skyking162.com - 3/3/2008
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Day 2 of the 30 in 30 project brings out the Minnesota Twins, who hit a measly 118 homeruns last year. I really enjoy following this organization, as they do a great job of churning out young talent and competing with a payroll that’s consistently in the bottom half of the league. But then they go and do something dumb like keep Jason Bartlett in the minors for an extra year and a half ...
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Watching the Lineups
Twins Geek —
... puzzled by why Slowey wasn’t the default choice. For now we’ll just file it away for future reference as we peruse those box scores. If you're like me and can't listen to the games live (thank god for archived games on GameDay Audio), that's about all you're likely to get. But at this point in the spring, that isn't bad. Twins Round Table In case you're interested, I found a little time (very little, unfortunately) to participate in a round table with Sky at SkyKing162.com and Nick from HomerDerby.com. I come off ...
Your Team Ain’t S#!t #13: The Twins
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... ? But, Nick The Greek’s previewing partner-in-crime, Skyking162, says the reason the Twins will suck is their anemic offense: ...
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