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Contrary to what is implied here, I can report that Josmil Pinto DOES indeed know how to wear his tools of ignorance

Twins catchers. There's Joe Mauer. Then a big, big gap. Sure, Ryan Doumit can technically sit there and intercept a pitch before it hits the umpire. But ...

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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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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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As an 8 year old, I couldn't understand why GM Andy MacPhail would trade away Frank "Sweet Music" Viola

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I recently surpassed it. A couple years ago, in fact. The average age of an ...

Updated 05-25-2012 at 10:17 AM by Twins Fan From Afar

Tags: andy macphail, frank viola, joe mauer, justin morneau, rick aguilera

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One of the more common Joe Mauer complaints in Twins Territory is that he grounds out to second base, and does it a lot. This phenomenon was on display last night in Anaheim, when Mauer was retired on a 4-3 putout in each of his three at-bats. And if you go back to his last plate appearance on April 29, before his day off against lefty C.J. Wilson, Mauer grounded into a 4-6-3 double play. That marks 4 straight at-bats in which Mauer has ...

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Though he had 2 hits last night, Joe Mauer came up short when it counted the most.

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Regardless of what some people in Twins Territory might think, the fact of the matter is that Joe Mauer ...

Updated 04-24-2012 at 03:05 PM by Twins Fan From Afar

Tags: alex wimmers, joe mauer, rock cats, runners scoring position

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Is tonight the night where Liriano puts it together??

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CC Sabathia is down. In two starts this season, he has 0 decisions. In 12 innings pitched, he's given up 16 hits, 9 earned runs, 2 home runs and ...

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Thus far, good things are coming out of New Britain

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A few unrelated items this morning. First, if you missed it, yesterday I wrote about Alex Wimmers' first AA Rock Cats start that took place Monday night, ...

Updated 04-11-2012 at 08:25 AM by Twins Fan From Afar

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Camden Yards from the hotel window.

Well, the baseball side of things left a lot to be desired, but you're not much of a baseball fan if you can't have a great ...

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[Originally published with pictures at Twins Fan From Afar]

As much as I love going to Twins games, there's something special about minor league baseball. It's intimate and personal. It's real and unadulterated -- both the good and the bad. Every year, the New Britain Rock Cats host a "welcome home" dinner for the team, the front office and the fans. This year, it was ...

Updated 04-05-2012 at 08:38 AM by Seth Stohs

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To say that Justin Morneau has been locked in the past few games is an understatement. How does 7-for-14 with 3 home runs and a double sound? If this was the regular season, we'd be beginning a campaign for Morneau to win the AL Player of the Week Award. Although these were only Spring Training games, his offensive performance was meaningful in the larger scheme of things. By "larger scheme," of course, I'm referring to Morneau's ...

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The way it seems right now, even with the optimism that accompanies Spring Training, it's tough to imagine the Twins hoisting the 2012 World Series trophy. In fact, I can't reasonably imagine the Twins having the AL Cy Young award winner on their pitching staff, or the AL MVP in their batting order. But there is one award that this team was built for: The Comeback Player of the Year.


According to the criteria, the award is given to a player judged to have "re-emerged on the baseball field during a given season." ...

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