Hi everyone! Lucy, here, and I'm ready to cat blog! In just two weeks, I'll be married to SBG. I hope you enjoyed SBG's "marital advice" Pepper! I thought it was very funny, as he incorporated a lot of inside jokes for me. I love SBG, and of course, I love our cats! Here are [...]

Hi SBG fans, this is SBG. NO cat blogging yet, I don't know if Lucy will get around to it or not. With two weeks to go before the wedding, there isn't a lot of time to talk about Jags and Theo. Sorry boys!
Last night, I was driving home and listening to the first couple [...]

Welcome SBG fans to a special game of Pepper! As some of you may know, I�m getting married to Lucy in just over two weeks. Even though I�m a wise old man, or at least an old man, just like everyone else, I have concerns and questions about married life. What can I expect? Are [...]

The Next Big SBG Contest numbers are updated through this afternoon's game. Yours truly is tied for the lead with one BUW.
One note on the results so far. It's amazing how fast positions change. Only one of the top five people, FRW, was in the top five the last time I updated [...]

Loyal SBG readers, I need your help.
Just like International Business Machines or Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing, this website has adopted a new, shortened name that simply conveys the product. IBM. 3M. SBG. Like peas in a pod.
I've created a new logo that captures the essence of the website. Crisp and elegant. Delightfully pretentious.
Now, I need [...]

Johan Santana's line tonight: 8IP 5H 1R 1ER 1BB 8K
Man, life is easy when Johan is on the mound. It's been a long time since the Twins won a game, or so it seems. Last week was a pretty crappy week. A loss to Cleveland on Sunday, two losses to Chicago, [...]

I love spreadsheets. I love charting things. I have a great KG spreadsheet. I have a spreadsheet for the Next Big SBG Contest. I used to have a huge Barry Bonds spreadsheet, tracking his progress up the career charts in multiple categories. A spreadsheet is a stats geek's best friend.

Finally, here are the entries to the Next Big SBG Contest. Each contestant has a TLA (three letter acronym). Not surprisingly, my TLA is SBG.

Player
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

MAR
47
4.42
51
2.91
22
55
16
61
15
42

CHC
47
4.34
29
2.45
19
75
15
65
32
41

COD
42
4.89
17
3.01
24
44
14
48
7
52

STM
48
4.64
44
3.28
22
78
12
80
70
48

ANM
46
3.45
57
1.89
24
71
20
75
30
36

ADR
48
4.56
48
3.17
21
55
5
78
6
48

TWJ
50
4.20
46
3.00
21
65
22
70
18
39

PEC
47
4.2
43
3.16
24
60
14
57
35
50

SHN
57
4.32
38
2.19
22
62
18
69
45
49

BRI
91
4.11
78
3.14
44
106
33
123
72
84

LEK
49
3.79
44
2.45
28
57
10
55
30
46

GEB
48
3.64
40
2.7
20
55
12
65
25
40

GRB
48
4.57
35
2.56
24
55
11
70
25
48

JUD
42
4.21
24
2.75
16
56
4
70
21
56

BUW
52
4.26
37
3.52
23
57
21
68
23
39

TEB
46
4.31
27
3.81
23
62
13
59
41
57

SBM
51
4.22
44
2.8
25
50
11
77
44
44

ROG
53
4.18
39
2.37
33
65
18
35
26
55

BEM
45
4.52
49
3.3
21
62
12
72
22
48

RED
52
3.93
47
2.36
22
63
14
77
29
52

SES
49
4.31
41
2.77
26
58
12
58
24
45

FRW
47
4.04
24
3.21
25
63
11
65
48
48

DYB
50
4.31
45
2.37
24
61
13
68
27
53

SBG
49
4.17
39
3.06
24
57
9
80
25
57

AAC
50
4.00
42
2.82
27
60
16
40
30
59

BIJ
47
4.07
41
3.41
22
62
11
81
26
43

The questions were as follows (all at the all-star break).
1. Team Wins
2. Team ERA
3. Quality Starts
4. Johan Santana's ERA
5. Joe Nathan's Saves
6. Joe Mauer's games catching
7. Justin Morneau's HRs
8. Luis Rivas' [...]

I can't believe that SBG talked me into writing for this website. Hi, my name is Finkle and I've known SBG for pretty much all my life. Actually, my name isn't Finkle, but SBG made me take this name and then he writes "Finkle Ruminations" on the top of his website. For [...]

If you are not reading Sun ap led Wo d, you are missing some great Twins stuff. I read that page and I am constantly amazed by the author's insight. It reminds me of when I first started reading Aaron Gleeman. Put Mr. Frightwig on your daily reading list.

I hope I didn't get anybody's noses too bent out of shape with that last post. I was sitting in my office last night about 11:00PM when I finally gave up and said "NO MAS". I went over to my original favorite Twins site, aarongleeman.com and saw that link to the Pioneer Press site. I [...]

When I read this story and the numbers associated with it, I thought, wow, that's about as believable as my story about the Yankee ring-kissing ceremony. I know a little bit about web site numbers. I know pretty much who are the biggest websites in the Twins world by how much traffic they direct to [...]

Hi everyone, it's Lucy, and I'm back for another week of cat blogging. That's right, cats. For those of you who don't know, SBG talks about sports here most days, but on Saturday, I talk about cats. Sorry that I didn't get around to this earlier today, but I am so busy getting ready for [...]

I've been neglecting my blog this week. Some of you know that I've been quite busy at work this week. Such is the life of an attorney sometimes. That's okay, I enjoy the work (for the most part). And I like the people with whom I work. It's a very [...]

I'm still alive, folks. I missed yesterday because I simply did not have enough time to do the blogging thing. That's the way the cookie crumbles sometimes when you have a real job and so forth. I'm sure most of you can appreciate that.
It's going to be short tonight, too. I [...]

First things first. You will note that I have added stats for the Next Big SBG contest above. I also entered my picks along with my rationale below. A little later this week, I'll discuss the entries that I received overall. Thanks to all who entered.
Yes, I know that the Twins lost on Sunday, 2-1 [...]

I redid the projected contest entries after Sunday's game. And my, did we have changes! It's early, folks. I myself fell from 2nd place to 9th. What is interesting to me is that all 26 players are in the top ten in at least 2 categories! What does that mean? Well, at this point, anyone [...]

First of all, thanks to everyone who entered my contest. I hope you all will enjoy it. Each player who entered has received a three letter entry code. Not surprisingly, my entry code is SBG. A total of 25 people entered the contest (I make 26). That's great!
If you look above, you will see a [...]

Welcome to Lucy's CAT BLOGGING! Hi, I'm Lucy, SBG's fiancee. During the week, SBG writes about sports. But, it's Saturday and that means it's time for cat blogging! Last week, SBG wrote about dogs, but no more of that! It's cats now.
We have two cats, Jags and Theo. Jags is a Maine Coon cross [...]

Welcome Pepper! fans! First of all, thanks to all who have entered the contest. Unfortunately, Comcast was down last night, inhibiting my ability to access the questions and do my taxes. I will post my answers later today. I have had quite a few entrants. Each of you will get an e-mail from me assigning [...]

Dmitri Young, in happier days.

The Twins are winning, the contest ends tonight, work is calling and the IRS is waiting! What a taxing time!
Be sure to get your contest entries in. You have until 11:59 CDT on April 14! Good luck!
Come back tomorrow for a game of Pepper!

Sorry for the short post. I've been working long hours and no time for blogging. I've got to get the taxes done yet (yikes!).
Yesterday, the 7th Angel predicted in a comment at this page that maybe something would happen in the Detroit series to push the Twins onto a winning streak. How [...]

First of all, I encourage one and all to ENTER THE NEXT BIG SBG CONTEST. The winner gets two tickets to a Twins game from SBG. The deadline is April 14th at 11:59PM. Click here for details. Good luck.
Last night I was starting my column when I got really tired and punted. I promised at [...]

The Hot/Not Hot Award are SBG awards given out each week to the Twins players who had the best and worst weeks at the plate. The player has to play more than a couple of games in the week to win.
This file keeps track of the previous winners.

Hot
Not Hot

Week
Player
AB
AVE
OBP
SLG
Player
AB
AVE
OBP
SLG

1
Jones
17
.353
.400
.647
Cuddyer
23
.174
.174
.217

2
Jones
17
.353
.476
.706
Stewart
23
.217
.357
.304

Hello SBG fans, and welcome to the first edition of Monday look back and look forward.
After five games, I'll admit that I was a little bit worried. Carlos Silva is out at least until the all-star break (damn!), Li'l Harmon is still groggy from his beaning last week, and Brad Radke gave up a couple [...]

Good morning! I am taking over (this week) on the pet blogging for my fiancee Lucy. Previously, she has blogged about our cats, Jags and Theo, here, here, here, here, and here.
My family never had any cats, it is only after I met Lucy that I had anything to do with cats. But, we've had [...]

Note: Seth got his homework to me with plenty of time to spare. However, because Blogger was not working last night or this morning, I couldn't post until Friday at almost noon.
NOTE: CHECK OUT THE POST DIRECTLY BELOW THIS ONE FOR YOUR CHANCE TO WIN TWO FREE TICKETS TO A 2005 TWINS GAME! [...]

Welcome to the Next Big SBG contest! I am very excited! Now is your chance to win two free tickets to a 2005 Twins game, courtesy of SBG! Here are the rules to the contest.
1. You have to answer 10 questions, listed below. Each question requires a numerical answer, which predicts certain [...]

Twice I have typed in my contest rules only to have them blown away.

Welcome, SBG fans, to another episode of Thursday Wild Card. Thursday is a day in which I talk about what ever comes into my head (as if I don't do that every day). As a preliminary matter, I want to direct you to the post immediately below this one, in which I announce [...]

Hello Twins Fans!
Last October, I invited all of my readers to enter a contest. The purpose of the contest was to predict the Twins' opening day roster based on the season just ended. A lot of people who write blogs pontificate about this and that. They tell you why the Twins or other teams will [...]

Welcome Twins fans!
I was sitting at work tonight and about 9:30 (yes, I was still at work!) I checked out the Twins score and it was 4-0 in the first. And I was thinking, oh boy, here we go. Shortly thereafter, I headed for home after a good long day in the office.
On the way [...]

Well, Twins fans, one game is in the books. Unfortunately (or otherwise, considering the outcome), I was not able to view today's opener. As a matter of fact, I may miss quite a few games in the beginning of April, but we'll have to wait and see about that. Just reading the [...]

For some reason, my internet access wasn't accessing this weekend. So, no cat blogging and no Sunday night post. And now, I'm at work on Monday morning, so no time to post today. I'll try to get something up about today's opener, but for now, enjoy opening day, everyone!
SBG

Welcome, SBG fans to another game of Pepper! I am truly excited about this week�s entry. I won�t be playing this week, only my guest. And as you�ll find out, the game itself isn�t the story, as my guest only partially played Pepper! It is the story leading up to the Pepper! game that is [...]