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Rocky the Rock Cat: Proud to be an American


The New Britain Rock Cats find themselves in the middle of a tough stretch of baseball. They lost last night, 8-1, to the Altoona Curve, and ...

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Well, the Twins lost tonight, 7-2 to the Pirates. At least it was in a beautiful ballpark. I enjoyed watching the Twitter feeds of the Twins beat writers, reporters and other journalists this afternoon, as they were filled with pictures of PNC Park. I have to say, I love Target Field, but PNC just might have us beat. At the very least, it was nice to see Trevor Plouffe continue to swing the hot bat (2-for-3 with a walk), and Denard Span homered. Hopefully they have better luck tomorrow.
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If Ben Revere's legacy with the Twins is as a speedy outfielder who was a placeholder until better players developed, that's just fine



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If you read this blog with any regularity, it's no secret ...

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The look of a displaced man who will never again see Target Field



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For purposes of this post, I need to start of with 2 limitations: First, I'm thinking about players in the upper levels ...

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Player of the Game: Minnesota's Own Nathan Hanson, who dramatically raised his batting average last night

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Josh Willingham: Trade Bait?



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Over the past few weeks, I have enjoyed reading various posts from other bloggers concerning the Twins' potential trade chips. Names like Denard Span, Matt Capps ...

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The Twins, looking to continue a pretty good stretch of baseball, started off rough. Starter P.J. Walters lasted only into the first inning, and his velocity was reportedly way down. Walters (or the coaching staff) put the Twins in a hole, and I'm curious what the post-game reports are going to indicate regarding Walters' health to start the game in the first place. Jim Thome hit another mammoth home run at Target Field, an estimated 466 feet. Even at 41 years of age, he still has something left ...

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For the second consecutive year, my wife and I made the flight to Minnesota for Justin Morneau's Casino Night. It's a charity event for the Arthritis Foundation -- specifically, juvenile arthritis (Justin's niece suffers from juvenile arthritis). It's part of the Twins week of hope. Instead of hitting up a couple ...

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B.J. Hermsen, perhaps the MVP for the Rock Cats this past month



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After winning 2 of 3 on the road at Erie over the weekend, the Rock Cats earned a much needed day off, though ...

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Every Wednesday evening, I write a recap of all the Twins minor league action, which you can find at TwinsDaily. Take a look if you haven't already. Here's what I wrote about last ...

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It was a veritable clash of the titans tonight, as the Twins took on the Royals. Without Joe Mauer and Denard Span in the lineup, the Twins were still able to plate some runs. As I publish tonight's TwinsDaily minor league report, the good guys are on top 4-2, so let's hope it stays that way!

All of the affiliates were in action tonight, so let's see how they fared.

ROCHESTER 4, NORFOLK 1
Steve Hirschfeld did well in his first AAA start of the season, going 5 innings, ...

Quietly, and with many, many singles, Rock Cats infielder James Beresford is leading the team in batting average

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Last night, the Rock Cats lost to the Akron Aeros 6-2. Starter B.J. Hermsen ...

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Jose Mijares doesn't look much thinner in 2012, but he has been much more effective.


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I was somewhat surprised last winter when the Twins declined to offer portly lefty reliever Jose Mijares a ...

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Chris Herrmann (courtesy of Tia Ann Chapman, Hartford Courant)



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The Minnesota Twins used their sixth round selection in 2009 to draft Chris Herrmann, a native of Tomball, Texas. Herrmann transferred

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