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Liriano Shows His Teeth, Twins Win
Liriano Shows His Teeth, Twins Win
More photos » by Paul Battaglia - AP Lizzy in da Hizzy during the second inning of a baseball game, Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2009, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Paul Battaglia) Browse more photos ...
Homestand Highlights: Royals and Indians
Homestand Highlights: Royals and Indians
voicefromtwinsterritory.mlblogs.com — After a week long trip that included stops in Cleveland and Detroit, the Minnesota Twins return home... and continue their schedule against American League Central rivals. The week long homestand will include series with the Kansas City Royals and Cleveland Indians. Aside from the on-field ... (more) Homestand Highlights: Royals and Indians
Le Sigh
Le Sigh
twinkietalk.com — Rather than reflect on the debacle that was this weekend’s series with Detroit, on this off day... I thought it would be nice to take a peek at how some of the youngsters are doing on the farm for the Twins before they get corrupted by Ron Gardenhire and Joe Favra trying to turn everyone [...] (more) Le Sigh
Desperately Seeking Tapani
Desperately Seeking Tapani
bugsandcranks.com — All too familiar. There was so much optimism surrounding the Minnesota Twins this season. The M&MVP Boys... were the best one-two punch in the game, Denard Span had become the club’s best lead-off hitter since the days of Chuck Knoblauch, ... (more) Desperately Seeking Tapani
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Falling Out of Contention: the Kübler-Ross Model (in Quotes)
"MyTeamRivals" via MyTeamRivals.com in Google Reader — ... I don't know the way we are playing right now, but it isn't Twins baseball and it is frustrating." -Denard Span "Right now whatever they want me to do, I'll just do it. I don't mind throwing in the bullpen, just whatever. It's been like that the whole year, just making the same mistake every start. It's kind of hard for me, waiting five days for my next start and having the same result." -Francisco Liriano (obviously this was before his brilliant performance last night). “That wasn’t much fun. It’s getting kind ...

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