A Look at the Twinkies Success
spartyandfriends.com 7/13/2009 — JRod from Two Big Boobs stops by to give us a look at the last 7 years of success in Minnesota. Though the Yankees absolutely own the Twins, it hasn’t lessened how impressed I am by them. I also love Joe Mauer. Small Market, Big Success. The Minnesota Twins. The title says it all. ...

WTF?
myteamrivals.typepad.com 7/20/2009 — (image courtesy Yahoo! Sports ) Punto homers, Mauer goes 0-6, and the Twins Lose 5-3 What an odd night in Texas. Nick Punto (!) hit a home run that tied the game, and turned one of the strangest double-plays I've ever seen (which was scored 6-6-6, interesting). Joe Mauer had never gone ...

Twins Sign 2B Mark Grudzielanek
thesportsbank.net 7/21/2009 — By Shaymus McLaughlin The Minnesota Twins signed former Kansas City Royals 2B Mark Grudzielanek on Sunday to a minor league deal. Grudzielanek is working his way back from an ankle injury which kept him out of the lineup during the final two months of 2008 and will provide the Twins with ...

Wasting History
stickandballguy.com 7/26/2009 — I don't like where this season is going. I never like when the Twins look like they aren't going to stay in contention, or at least not take advantage of a poor division, but this year is worse. It is worse because of the unique opportunity presented ...

Twins Talking Trades
twins-territory.com 7/3/2009 — In their final season under the teflon roof, the Minnesota Twins find themselves right near the top of the American League Central with the opportunity to make a run at the playoffs. After three months, the Twins have seen above-average pitching from starters Nick Blackburn and Kevin Slowey; ...

Final In 16: Tigers 11, Twins 9
twinkietown.com 7/5/2009 — More photos » by Tom Olmscheid - AP about 5 hours ago: Detroit Tigers' Curtis Granderson, left, scores behind Minnesota Twins catcher Joe Mauer, left, ...

The Minnesota Twins at the Trade Deadline
thesportsbank.net 7/30/2009 — By Shaymus McLaughlin and David Palmer With baseball’s trading deadline just a couple days away, and the Twins at least in discussion with multiple teams, we figured now was a good time to get everybody caught up on the possibilities that the Twins have heading into Friday’s ...

The Dangers of Anticipation
twinsgeek.blogspot.com 7/24/2009 — It looks like we'll need to wait until at least Sunday. No, I'm not talking about how long we'll need to wait to to get this team out of this funk, though that's probably true too. I wrote a little bit last year about how the Twins always have one ...

Twins Trade Targets: Freddy Sanchez
bleacherreport.com 7/7/2009 — Besides bullpen help, which is how this series started , the Twins are almost certainly looking for help in the middle infield. Brendan Harris, once a seemingly permanent member of Ron Gardenhire's doghouse, has filled in admirably at short since ...

On Defense
twinkietalk.com 7/7/2009 — Historically the Twins have been praised for their ability to compete with less money than other teams in their division, most notably the White Sox and Tigers. Most analysts when talking about the Twins’ ability to compete with less resources always come back to the pitching and defense. ...

The Seattle Mariners' All-Time All-Star Team — Bleacher Report - MLB 7/15/2009
After seeing the Yankees All-Time starting team the other day, I thought I would take a stab at an all-time roster for my hometown team - the Seattle Mariners. Before getting to far into this, I would like to say to bring up the pertinent question ...

Full Lineup of Charity Work by Yankees — NYT > Baseball 7/16/2009
Manager Joe Girardi and all 25 players will take part in a week’s worth of events for the ailing and the needy.

Yankees behind Red Sox 8-ball — NYDailyNews.com - Baseball 7/16/2009
The most glaring number from the Bombers' first half is 0-8 - their record against the Red Sox. Still, even with the lopsided head-to-head record, the Yankees enter the second half at 51-37, trailing the Red Sox by only three games.  ...

The Evil Empire's New Clothes: Am I Missing Something About Joba? — Bleacher Report - MLB 7/16/2009
While my participation in fantasy sports was born sometime in the last decade, in retrospect I think I’ve been subscribing to the concept and principles of fantasy as early as age 10.   Once a year. November 1. The Candy Draft.  ...

Here's a Thought: Making Sense of Kevin Slowey — Bleacher Report - MLB 7/16/2009
Dan Haren, Roy Halladay, Zack Greinke, Javier Vazquez, Kevin Slowey. The first four pitchers on that list are aces. The fifth is Kevin Slowey. Those five lead all qualified pitchers in strikeout-to walk ratio. Looking at that leaderboard, ...