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May 2006 Archives
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- Liriano 1-hits Angels
- Francisco Liriano is becoming one of the pitchers that the Twins can rely on to right the ship when things aren’t going well. Wednesday night he had a no-hitter through five innings before...
- Boras Wants Lohse Traded
- I have a feeling Boras is hyping the interest that other teams have actually shown in Lohse.
- Clemens to Return
- Roger Clemens has agreed on a pro-rated $22 million contract with the Houston Astros and will pitch in a couple starts in the minors before joining what will be a much improved starting...
- Angels 6, Twins 3
- Scott Baker struggled again on Tuesday night and now stands to possibly become the third pitcher exiled from the Twins rotation this season. The most likely replacement would be Carlos Silva, who was...
- Angels 4, Twins 3
- Radke has his best start since his April start against Kansas City and the Twins went into the bottom of the 8th with a 3-2 lead which is almost always safe considering they have Rincon and Nathan to...
- Twins 4, Mariners 3
- The Twins won in dramatic fashion on a Lew Ford walk-off homer in the 10th to complete the sweep of Seattle. Johan Santana pitched 7 innings and gave up 3 runs. He did not figure into the decision and...
- Twins 9, Mariners 5
- 123456789RHE Mariners0400000105131 Twins11300121x9140 The Twins bats roughed up Jamie Moyer to help Boof Bonser to his first career big league victory. Bonser wasn’t exactly perfect,...
- Twins 3, Mariners 1
- 123456789RHE Mariners000000100170 Twins021000000370 Francisco Liriano turned in another fine start to lead the Twins to a 3-1 victory against Felix Hernadez and the Seattle Mariners....
- Friday Night Fun
- Friday’s home game against the Seattle Mariners looks to be a fun time. Who cares if we’re 12.5 games back as May winds down? Before the game starts Governor Pawlenty will sign the stadium...
- Any Goodwill Left for Radke?
- Radke has been the definition of consistency for the Twins since he entered the rotation in 1995. From 1996 through 2005 Radke pitched at least 200 innings every year except 2002 (118.1). Excluding...
- Indians 11, Twins 0
- 123456789RHE Indians20010332011150 Twins000000000063 Twins pitching was hit hard on Wednesday afternoon while their bats were completely shut down. Brad Radke had a typical start (not so...
- Twins 6, Indians 5
- 12345678910RHE Indians0002300000590 Twins2200100001691 The Indians scored 5 runs off Johan Santana and the Twins were forced to go 10 innings to pick up the win. The Twins jumped out to an...
- Twins Miscellany
- Stadium Talk The Twins stadium bill has passed, but the debate certainly hasn’t. There’s talk of legal challeges, which sound like they have no chance. There’s also been a lot of...
- Player of the Week: Week 7
- The Twins started off the week with four straight losses including a sweep by Detroit. They finished the week with a 2-1 series victory in Milwaukee. While the week’s record was pretty...
- Brewers 5, Twins 3
- 123456789RHE Twins001200000380 Brewers10000040x5121 Sunday’s game was a tough loss for the Twins who got an excellent start from Boof Bonser in his major league debut. Boof started out...
- Twins 16, Brewers 10
- 123456789RHE Twins60051012116151 Brewers20020003310133 The Twins jumped out to an early 6-0 lead off Milwaukee starter Ben Hendrickson. Hendrickson gave up 6 runs in the first before he was...
- Twins 7, Brewers 1
- 123456789RHE Twins010001050780 Brewers001000000160 Francisco Liriano got his first start of the season for the Twins Friday night, and he met expectations with a nice five inning outing as he...
- Matt Garza Pics
- I'm a Manchester, NH resident and I was at the "Matt Garza Show" yesterday. I managed to take quite a few pictures. Here's the link if your interested in viewing
- We Have a Stadium
- A conference committe has approved the Twins stadium bill. The bill still has to go the full house and senate for a vote, but it’s expected that the votes are there. The bill is similar to the...
- Tigers 5, Twins 3
- 123456789RHE Twins010001001393 Tigers2200100005122 The Twins dropped their fifth straight game and were swept again by the Tigers Thursday afternoon. This is the fourth time the Twins have...
- Tigers 2, Twins 0
- 123456789RH Twins00000000007 Tigers00000002024 On a rare night of great pitching, the Twins still couldn’t come up with a win. Last weekend I was starting to think the Twins might have...
- Tough Rotation Decisions
- Update (5/17/06 4:05 PM): It’s just been reported that the Twins have sent Lohse to AAA Rochester and called up Boof Bonser who will start on Sunday. I’ll be curious to see what the future...
- Tigers 7, Twins 4
- 123456789RH Twins012000100410 Tigers005200000710 Another game, another terrible outing by a Twins starter. This is getting old and it’s giving me a helpless feeling. The Twins have 4...
- White Sox 7, Twins 3
- 123456789RH White Sox030111001713 Twins01010010038 The Twins couldn’t pull off the Series victory and they now find themselves as many games behind the White Sox as they were before the...
- Player of the Week: Week 6
- Week six was a pretty good week for the Twins. Last week everyone was writing off the Twins and concentrating on the upcoming Lynx basketball season (ok, not really). Now people are cautiously talking...
- Silva Out, Liriano In
- I wasn’t so sure Gardy would do it, but alas he made the only sane decision possible: he’s pulling Silva out of the rotation in favor of Francisco Liriano. Liriano will make his first...
- White Sox 9, Twins 7
- 123456789RH White Sox301500000913 Twins700000000712 Sunday night’s bizarre game included 10 total runs in the first inning, a lot of shaky defense and even a triple play. It was...
- Twins 8, White Sox 4
- 123456789RH White Sox01102000049 Twins00005201x814 Through the first 4 1/2 innings of Saturday night’s game Brad Radke worked the Twins into a 0-4 deficit and the bats remained largely...
- Twins 10, White Sox 1
- 123456789RH White Sox00000010016 Twins0203030201015 The Twins won the first of four games against the White Sox with the help of another great performance by Johan Santana. Johan didn’t...
- Twins 4, Rangers 3
- The Twins won their second straight series and 2nd game in a row with a Wednesday afternoon victory in Texas. Kyle Lohse, at risk of losing his spot in the rotation, desperately needed a good start...
- Twins 15, Rangers 5
- Since the 1-0 loss to Kansas City last Thursday, the Twins offense has shown strong signs of improvement. Most notably, they’re getting hits from guys in the middle of the lineup like Torii...
- Introducing Clubhouse
- Less than two months ago when Twins Nation launched I promised that new features were in the works, and today brings the introduction of a big new feature: Clubhouse. Clubhouse is the result of...
- Player of the Week: Week 5
- First, I want to apologize for the slowness to update the past couple days. It’s been a busy weekend, and I’ve spent most of my free time working on a new feature for right here at Twins...
- Twins 4, Rangers 6
- Brad Radke’s start last week turned out to be what we all expected – mostly a result of the team he was pitching against. Texas does have some good hitters, so maybe I’m being a bit...
- Tigers 2, Twins 4
- Johan Santana pitched a marvelous game to lead the Twins to a series victory over the Tigers. Johan had a no-hitter through 6 innings, but the final line was blemished by a rougher 7th innings. Johan...
- Detroit 6, Twins 7
- The Twins set out to prove that they are capable of beating the Detroit Tigers, and they did just that – barely. The Twins scored 2 runs right away in the first inning off starter, Jeremy...
- Batista Scares Pitcher
- Via Twins Without Spin: Tony Batista scares the crap out of a japanese pitcher.
- May 5th ESPN Power Rankings
- The Twins dropped to #21 in the ESPN Power Rankings this week. As far as I can recall, this is the lowest they've ranked in some time.
- Tigers 9, Twins 6
- The Twins lost their 4th straight game against Detroit Friday night at the dome. The Twins offense was surprisingly affective against Kenny Rogers. Rogers has built a reputation of being a Twins...
- Royals 1, Twins 0
- I didn’t watch this game, and I’m happy about that. The Twins were unable to score a run against the worst team in baseball and they allowed Kansas City its first road win of the season....
- Royals 1, Twins 6
- After losing 4 straight the Twins now have a winning streak started after beating Seattle on Tuesday night and Kansas City on Wednesday night. The Twins have also finally found a cure for Brad...
- Mariners 1, Twins 5
- Tuesday night’s game went a little more as scripted than the past week’s games have gone for the Twins. Johan Santana had another excellent start. He went 7 innings and struck out 9. He...
- Positivity
- "The Twins' new second baseman was an all-star on that 2003 Florida Marlins team that played terrible for two months before shocking baseball with a four-month sprint to the playoffs and an upset
- How Bad are the Twins?
- Following this paragraph will be some numbers that display just how awful the Twins have been. If you have a heart condition or are wearing mascara, you may want to stop reading right now. Now here...
- Mariners 8, Twins 2
- The Twins hoped to put a miserable weekend of baseball behind them as they returned to the dome for a 7 game series starting with the Seattle Mariners. Unfortunately, the weekend horror story spilled...
- Player of the Week: Week 4
- In the fourth week of the season the Twins had a record of 2-4, winning both games against the struggling Kansas City Royals. The Detroit Series over the weekend can only be described as embarrassing....
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