. He’s...
- Rough start for Garza
- Last week I asked if Matt Garza was the answer. By no means am I going to draw any conclusions based on one start, but clearly the jump from the minors to the majors involves some adjustments....
- It's Garza Time
- A couple weeks old, but still a good read if you haven't seen it. Written by Seth Stohs.
- Twins win at Comerica
- The Twins finally won a game at Comerica Park after 7 straight losses there this season. Brad Radke held the Tigers to 2 runs through seven innings despite giving up 9 hits while Rincon and Nathan...
- Worst to best isn't easy
- On Sunday the Twins completed a four game sweep over baseball’s worst team, and it probably came at a time when that team was playing even worse than it usually does. On Monday the Twins had to...
- 5 hits for Bartlett
- There were a lot of hits in Sunday’s series finale in Kansas City. The Twins totaled 22 hits in the game, but no one had more than Jason Bartlett’s 5. In the past week, since July 31st,...
- It's sad, really
- It’s really pretty sad to watch the Kansas City Royals play. Their pitching has walked 34 batters in three games so far which has allowed the Twins to come within a game of sweeping the 4 game...
- Is Matt Garza the answer?
- There’s no doubt that Matt Garza is good, but even Francisco Liriano wasn’t great when he debuted last fall. Last September he was 1-2 with a 5.70 ERA. I will admit, however, that the...
- Another ugly one
- The Twins won the opening game of the series on Monday night by a score of 15-2 yet they still managed to get outscored in the series by a score of 21-17 as they dropped Tuesday’s game 9-0 and...
- Liriano to miss next start
- There’s some bad news in Twins nation and it isn’t that the Twins lost 9-0 to the Rangers on Tuesday night. The Twins website reported that Francisco Liriano will skip his next start with...
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