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The Case for Ben Revere: via Twins Territory via the Colonel June 12, 2011 at 12:12 PM; Based off plays like the one above (exhibit A), the fact that he's hitting major league pitching and the fact that he's gotten on Gardy's (Santa's) nice list, I don't think Ben Revere will find himself back down in Rochester anytime soon. It makes sense that Gardy likes him. Revere has been playing stellar defense (exhibit B), has great speed (exhibit C) and is coming through with some big hits (e
If you don't have anything nice to say...: via Twins Territory via the Colonel May 16, 2011 at 10:54 PM; Like everyone's mother teaches them, since I haven't had much nice to say, I haven't been saying anything at all. As I write this, the Twins hold a Major League worst record fo 12-26. Things have gone from a poor start to a spiraling out of control season of sadness. As I rode the elevator down to get breakfast this morning another random employee, a Royals fan, noticed my Twins hat and asked "S
Neshek headed west: via Twins Territory via the Colonel March 20, 2011 at 01:24 PM; I just read this succession of tweets that say Pat Neshek is now a member of of the San Diego Padres. An interesting way to read about this. I've been thinking about doing another post on the Twins and their Twitter usage and I think the sparked the preface of that post. Players posting information on transactions and players responding to that news in a public forum. As a fan, I like the trans
Spring Training Quotes: via Twins Territory via the Colonel February 27, 2011 at 03:48 PM; "If Pavano is the Opening Day starter and you think I'm not going to have Mauer in the lineup, you can kiss my ass" - Ron Gardenhire on who will be catching Pavano opening day"We'll make a new language, the two of us" - Tsuyoshi Nishioka on the Japanese to English to Spanish language barrier with Alexi CasillaAlso, what's with making a wart on Michael Cuddyer's foot public knowledge? They couldn't
Morneau done for good? Making the best of a worst possible scenario: via Twins Territory via the Colonel February 16, 2011 at 08:29 PM; You may have read all of the unfounded conjecture from many blogs and articles about the health of Justin Morneau. From the Twins and Justin we've heard he's doing well and is on track with his workouts to come into spring training at 100% so that's what I believe. But, given the "I have nothing to write about so I'll make something up" articles that guys from the Strib/Pi-Press and blogs that reg
Inbox: Proving the press doesn't know any more than we do: via Twins Territory via the Colonel February 01, 2011 at 05:41 PM; Earlier this week I saw @kellythesier tweet, asking for questions for the latest Inbox on Twinsbaseball.com so I decided to submit a question (the first one answered in the article) to do a test.Beyond the loads of fame Kelly answering my question will no doubt bring me, I've had the theory that, at least concerning the Twins, the press does not have any more info than the club chooses to make pub
Adios Punto, you will be missed.: via Twins Territory via the Colonel January 21, 2011 at 11:05 PM; *Joe & Nick had a falling out which was the real reason the Twins declined Punto's option and allowed him to sign with another team for a mere $700,000Today I read that my good friend Nick Punto signed a 1 year contract with the St Louis Cardinals. After 7 years the Twins had to let him go, for reasons I understand, but it still sucks to see one of my favorite ball players heading to a differe
Jim is back: Going for 600: via Twins Territory via the Colonel January 14, 2011 at 08:41 PM; I'm glad I didn't finish the post I was writing yesterday as it would have been out of date by the time it published. It was all about the Twins options for a power bat off the bench. Of course my first pick was Jim Thome, but now Jim & the Minnesota Twins have saved me the trouble of writing that. Instead I'll write why Jim Thome and the Minnesota Twins are a great fit.1 - Role: On any other
Pavano coming back and Slowey on the slow boat out?: via Twins Territory via the Colonel January 06, 2011 at 12:47 PM; Most signs point to the mustached man coming back to our Twins for at least a couple years which means there would only be 4 spots for Baker, Slowey, Blackburn, Liriano & Duensing. After last season I think Liriano & Duensing should be locks. Blackburn is under contract for a few more years which leaves one spot for the two injury prone fellas... Cupcake and Ponch (or Baker and Slowey for
It's about time: The Hall of Fame finally circles Bert: via Twins Territory via the Colonel January 05, 2011 at 07:53 PM; There's not much to say but, congratulations to Bert Blyleven for getting elected to the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame today. Many Twins fans have believed for years that he should have already been in there and finally we are vindicated.Of course, we're lucky enough to have Bert continually entertaining us broadcasting games on FSN alongside Dick Bremer. If you don't watch non Twins baseball
2011 Minnesota Twins Roster: Who's in the bullpen?: via Twins Territory via the Colonel January 02, 2011 at 03:11 AM; While the starting 9 and pitching rotation are close to squared away (minus the hopefully soon signing of the mustache) the big question heading into the 2011 season is the bullpen. With their All-Star closer coming back from surgery and 2 mainstays (Guerrier and Crain) are gone what are we left with?Here are some of our options followed by my thoughts.What we knowJoe Nathan - barring a major setb
It's so ironic it's actually made of iron: via Twins Territory via the Colonel August 20, 2010 at 08:47 PM; Does anyone else find the John Deere advertisement in the background of this screen cap ironic?- Punto plays in 1 game after coming off the DL with a strained left hamstring and now he's right back on the DL with the same injury. It sucks but what can you do? - What also sucks is getting shut out 11-0 in the series finale against the White Sox but they left town another game down so it's tough to
Thome has the first walk off homer at Target Field: via Twins Territory via the Colonel August 18, 2010 at 09:59 PM; In between innings of tonight's game I'm re-watching last night's walk off win but with Hawk Harrelson & his cohort calling the game instead of watching the replay with Dick & Bert calling it for the 20th time. As I was watching the replay I noticed how quickly Matt Thornton's neck snapped and all in one motion he turned around and walked of the mound because he knew before the ball left t
Twins rolling so here are a few things to chew on: via Twins Territory via the Colonel August 14, 2010 at 06:59 PM; With the Twins playing some great baseball even without their arguably 1st half MVP I thought we could go over a few fun things in the world of the information superhighway (in a baseball related way). - A friend at work recommended I start reading Joe Posnanski's blog. All I can say is it was a great recommendation! Posnanski has an opinion and he's not afraid to back it up with some numbers to
Long time no see, umpires still too big for their britches: via Twins Territory via the Colonel August 07, 2010 at 12:11 AM; I got tired of reading all of the moronic conjecture and uninformed opinions of other baseball blogs and figured maybe I'd stop contributing to all that mess for awhile. Since I've been gone the Twins have gotten themselves right back into the mix of things with the White Sox holding steady and the Tigers playoff hopes are now barely alive after taking over 1st place from the Twins right before th
2 awful series that we'll condense in to one post.: via Twins Territory via the Colonel June 27, 2010 at 08:59 PM; The Twins had an interleague road trip to forget except for Carl Pavano. Between being shut out twice and the starting staff not holding their weight I am betting the Twins are excited to get back home and start fresh. He's in rare company according to an article published on twinsbaseball.com.Twins vs Brewers & Twins vs MetsGold Stars:Carl Pavano - After a complete game against Roy Halladay a
Cliff Lee as a Minnesota Twin?: via Twins Territory via the Colonel June 21, 2010 at 08:23 PM; Come end of July, could Cliff Lee be in a Twins uniform?Over the weekend I read a couple rumors and even today a friend of mine who works at Target Field sent me a text message about rumblings of a trade for Cliff Lee. The two very similar scenarios I've heard are Scott Baker & Wilson Ramos for Cliff Lee or Kevin Slowey & Wilson Ramos for Cliff Lee. Why it doesn't make sense:- The Twins ar
Series Recap: Twins vs Phillies: via Twins Territory via the Colonel June 20, 2010 at 03:05 PM; I mentioned in my last post about how the Twins can't sleep on the Phillies and the Phillies showed why Friday & Saturday night. Good thing the Twins showed a lot of fight and resiliency. Being down 5 runs in the 9th inning on Saturday I'm sure no one expected the Twins to make a comeback but that's the wonderful thing about the game of baseball, anything can happen. Even Friday night they sh
Series Recap: Twins vs Rockies: via Twins Territory via the Colonel June 18, 2010 at 12:53 PM; Overall it was a fun series to watch. The Twins won the series, we got to see Danny Valencia (or Valenchia as Dick & Bert pronounce it) get his first RBI, Butera came up with a big RBI base hit filling in for Mauer yesterday and our starting pitching looked pretty dang good. What was not fun was watching the Twins hit in to 9 double plays (mostly because of bad luck and not bad at-bats) and be
The replay debate: via Twins Territory via the Colonel June 15, 2010 at 12:23 PM; Since the MLB introduced replay for homeruns there's been a lot more talk about extending it's use in other areas of the game. Of course this came to a fever pitch with the blown call that kept Armando Gallarago out of the record books for a perfect game. A lot of people had the knee jerk reaction that there needs to be more opportunity for replay in the game and every point of view has been argue