athbloggs.blogspot.com - 10/10/2009
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Ok, the better team won. No one will dispute that. How can you not call a team that has 4 Times the payroll of the team it’s playing not the better team. But that’s not the point. Yes you can say that the Carlos Gomez base running mistake cost the Twins the game. Yes you can say that the Joe ...
Joe Nathan's Not Losing His Fastball, Is He?
twinkietown.com 10/22/2009 —
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During last week's great " Joe Nathan : Trade Him? " debate, a friend of mine (who shall remain ...
Game 2 Thriller…
twins.gearupforsports.com 10/10/2009 —
I’m not gonna lie, that was an awesome baseball game to watch, but the Twins got jobbed out of the go ahead run in the top of the 11th inning.
Conspiracy? It makes one wonder. Would the Twins then have been able to hold off the Yankees and win? Who knows. But, not only did Joe ...
Joe Girardi on the Twins
bats.blogs.nytimes.com 10/7/2009 — Yankees Manager Joe Girardi has a few thoughts on his team's first-round opponent, the Minnesota Twins.
Should the Twins Trade Joe Nathan?
jorgesaysno.blogspot.com 10/16/2009 — Now that the Twins have been officially eliminated in 2009, it's time to turn their focus to the 2010 season. What should the Twins do? Patrick Reusse has a suggestion: "2. Get out from under the last half of Nathan's large contract (two years, ...
MLB Playoff Analysis: Minnesota Twins
foulpole2foulpole.com 10/8/2009 — Will The Twins Continue Their Improbable Run?
One of the most successful small market franchises in baseball, the Minnesota Twins continued to surprise analysts by remaining in the race throughout the entire 2009 season. In a great game last night, the Twins managed to defeat the Detroit ...
Closer Implosions
fackyouk.blogspot.com 10/14/2009 — Good morning, Fackers. We began yesterday talking about Huston Street's blown save and how it fit into a trend of closers not being able to lock it down so far this postseason. Aside from the aforementioned meltdowns by Jonathan Papelbon, Joe Nathan and Ryan Franklin, other shutdown late inning ...
Postseason Meltdowns Can Ruin Careers
nybaseballdigest.com 10/11/2009 — Joe Nathan entered the 2009 ALDS with a career ERA+ of 175. For those that may not know, that means he is 75% better than league average. He has also produced a WHIP less than one in five of the last seven seasons. You could argue that he is second to only Mariano Rivera when it comes to naming ...
Game #163 – Twins, Tigers, and The Indians Connection
waitingfornextyear.com 10/7/2009 — Since the baseball season is over in our city, the stories now obviously move to the national scale. I hope all of you were lucky enough to watch the amazing theatre that is October baseball last night in Minneapolis. The Tigers and The Twins put on a epic battle to the death in the 163rd [...]
Looking At The Twins Bullpen
theyankeeuniverse.com 10/7/2009 — From LEN we get word that the Twins will carry 12 pitchers on their postseason roster, with the following 8 relievers making the cut:
Closer Joe Nathan and lefthanders Francisco Liriano, Ron Mahay and Jose Mijares and righthanders Jesse Crain, ...
American League Division Playoffs: Twins Looking To Surprise the Yankees
sportsthenandnow.com 10/7/2009 —
The Twins used some late-season magic to reach the postseason.
In a battle between two Cinderella’s, I guess it is fitting that the Minnesota Twins came away with the victory in their final season playing in the infamous Metrodome.
Of course they really don’t get much of a reward – or ...
Nathan's blown save shocks Twins —
Major League Baseball News 10/10/2009
A two-run lead in the ninth inning of Game 2 of the American League Division Series with All-Star closer Joe Nathan on the mound is exactly the kind of scenario that Twins manager Ron Gardenhire and his club would have dreamed of having in Friday ...
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