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Sansevere’s Huddle: Are the Twins flirting with 100-loss season?: via Twins Now - Pioneer Press May 21, 2013 at 10:09 PM; The Twins have been in a tailspin lately. Their starting pitching is struggling. Their lineup isn't what it should be. Pioneer Press sports columnist Bob Sansevere, TwinCities.com sports web producer Kevin Cusick and senior editor/sports Mike Bass delve into these issues and more, including lively banter about the best baseball movie ever made. [audio:http://blogs.twincities.com/twins/files/2013
Minnesota Twins: Twinsights after 5-1 loss in Atlanta: via Twins Now - Pioneer Press May 20, 2013 at 10:57 PM; Twinsights after Monday's 5-1 loss to the Atlanta Braves: --Right from the jump, Kevin Correia didn't feel right in that four-run first inning. "He said he just couldn’t get his arm through," Twins manager Ron Gardenhire said. "Felt like it was behind him all the time. Front side too quick, arm dragging behind him. It’s not hurting. It’s not an injury. He just felt out of whack. You can write 'o
Minnesota Twins: Darin Mastroianni speaks about his slow recovery: via Twins Now - Pioneer Press May 15, 2013 at 10:09 PM; Twins outfielder Darin Mastroianni is clearly frustrated by his slow recovery from a stress reaction in his left ankle, an injury suffered way back on March 25 during the last week of spring training. I asked him Wednesday afternoon where surgery stood as a possible option. "I don’t know," he said after a 9-4 loss to the Chicago White Sox. "It’s been mentioned, but we haven’t talked about it too
Twinsights on Aaron Hicks’ huge night for the Minnesota Twins: via Twins Now - Pioneer Press May 14, 2013 at 10:09 PM; A few postgame Twinsights after Aaron Hicks goes off in a 10-3 win over the Chicago White Sox:: --That catch Hicks made in the sixth inning to rob Adam Dunn of a potential game-tying home run? Wilkin Ramirez says there could be more of those from the rookie center fielder. "He's so athletic, he can do that every day," said Ramirez, who filled in for Hicks in center the previous two days while t
Twinsights: Minnesota Twins pitchers get ready to, uh, hit: via Twins Now - Pioneer Press May 13, 2013 at 10:09 PM; A few pregame Twinsights before Monday night's home game between the Minnesota Twins and the Chicago White Sox: We have reached the point in the season when a little comic relief is in order. Cue early pitchers' batting practice. With the Twins' next road trip including stops in a pair of National League cities, Atlanta (May 20-22) and Milwaukee (May 27-28), it's time to get those slumbering ba
Minnesota Twins: Twinsights on 15-8 win over Red Sox: via Twins Now - Pioneer Press May 08, 2013 at 11:57 PM; A few Twinsights following a 15-8 Minnesota Twins victory over the Boston Red Sox: --A post-game scoring change gave Ryan Doumit the eighth four-hit game of his career, but it took a ridiculous number of viewings on a replay monitor for umpires and the official scorer to be able to determine that. It happened in the top of the seventh when Doumit, batting with runners on first and second, hit a
Twinsights on 6-1 win over the Red Sox: via Twins Now - Pioneer Press May 07, 2013 at 11:21 PM; A few Twinsights after this 6-1 win over the Boston Red Sox: --For an 0-for-4 night, Chris Parmelee sure did a lot of damage at the plate. With one disappointing swing in the fifth inning, a foul out to third with Ryan Doumit on third, the Twins right fielder knocked out two key members of the Boston Red Sox lineup: third baseman Will Middlebrooks and catcher David Ross. Their replacements (Ped
Twinsights after Red Sox 6, Twins 5 in 11 innings: via Twins Now - Pioneer Press May 07, 2013 at 10:09 PM; A few postgame Twinsights after a bitter 6-5 loss in 11 innings to the Boston Red Sox: --Twins reliever Jared Burton blamed no one but himself. Three straight two-out hits spelled the difference in the bottom of the 11th. Burton, who had Jarrod Saltalamacchia down 0-2 and got him to hit a 40-foot dribbler to the third-base side of the mound, admitted he shouldn't have left his feet in trying to
Twinsights: Indians catcher Carlos Santana on Rafael Perez, joking with Joe Mauer: via Twins Now - Pioneer Press May 06, 2013 at 10:09 PM; Before leaving Cleveland, I made sure to ask Indians catcher Carlos Santana about another pitcher he knows well: left-handed reliever Rafael Perez. Coming off shoulder surgery last Sept. 26, Perez opted to leave the only organization he had known, a place where he spent 11 years, to sign with the Twins in February. Perez, after a full month at extended spring training, finally made his first appe
Twinsights: Joe Mauer weighs in on reader’s screen capture: via Twins Now - Pioneer Press May 04, 2013 at 10:09 PM; A few Twinsights to get you ready for Twins at Indians this afternoon: --Alert reader Jason Carlson of Garfield Township, S.D., sent me a screen capture after last night's game via Twitter. The shot seemed to show Indians pinch hitter Ezequiel Carrera stepping on home plate with his left foot as he dropped the sacrifice bunt that moved Mike Aviles... Read more..
Minnesota Twins: Rafael Perez has a decision to make: via Twins Now - Pioneer Press April 30, 2013 at 10:09 PM; Veteran left-hander Rafael Perez will turn 31 on May 15, but there's another date of far greater professional importance for him coming up Wednesday. Per the minor-league contact he signed with the Twins in February, if Perez isn't on the major league roster by May 1, he may elect free agency. Coming off shoulder surgery and stuck in extended spring training, Perez is nowhere near major-league r
Pregame Twinsights on Justin Morneau’s extra work, tonight’s lineups: via Twins Now - Pioneer Press April 26, 2013 at 03:49 PM; Pregame Twinsights on a gorgeous Friday afternoon at Target Field: --Justin Morneau isn’t taking his power outage sitting down. The Twins first baseman just spent close to 45 minutes on the field doing early hitting work with Twins batting coach Tom Brunansky. They started with the tee, as always, then progressed to batting practice, with Bruno calling out situations. “Bases loaded, down by on
Twinsights following Rangers 2, Twins 1: via Twins Now - Pioneer Press April 26, 2013 at 12:13 AM; A few Twinsights for you after falling back to .500: --Justin Morneau broke up a perfect game for rookie Nick Tepesch with that leadoff single in the fifth, but then he made two more outs on a 1-for-4 night. Morneau is 2-for-21 (both singles) since an infield hit in the sixth inning against the Angels on April 16. His last extra-base hit came 29 at-bats ago: an RBI double off Angels RHP Joe Bla
Minnesota Twins: Pedro Hernandez plans, Jose Fernandez change and lineups: via Twins Now - Pioneer Press April 23, 2013 at 12:31 PM; Three Twins Things to get you ready for today's day-night Twin Bill: Thing 1: Keeping the Twins' pitching plans straight lately has required a math degree from MIT, but here's what we gleaned from this morning's clubhouse availability. Lefty Pedro Hernandez is still the pick to fill the fifth-starter's role, which will now be needed on Saturday against the Rangers instead of early next week at D
Minnesota Twins: Why Oswaldo Arcia’s family had to stay home in Venezuela: via Twins Now - Pioneer Press April 16, 2013 at 12:01 PM; Three Twins Things for a Tuesday morning in April: Thing 1: That was a strong debut for Oswaldo Arcia in his fill-in start on Monday night in left field. He heads back to Triple-A Rochester with a .333 batting average, the baseball he lined to right field for his first career hit against Joe Blanton and a deeper hunger than ever to return to the majors for good at some point. Unfortunately, no
Could the Minnesota Twins use Oswaldo Arcia in center field?: via Twins Now - Pioneer Press April 15, 2013 at 10:25 AM; Everybody knows Minnesota Twins super-prospect Oswaldo Arcia can hit. He's done that his whole life, at every level he's been. But what about defense? Can the natural right fielder handle himself out there or is he more of a glorified DH? We'll see how the Twins use Arcia once he joins their roster for this three-game home series against the Los Angeles Angels of Disneyland. Arcia got the call
Minnesota Twins: A deeper look at Aaron Hicks’ nightmare slump: via Twins Now - Pioneer Press April 11, 2013 at 12:19 PM; How bad has this thing gotten for Aaron Hicks? Of the 219 qualifying big-league hitters, Hicks' .057 batting average ranks ahead of just two players: the Pirates' Russell Martin and the Reds' Ryan Hanigan, both of whom are off to 1-for-23 starts. Hicks' 2-for-35 nightmare leaves him last in the American League. The next-worst start belongs to Tampa Bay's Yunel Escobar, who is 3 for 30 (.100). O
Minnesota Twins: What does Ron Gardenhire think of those new heated dugout benches?: via Twins Now - Pioneer Press April 01, 2013 at 01:19 PM; A few quick observations with the first pitch of the Minnesota Twins' 2013 season less than 2 1/2 hours away: () These new heated benches in the Twins dugout and bullpen are really going to come in handy today. Only one problem: The seat where Twins manager Ron Gardenhire typically sits (left end of the dugout, closest to home plate) was stone cold this morning. "I thought I was on the hot seat
Minnesota Twins: Does Justin Morneau’s Opening Day streak end after this year?: via Twins Now - Pioneer Press April 01, 2013 at 06:43 AM; Three Twins things to consider on Opening Day 2013: Thing 1: Despite a stiff back, Justin Morneau is expected to start Monday afternoon against the Tigers, marking the ninth consecutive Opening Day start with the Twins for the Canadian first baseman. Will it, however, be his last? There's no way of knowing until July at the soonest. That's when the trade speculation could really heat up should
Minnesota Twins: Comparing Opening Day payroll to Detroit Tigers’ is kind of alarming: via Twins Now - Pioneer Press March 28, 2013 at 06:43 AM; Further breakdown of the Minnesota Twins’ projected Opening Day payroll (full list below): Their five-man starting rotation will pull down a combined $10.025 million in 2013 pay, or less than one quarter of what the defending American League-champion Detroit Tigers have plunged into their rotation ($43.825 million). Besides veteran right-handers Kevin Correia ($4.5 million) and Mike Pelfrey ($4