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Royals 3, Twins 2: Blowing it Scott-Style

Close and late situations are not the friend of the 2026 Minnesota Twins. After a leadoff homer made it 1-0 Royals, Joe Ryan settled down for six innings of one-run ball, as Royal righty Luinder Avila matched him with five two-hit frames, walking three and allowing one run in a bases-loaded, no-out situation that the […]

Game 66: Royals at Twins

First Pitch: 1:10 pm CDT TV: Twins.TV Radio: TIBN / WCCO 830 / The Wolf 102.9 FM / Audacy Avila. Ryan. Titans of the game. With the series split, the Twins will try to grab the inside track towards a weekend victory, and close the gap on their 30-35 record as they attempt to keep […]

Twins 5, Royals 3: Gutsy Zebby and Austin’s arm get it done

A less-controlled-than-usual Matthews manages to last longer than we (or I) expected, and he’s helped by some Cuddyer/Rosario-style cannon shots from the outfield. Inning-by-inning notes: (Rain Delay): Hey, remember when rain delays might have Kris Atteberry interviewing a baseball book author or something interesting like that? No. It’s a 1991 game. I like hearing Herb […]

The Legend of Pat Dean

Every Minnesota Twins season, there’s a player who shines for a period of time and then is never memorably heard from again. Think Scott Diamond in 2012, Chris Colabello’s 2014 RBI binge, Michael Restovich winning a wild one in 2003, or Michael Ryan whipping the White Sox to end ‘03. With the way 2016 had […]

Game 65: Royals at Twins

Time: 7:15 Central Weather: Some chance of rain, 79° Opponent’s SB site: Royals Review TV: “Only in Cupertino.” Radio: What say we bring back Mientkiewicz as a color guy Today’s Royals starter, Michael “Wacha Wacha” Wacha, has been basically Mr. Consistency the last four years; count on him to give you an ERA of about […]

Royals 8, Twins 6: Sign o’ the Times

Prince Night at Target Field included some back-and-forth scoring, some back-and-forth circus baseball, and a rain delay. If the production crew didn’t play Purple Rain during the delay, then they should be fired. Seth Lugo faced off for the Kansas City Royals against the Minnesota Twins’ bullpen to start off this contest. Everything kicked off […]

Game 64: Royals at Twins

FIRST PITCH: 6:40p Central TELEVISION: Twins.TV, “presented by Progressive” RADIO: ‘CCO 830 AM, KMNB 102.9 FM “The Wolf”, Treasure Island Baseball Network, Audacy Application KNOW THE FOE: Royals Review Your Minnesota Twins continue their stretch of games against American League Central enemies, hosting the Kansas City Royals for a four-game set tonight through Sunday before […]

White Sox 8, Twins 0: Fedde through the shredder

A desk in a classroom, 2 p.m.,Watching the shouts of the students,A check of a window (can’t watch early game)…It’s already gone.Bases are loaded, four come across, whileTwins at the plate cannot hit ‘em. Came in today with a streak in playThen three more errors, all from Gray,Nay, sweeper:Nay, sweeper:Nay, sweeper. The brilliance of Erick […]

Game 63: White Sox at Twins

First Pitch: 12:40 PMTV: Twins.TVRadio: TIBN, WCCO 830, The Wolf 102.9 FM, Audacy AppKnow Yo’ Foe: South Side Sox When you’re on the road and you’re getting beat,Feeling down, getting pounded like fresh meat,Then to travel home you can hardly wait,Where you’re starting on a roll and you’re playing great. You tell me that they’re […]

Twins 6, White Sox 4: Twins come back and hold on for the win

The White Sox got on the board first in this game, with assistance from the Twins catcher. In the 3rd inning, Connor Prielipp walked Luisangel Acuna, who proceeded to steal 2nd, then 3rd, and come home on an errant throw from Alex Jackson, scoring the first run of the contest. Chase Meidroth hit an infield […]

Game 62: White Sox at Twins

First Pitch: 6:40 PM CDT TV: Twins.TV, FOX9 KMSP, Gray Media Radio: TIBN, WCCO 830, The Wolf 102.9 FM, Audacy App, LosTwins.com Know thine enemy: South Side Sox Connor Prielipp is on the mound for the Twins today. His last time out he gave up 6 runs in a game the Twins lost 15-2 to […]

The St. Paul Fire Department

It goes without saying that the Twins’ bullpen is in need of some juice. They have seemingly found a few strong building blocks, including Yoendrys Gomez, who has been a revelation for this team after the Twins pulled him out of thin air. Others have done enough to keep the team afloat, but the bullpen […]

Twins 9, White Sox 6: Fifty shades of Tristan Gray

No pitchers, no problem. As long as you have Tristan Gray on your team, he’ll give you enough runs to make sure your suddenly shaky pitching staff can pound the strike zone with ease. It wasn’t all the Twins’ journeyman infielder, but he’s already had a few big swings when they needed it most this […]

Game 61: White Sox at Twins

First Pitch (CT): 6:40 PMTV: Twins.TVRadio: TIBN/830 WCCO/102.9 The Wolf /Audacy AppKnow Yo’ Foe: South Side Sox Seems like just a week that vibes were high as we went into a heated playoff clash with the upstart Chicago White Sox. Well, after losing 3/4 in that series, getting swept by the Pittsburgh Pirates, and losing […]

Monday Morning Minnesota: The “Fun While It Lasted” Edition

After the good vibes from the previous week, reality hit the Twins like a semi truck, and now they are looking at a five-game losing streak. On the injury front, promising rookie Kendrys Rojas and Bailey Ober are hitting the 15-day IL. At the same time, Simeon Woods-Richardson was DFA’d earlier this week, so it […]

Pirates 9, Twins 3: Shiver me timbers

Before this game started, the Minnesota Twins placed SP Bailey Ober on the IL with elbow inflammation (this being just two days after the same fate befell Kendry Rojas). Byron Buxton was also not in the starting nine this afternoon in support of Zebby Matthews. It all proved too much to overcome as the Twins […]

Game 60: Twins at Pirates

First Chuck: 12:35 PM (new anthem each week!) The Tube: Twins.TV The Dial: Treasure Island Baseball Network Spies ‘R Us: Bucs Dugout When I was gallivanting around Washington, D.C. a few weeks ago, I saw that Ted Turner & Bobby Cox had passed away. I wanted to comment on that, as those two fellows had […]

Pirates 10, Twins 9: Everything Bagel

The Twins and Pirates managed to pack two blowouts and a nailbiter into the same nine-inning game, trading blows in a contest that saw both teams score six unanswered runs, culminating in a 10-9 slugfest that produced 27 total hits. For all the world, it looked like another Chicago-esque runaway early. The Pirates struck first […]

Game 59: Twins at Pirates

First Pitch: 3:10 pm CDT TV: Twins.TV Radio: TIBN / WCCO 830 / The Wolf 102.9 FM / Audacy YARR, and, genuinely, YAARGH and AARGH. Pirate-themed sounds or reactions to 2026 Twins fandom? You decide. It’s not my call. The real truth of it is, it’s never been my call. Most of this is up […]

Pirates 6, Twins 5: Twins are walked-off by Bryan Reynolds

The Twins blew an early lead, got it back, pulled out a near-Houdini in the eighth… and in the ninth, the Pirates’ longest-tenured player won the game. Inning-by-inning notes: 1: AppleTV lets some doofus with an iPhone hover around the pitching mound during warmups. I wonder how pitcher Jared Jones feels about this. He’s plenty […]

Game 58: Twins at Pirates

Time: 5:45 Central Weather: Sunny, 77° Opponent’s SB site: Bucs Dugout TV: The Apple that isn’t the Beatles’ record label. Radio: While the Twins are in Pittsburgh, Dan Gladden is romancing your grandma Today’s Pirates starter is rightly Jared Jones, from Whittier, CA. Famous people from Whittier include Tricky Dick, Nomar Garciaparra, Tom Waits, and […]

Oh where, oh where has 2023 gone…

The 2023 Minnesota Twins season will always represent a peak moment in my fandom. After 2022’s epic collapse, the ‘23 squad re-grouped to take the division and win a playoff series for the first time in two decades. Truly a great time to be a Twins fan. One of the key components of that turnaround? […]

White Sox 6, Twins 2: A screeching halt

After exciting rookie Kendry Rojas got scratched from his start with elbow soreness (sigh), Simeon Woods Richardson (sigh, again) stepped in for a spot start which went about as well as expected. Also bad for the Twins, they were facing current AL Cy Young candidate Davis Martin (triple sigh). Let’s get into it. Woods Richardson […]

Game 57: Twins at White Sox

First Pitch (CT): 1:10 PMTV: Twins.TVRadio: TIBN/830 WCCO/102.9 The Wolf /Audacy AppKnow Yo’ Foe: South Side Sox This series has had everything. A nail-biting loss, a nail-biting win, a blowout loss. Let’s hope the pattern keeps up this afternoon and the Twins get a blowout win. Taj Bradley had his start bumped a day in […]

White Sox 15, Twins 2: Holy (expletive)

The Twins played shitty!The Windy City has wrecked our hope.Twins played shitty!It’s such a pity; can’t beat the Po-ope! Maybe it startedWith Buxton launching clear;Nothing in any partWould give any cheer.Swinging like a poop haul,One hit into eight,While those ChicagoansRun across the plate! Well, Goose can have a CommentRiffing on Green Bay to go,But we […]