During the MLB.com recap of the Twins' win over the Indians on 16 Sept., the sportscaster mentioned Cleveland's overall record in the Dome. Curious, I sauntered over to the always amazing BR.com and found the all-time records for every visitor in the Metrodome. I re-worked the table so that the [...]
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 Andrew  October 20, 2009, at 1:21 pm  2 LTEs - (Sorry, but the time to add LTEs has expired)  Metrodome, Minnesota Twins, statistics Andrew August 19, 2009, at 6:05 am 6 LTEs - (Sorry, but the time to add LTEs has expired) Andrew, Delmon Young, Guest Writers, _elm_n Last night, _elm_n hit his 7th homerun of the season, and his 5th of the month of August. For starters, here is the game in which each home run was hit [number of games since previous games in brackets] Game 4: April 12 Big League Stew takes a look at the continuing troubles of our end of the Garza/Bartlett trade. You know things are bad when this doesn't necessarily sound like a bad idea: Best of all would be if they could find a way to DL him, because then he could effectively return to the minors on [...] Andrew June 8, 2009, at 8:55 am 13 LTEs - (Sorry, but the time to add LTEs has expired) Omar Vizquel Andrew May 26, 2009, at 9:48 am 6 LTEs - (Sorry, but the time to add LTEs has expired) Joe Mauer, Joe Mauer Is Good, JoePoz In his latest blog entry, everyone's favorite baseball writer doles out some love for everyone's favorite catcher. Andrew April 28, 2009, at 6:00 pm 296 LTEs - (Sorry, but the time to add LTEs has expired) Andrew, F-Bomb, Minnesota Twins, Tampa Bay Rays Today's Game Minnesota Twins: 9-11, 2nd game in current homestand (0-1) Probable Pitchers Francisco Liriano: 0-4, 7.06 ERA, 5.45 xFIP Liriano's last game Last time Liriano pitched was the night game of a day-night doubleheader in Boston, necessitated [...] Andrew April 13, 2009, at 3:34 pm 2 LTEs - (Sorry, but the time to add LTEs has expired) Harry Kalas, Philadelphia Phillies Phillies broadcaster and voice of NFL Films Harry Kalas passed away today at the age of 73. Andrew March 26, 2009, at 7:07 am 12 LTEs - (Sorry, but the time to add LTEs has expired) Bert Blyleven, Hall of Fame [Via MLB Fanhouse] Andrew March 16, 2009, at 10:00 am 56 LTEs - (Sorry, but the time to add LTEs has expired) Andrew, BKAC, Johan Santana, Major League Baseball, Razor Shines, spookymilk, The Wire Name: Kelly Andrew March 7, 2009, at 2:03 pm 2 LTEs - (Sorry, but the time to add LTEs has expired) Andrew, Ticket Promotions, Twins For Monday games*, the Twins will sell HR Porch tickets at the same price as the DOW. For example, if the DOW closes Friday between 7,000-7,999, then tickets will be $7. *Home Opener and Memorial Day excepted Andrew March 2, 2009, at 10:00 am 86 LTEs - (Sorry, but the time to add LTEs has expired) Battlestar Galactica, BKAC, Harmon Killebrew, Joe Mauer, Johan Santana, Kirby Puckett, Lord of the Rings, Minnesota Twins Name: DK Andrew February 23, 2009, at 5:11 am 5 LTEs - (Sorry, but the time to add LTEs has expired) Jose Guillen, Kansas City Royals, Unsound medical practice Andrew February 19, 2009, at 5:20 am 25 LTEs - (Sorry, but the time to add LTEs has expired) AL Central, Baseless speculation If there's one organization to respect in all of sports for building a winner under any economic conditions, it's the Twins. Despite losing nearly every single big-name player since Kirby Puckett, this team just wins. Justin Morneau and Joe Mauer are back as is Francisco Liriano. Your "Where the [...] Andrew February 19, 2009, at 4:47 am 12 LTEs - (Sorry, but the time to add LTEs has expired) Ken Griffey, Seattle Mariners, Yay Nostalgia Straight from the horses mouth: Griffey accepted the Mariners' one-year contract offer, which includes a $2 million base salary and up to $2.5 million in incentives -- based on at-bats and attendance. His return to Safeco Field is expected to lure at least 20 My favorite part of the article: "The 39-year-old Griffey is expected to [...] Andrew February 9, 2009, at 6:09 pm 42 LTEs - (Sorry, but the time to add LTEs has expired) copyright law, Obama poster Remember last Wednesday when brianS posted about the AP suing over the use of one of their photos in the creation of the Obama poster? Well, the artist is pre-emptively suing the AP. It's the old "You can't sue me, I'm suing you!" defense. |
 A colleague of mine who is a big sports guy (primarily college) read Top Jimmy's column and told me that the Twins should trade Joe Mauer. What do I take from that? Joe's demands are large enough that some of the more casual fans are starting to get turned off by him. |
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