Good morning, Camden Chatters. Let me tell you — around the fourth inning of yesterday’s game, I was feeling a little grumpy. And I know I wasn’t the only one. The Orioles were in a 4-0 hole to the Twins in the rubber game of the season-opening series. The offense had continued its early doldrums […]
Despite collecting twelve hits and plating six runs, the Minnesota Twins could not finish off an Opening Series victory in Baltimore this afternoon. Battles against the robots (ABS) and a shaky appearance from Mick Abel were the primary culprits in defeat. Twins bats quickly built a second-inning rally: Matt Wallner 1B, Josh Bell HBP (Wally […]
First Chuck: 12:35 PM CDT (click here each week for a new anthem!) The Tube: Twins.TV The Dial: Treasure Island Baseball Network Spies ‘R Us: Camden Chat So, uh, remember the thread intro for Thursday’s Opening Day? That was here—until it wasn’t. As such, a fun fact instead of a long intro today: Recently—March 22—actor/entertainer/noted […]
The Orioles and Twins close out the opening series this afternoon at Camden Yards, with first pitch scheduled for 1:35 p.m. ET. The series is tied 1-1 after Baltimore won a dandy Opening Day opener 2-1 before the Twins took Game 2, 4-1, with Kyle Bradish allowing a two-run Royce Lewis homer in his debut […]
The Twins only tallied four hits — fewer than in their season-opening loss — but were able to manufacture four runs against the Baltimore Orioles on Saturday afternoon. Combined with a strong performance from Shelton’s Magical Arm Barn, and Minnesota was able to earn their first win of the 2026 season, a 4-1 victory that […]
The Orioles unveiled a 2026 slogan, to much self-paid fanfare, that says: Fly Different. Setting aside any grammatical quibbles with this particular slogan or motto, if the team is going to live up to it, they are going to have to do something better than what happened last year, whether this is to be described […]
The Orioles off day stayed busy with the team agreeing on a contract extension with Shane Baz, who’s yet to pitch for the team and isn’t pitching today either. Apparently the whole 26-man roster turned out for the press conference. That’s fun. That kind of stuff creates good vibes. The good vibes will be heavily […]
First Pitch: 3:05 pm CDTTV: Twins.TV / FS1Radio: TIBN / WCCO 830 / The Wolf 102.9 FM / Audacy KNOW THINE ENEMY: Camden Chat Each of the last few seasons, that pesky day off right after the season opener has felt particularly sting-worthy. In 2023 and 2025, it delayed Minnesota’s early-season chances to prove that the bad breaks of […]
OK, first things first. My predecessor at TwinkieTown, RandBall’s Stu, would occasionally do a post called a Hosken Powell Memorial Link Dump. Stu uses humor, and what made the title funny is that Hosken Powell, although not a particularly memorable Twins player, was not dead. He was alive and well. (I did a Glen Powell […]
Happy Friday, Camden Chatters! And it’s a very happy Friday indeed because the Orioles won their first game on 2026, a 2-1 victory over the Twins. Trevor Rogers pitched seven scoreless innings. The offense put together a productive string of singles and one big sacrifice fly to score just enough runs. And new closer Ryan […]
The Orioles’ 2026 campaign got off to a winning start on Thursday afternoon at Camden Yards. Trevor Rogers twirled yet another gem, shutting out the Twins for seven innings, before Ryan Helsley closed out the 2-1 victory in Game 1 of the year. Rogers picked up right where he left off last season. His velocity […]
A few positives came from 2026 Opening Day for the Minnesota Twins: the starter was sharp, they showed some aggressiveness on the base paths, and Byron Buxton collected a big hit. But the Twins simply were not able to successfully sequence enough safeties off Baltimore Orioles hurlers to plate more than one run in a […]
Praying for mass extinction as Purdue, Iowa, Nebraska, and Illinois all hit the hardwood tonight. Title subheader says it all, no? Anyway, happy Opening Day to you all. I’m already annoyed thinking about the Minnesota Twins, so it’s best to move on to something that makes me less angry, like college basketba— —oh Christ. It’s […]
First Chuck: 2:05 PM CDT (click here each week for a new anthem!) The Tube: Twins.TV The Dial: Treasure Island Baseball Network Spies ‘R Us: Camden Chat If you weren’t around this past offseason—and no judgement here—you missed our community Back to The Future discussion. When it comes to the Minnesota Twins and the Baltimore […]
Ah, a fresh season. Unlimited potential. Anything is possible! Or at least, it feels that way until the moment your favorite team fails to score after having a runner on third base with no outs, or if the bullpen blows a five-run lead. That is when you remember that baseball, while beautiful, may be the […]
Welcome one and all to Twins Opening Day! As always, we will have our game thread up this afternoon to make predictions about the rest of the season based off a single game, but for now you can read our predictions before a single game is played. All your favorite Twinkie Town writers have pitched […]
Results Our final memorable Twins moment comes to us, fittingly, from just last season. In a rough year for Twins Territory, Byron Buxton was perhaps the one-and-only shining star. Never more than on this day… Per famous philosophizer Porky Pig: “Th-th-th-that’s all, folks!” Hopefully both a fun and at least somewhat accurate-if-subjective look at this […]
Earlier this morning, the Twins announced that they optioned Ryan Kreidler, Alan Roden, and Eric Wagaman to AAA. Combined with Zebby Matthews getting options yesterday and the Twins letting Liam Hendriks and Andrew Chafin walk, and the Opening Day roster is nearly finalized. With the recent round of cuts, Minnesota appears to have set their […]
Opening Week is upon us! With the Twins finalizing their roster, we almost have a clear idea of at least who will be starting the season against the Orioles this weekend. For now, hope springs eternal. The Past Week on Twinkie Town: Elsewhere in Twins Territory: In the World of Baseball:
The Twins had a purported “fire sale” last summer, but they didn’t completely clear out the racks of all their talent. They still have All-Star outfielder Byron Buxton on the field – while he’s still healthy – and All-Star pitcher Joe Ryan. However, they have decimated much of their depth, and it will be up […]
Results were not kind to Reynaldo Lopez in his final Spring start on Sunday. His velocity was down while the Twins production at the plate was up. Lopez has seen mixed results this Spring, including less than ideal velocity on his fastball. While there are no reports of injury, it is fair to wonder how […]
There’s only three spring training games left and the Opening Day roster is starting to take shape (hello, Didier Fuentes). At this point, it’s all about remaining healthy during the final portions of camp and rounding things out on a high note. The lineup today is an interesting one — the Braves are on the […]
First pitch against the Minnesota Twins is at 1:05 at Charlotte Sports Park and the Rays will be providing tv and radio coverage.
Blue Jays 2 Twins 1 The Jays got a bunch of hits (10) but only 2 runs, so they are in mid-season form. And they got good pitching. They loaded the bases in the first, with the help of a couple of errors, with no outs but managed not to score. I did say mid-season […]
Spring Training is winding down. The Jays sent some regulars to Fort Myers to play the Twins and Max Scherzer gets the start. Straw, Lukes, and Sanchez are playing in the outfield. Schneider is there to DH. And Tyler Heineman and Leo Jimenez are playing too. I’ve enjoyed watching Arjun Nimmala and Josh Kasevich too […]