Aaron Gleeman

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Aaron Gleeman is the poster boy for Twins Blogging, and sports blogging in general. Unable to find his way into Journalism school, he established his personal blog back when "blog" was a little known term.

He has become one of the most established names in sports blogging and is currently employed by NBC Sports. He still finds time to provide some of the best Twins content around on his site, despite his many other writing gigs.

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Link-O-Rama: via Aaron Gleeman September 03, 2010 at 12:17 AM; • I'm not going to write anything about last night's game, because it was gross to watch and Fridays are for linking, but feel free to read my real-time commentary on Twitter to re-live the magic in reverse-chronological order. It works best if you take a shot between each tweet. • The only thing worse than [...]
Twins complete Fuentes trade by sending Van Mil to Angels: via Aaron Gleeman September 01, 2010 at 09:29 PM; Technically the Angels had until October 15 to decide on the player to be named later heading their way in the deal for Brian Fuentes, but it turns out they were simply waiting for Loek Van Mil to go through waivers after being designated for assignment to make room on the 40-man roster for Fuentes. [...]
Twitter Mailbag: Any Questions?: via Aaron Gleeman August 31, 2010 at 10:29 PM; I haven't done a mailbag or question-and-answer entry lately and am always looking to justify my obsession with Twitter, so today I'm opening the floor up for any questions you have about the Twins, me, this blog, and whatever else you have in mind, with the only requirement being that they must be submitted via [...]
Twins Notes: Thome, Fuentes, Kubel, Neshek, Wimmers, and Span: via Aaron Gleeman August 29, 2010 at 08:47 PM; • Not only has Jim Thome switching from the White Sox to the Twins had a massive impact on the AL Central race, Baseball-Reference.com's blog points out that he's having one of the best seasons ever by a 39-year-old (he actually turned 40 over the weekend, but this is his age-39 season). Here are the [...]
Twins get Brian Fuentes from the Angels for a player to be named later: via Aaron Gleeman August 27, 2010 at 08:47 PM; Earlier this week the Twins added Randy Flores, a 34-year-old southpaw reliever who's an iffy fit for the "left-handed specialist" role because he's a marginal big leaguer and not particularly effective against left-handed hitters. Friday evening they added another 34-year-old southpaw reliever by sending a player to be named later to the Angels for Brian [...]
Breaking news: Twins get Brian Fuentes from Angels: via Aaron Gleeman August 27, 2010 at 06:47 PM; I'll have more later, but for now: Ken Rosenthal of FOXSports.com reports and LaVelle E. Neal III of the Minneapolis Star Tribune confirms that the Twins have acquired left-handed reliever Brian Fuentes from the Angels for a player to be named later. Beats the hell out of Randy Flores, if nothing else.
Link-O-Rama: via Aaron Gleeman August 27, 2010 at 12:23 AM; • The good side and bad side of working from home, accurately presented in cartoon form. • All that money bloggers save by living in their parents' basements is now coming in handy. • I'm proud to say that Time magazine named Rotoworld one of the 50 best websites of 2010. • Macaulay Culkin turned 30 years old [...]
Twins go in search of left-handed specialist, settle for Randy Flores: via Aaron Gleeman August 25, 2010 at 09:59 PM; In their search for a left-handed reliever to fill the bullpen void created by injuries to both Jose Mijares and Ron Mahay the Twins claimed Randy Flores off waivers from the Rockies. At first glance Flores may appear to be a perfect fit because he's a 34-year-old veteran who posted a nice-looking 2.96 ERA in [...]
Back on board the Crain train: via Aaron Gleeman August 23, 2010 at 10:23 PM; Back in early June, here is what I wrote in response to a Twitter mailbag question that asked, "Why does Ron Gardenhire stick with miserable Jesse Crain?": Amusingly, that was sent in before Jesse Crain blew the lead Saturday. Coming into Saturday's game he actually had a 3.32 ERA and 14-to-4 strikeout-to-walk ratio in 19 innings [...]
Kevin Slowey’s injury opens rotation spot for Nick Blackburn’s return: via Aaron Gleeman August 22, 2010 at 11:11 PM; There was no shortage of at-the-ballpark booing and talk radio-inspired emoting, but I didn't hear many coherent, logical arguments against the Twins pulling Kevin Slowey despite seven no-hit innings last week. And whatever cases that were made have probably gone silent now that Slowey has been placed on the disabled list with further arm problems [...]
Link-O-Rama: via Aaron Gleeman August 19, 2010 at 09:05 PM; • Not surprisingly, this news set the all-time AG.com record for number of people who sent me a story. Hollywood could produce The Aaron Gleeman Story starring Brad Pitt as me and I'd be less likely to see it than Black Swan. • When it comes to old baseball cards, apparently "worst" is synonymous with "best." • [...]
Twins Notes: Thome, Morneau, Mijares, Gibson, Revere, and Wimmers: via Aaron Gleeman August 17, 2010 at 11:29 PM; • This offseason the White Sox chose not to re-sign Jim Thome in large part because manager Ozzie Guillen urged general manager Ken Williams to let him go, saying he preferred to cycle various players through the designated hitter slot and make the lineup less homer dependent. Thome signed a one-year, $1.5 million contract with [...]
Kevin Slowey and the no-hitter that was never going to happen: via Aaron Gleeman August 15, 2010 at 10:47 PM; Kevin Slowey was brilliant yesterday, no-hitting the A's through seven innings, and many fans at Target Field booed when he didn't come out for the eighth inning. And then they booed far louder when Jon Rauch allowed a one-out hit on the way to giving up two runs. However, it was absolutely the right call [...]
Link-O-Rama: via Aaron Gleeman August 12, 2010 at 10:23 PM; • Quote of the Week, courtesy of Ozzie Guillen: "Who gives a shit who's in town? How about, 'the White Sox are back in Chicago after a long trip.' Even my wife told me Minnesota is coming to town. I said, 'Good, you dating somebody from there? Who cares.'" • [...]
Joe Mauer on historic doubles pace: via Aaron Gleeman August 11, 2010 at 09:47 PM; Games like last night's aren't much fun to write about, but it seems like forever since I've done anything Twins-related in this space and I'm sure everyone is sick of seeing pictures of me and my fellow nerds as the top entry, so ... Joe Mauer had two more hits in the loss, making him 39-for-89 [...]
2010 SABR Convention Recap: via Aaron Gleeman August 09, 2010 at 11:05 PM; I got an aisle seat for my Wednesday afternoon flight to Atlanta for the 40th annual Society for American Baseball Research (SABR) convention and sat down to the right of an orthodox rabbi. Moments later the seat across the aisle was filled by a priest. Seriously. I waited patiently for the world's most obvious joke [...]
Leaving, on that noon plane to Georgia: via Aaron Gleeman August 04, 2010 at 12:11 AM; Blogging will be on hold until next week because of my annual trip to the Society For American Baseball Research (SABR) convention, which is being held in Atlanta. My plan is to post Twitter updates about the people I'm meeting, presentations I'm seeing, and alcohol I'm consuming, so if that sounds interesting you should follow [...]
Twins Notes: Liriano, Slowey, Plouffe, Myers, Ramos, and Eight Years: via Aaron Gleeman August 01, 2010 at 11:23 PM; Yesterday was the eighth anniversary of this blog and the Twins fittingly celebrated by winning their eighth straight game. When it comes to this blog I've been fortunate about many things, not the least of which is that the Twins have been a winning team for almost that entire time. I started blogging on August [...]
Twins get Matt Capps from Nationals for Wilson Ramos and Joe Testa: via Aaron Gleeman July 30, 2010 at 01:11 AM; Matt Capps was available for nothing this offseason. Non-tendered by the Pirates in December following a career-worst campaign that saw him post a 5.80 ERA and .324 opponents' batting average while serving up 10 homers in 54.1 innings, Capps became a free agent and signed a one-year, $3.5 million deal with the Nationals in large [...]
Breaking: Twins trade Wilson Ramos to Nationals for Matt Capps: via Aaron Gleeman July 29, 2010 at 09:23 PM; There's no official announcement yet, but I've confirmed with multiple sources that the Twins have agreed to trade Wilson Ramos to the Nationals for Matt Capps. I'm not a fan of the move, to say the least. I'll have a full write-up shortly.