Short post for a short series, the Twins play two against the White Sox to begin the week. The White Sox come into this game on a ... well ... it's hard to explain, but they're not on a winning streak, or a losing streak. We won't be able to figure that one [...]

I love the dingy lucky hat. (from Left of Center Photo)
The Indians come to town for a weekend series after trading blowouts with the Tigers over the last two days (an 11-1 win yesterday, and a 13-2 loss on Wednesday). The Tribe currently sit at 6-10, with a 2-4 record on the road. [...]

A short series with the Tigers starts off the week, two games in Detroit. After facing division leaders in their first four series of the season, the Twins now get the team with the worst record in baseball at 2-10. The Tigers are coming home after a road trip in which they dropped [...]

Since the Twins and Royals met last weekend, the Royals won their first home series of the season against the Yankees and remain in first place in the AL Central, a half game up on the White Sox. This is pretty unfamiliar territory for followers of the Royals, and they are starting to wonder, [...]

They'll be playing this series in my backyard, but I'm not sure if I'll be able to make it to any of the games. Definitely not on Monday, but Wednesday or Thursday is a possibility. If I do go, of course I'll file a full report.
The White Sox come into this series hot [...]

I asked the question in the gamelog on Tuesday about the Twins particularly struggling against groundball pitchers, which was very ably answered by ubelmann, saying that it seemed there were enough batters in the lineup who had better numbers against groundball pitchers that there shouldn't be too much of an effect. That was the [...]

We're almost there. (Image from Michael Cook)
It's finally here. Opening Day! We've survived another winter without baseball. All winter long, we look forward to pitchers and catchers reporting, not because we really want to see starting pitchers throw two innings and call it a day, but rather because it means that opening day [...]

Even though I'm still reeling from having my mind blown upon reading the solution to one of the great mysteries of our time, I will still soldier on to provide you with some interesting/amusing/inane links.
So, if you don't have plans to go try out for the team and experience spring training up close, follow along [...]

The Academy Awards are tonight, so here's an Oscar themed Preview in Blog.

At this point, we've all been without baseball for so long, that even the not-always-highest-quality baseball with the not-always-highest-quality players of spring training seems like the greatest thing that we've seen since we got hooked on some kind of anime series.

I know practice makes perfect, but I can't believe coach is making us [...]

Minnesota Twins (70-73) @ Kansas City Royals (62-80)
The Twins enter the final six series of the season looking to finish with a record better than .500 for the seventh straight campaign. They haven’t helped themselves out too much recently, they snapped a six-game losing streak on Sunday, winning the final game of their weekend [...]

Minnesota Twins (67-63) @ Cleveland Indians (72-57)
The Twins come off their four-game sweep of Baltimore heading into Cleveland to face the first-place Indians. The Indians just finished a 6-3 road trip, winning two of three from Tampa, Detroit, and Kansas City. Recently the Indians have struggled a bit at home, going 7-14 since [...]

Minnesota Twins (58-59) @ Seattle Mariners (65-50)
The Twins continue their death march road trip with a three game series in Seattle. Thus far they are 1-5 on this trip, and have dipped below the .500 mark for the first time in quite a while. The Mariners on the other hand return home after [...]

All right, here we go, a series preview from the end of dinner (burgers, corn on the cob, and pineapple straight off the grill) before the end of the game tonight. That way it's still kosher as a preview, right? Thank goodness they're on the west coast so I get the cushion of [...]

Minnesota Twins (57-54) @ Kansas City Royals (48-62)
The Twins finished their 7 game homestand at 4-3 with a series split against the Indians, they begin a road trip that starts in KC, and goes through LA and Seattle, totaling nine games. Since their demolition of the White Sox in a doubleheader in Chicago, the [...]

I'm not sure I should even be doing this preview. I've seen what happens to people who try to cover the Royals. If Emil Brown asks about me, I was never here.
Minnesota Twins (53-51) vs. Kansas City Royals (47-57)
The Twins have been alternating series wins and losses since the break. Hopefully the [...]

Minnesota Twins (51-50) @ Cleveland Indians (59-43)
The Twins look to notch their first win this season against Cleveland in a three game weekend series on the road. If they don't get that elusive win this season, it doesn't matter too much. First of all, the Twins have essentially played themselves out of the [...]

I apologize for not getting something together for the Angels series, our cats dumped a vase of flowers on our keyboard and the bottom row stopped working for a couple of days. Being that 'Los A_geles', 'A_ahei_', and 'A_gels' all required use of the 'n' or 'm' key, I decided to pass on that [...]

Minnesota Twins (49-43) vs. Detroit Tigers (54-36)
The Twins came out of the All-Star break on fire, sweeping Oakland in four games. They enter this series a season-high 6 games over .500, with six games remaining on the current homestand. The Tigers went into the break on a hot streak, 6-1 in July, but [...]

This is going to be quick. It was Mrs. Mak's birthday yesterday, so I was busy elsewhere.

Minnesota Twins (45-43) vs. Oakland Athletics (44-44)
Both of these teams are right around .500, and in that spirit the Twins have been alternating winning and losing nicely, going 12-12 in their last 24, and 5-6 in their last [...]

Minnesota Twins (43-41) @ Chicago White Sox (37-45)
The Twins head into the All-Star break with four games in three days in Chicago. This series wraps up the current road trip, on which the Twins dropped to 3-4 when they lost 3 of 4 to the Yankees in New York. After an over .500 [...]

Minnesota Twins (42-38) @ New York Yankees (37-41)
The Twins finished June strong, going 13-6 before starting off July with a frustrating 1-0 loss to the Tigers on Sunday night. The Yankees, on the other hand, started off strong in June, going 13-2 before losing 9 of their last 11 games including 2 of 3 [...]

Minnesota Twins (40-37) @ Detroit Tigers (46-31)
The Twins finished their short homestand with a win on Thursday to give them a series split with Toronto. They begin a 10-day, 11-game road trip with a weekend series against the Tigers. The Twins currently have an 18-17 record on the road. After this series, [...]

Minnesota Twins (38-35) v. Toronto Blue Jays (37-37)
The Twins return home for 4 against the Jays after completing their interleague schedule with a 4-2 road trip to the east coast. The last time they faced the Blue Jays they were in the midst of turning around a bad start to May and battling their [...]

I have to tell you, I was less than impressed with the Marlins fan's online presence, there just wasn't much to be had. The same thing happened when we played Tampa right after the Yankees, maybe the enormous New York fan base skews my perception or something.
Wait, you say you don't care how difficult [...]

Minnesota Twins (33-31) v. Milwaukee Brewers (36-30)
After their previous series against the Brewers, the Twins left Milwaukee three games below .500, while the Brewers were a comfortable 10 games above .500. In the three-plus weeks since, the Twins have gone 13-8 while the Brewers have not fared as well, going 9-13. More recently, [...]

Minnesota Twins (30-31) v. Atlanta Braves (35-29)
The Twins host the Braves after an uninspiring start to the current homestand. Minnesota has now lost 3 series in a row as they look to turn things around against Atlanta. The Braves come into the series possibly turning the corner on their own struggles. They [...]

Minnesota Twins (29-29) vs. Washington Nationals (24-36)
Ramon Ortiz's trip down memory lane continues with this weekend series at the Dome against the Nationals. The Twins are returning home after a disappointing road trip. After finishing May winning 11 of 15, the Twins struggled on the west coast, dropping 2 series in Oakland and [...]

Minnesota Twins (28-27) @ Los Angeles Angels (36-22)
The Twins started their west coast road trip by losing two of three to Oakland while scoring 5 runs in 3 games. The Angels are finishing a 10 game homestand on which they are 5-2 so far, winning two of three from Seattle and three of four [...]

Minnesota Twins (27-25) @ Oakland Athletics (26-26)
The Twins wrapped up a very successful 5-1 homestand by sweeping the White Sox in three games. Since being swept by the Indians in Cleveland, the Twins have won 4 straight series. Oakland also had a day off yesterday after winning two of three from the visiting [...]

Well, the Chisox are coming to town, so that means that it's time to check in with our friend Jim Magalus from the Sox Machine. If you recall, Jim and I shared interviews a while back talking about the Twins and White Sox and he's stopped by for a few game logs. I [...]

I'm posting from the road, as we're spending a week at the in-laws for my brother-in-law's graduation. Therefore, this will probably be pretty quick, and I don't think I'm going to get to the White Sox preview for next week's series. So you'll be Big Mak free for a week, enjoy it while [...]

Minnesota Twins (20-23) @ Texas Rangers (17-27)
The Texas Rangers have just finished a road trip which took them to Tampa Bay, where they were swept in three games, and Houston, where they won two of three including a rout on Sunday. The Twins are finishing a road trip which started in Cleveland, where they [...]

After an extremely busy week, me and my better half are heading up to Milwaukee for the series finale with the Brewers. We have tickets in the upper deck, so no doubt we are entered into the Brewer's fancy new database. It will be my first trip to Miller Park, although I'm beginning [...]

Minnesota Twins (18-19) @ Cleveland Indians (21-14)

The Twins struggled through another week losing two of three to a couple of AL Central opponents at home. This series marks the beginning of a nine-game road trip for the Twins which will take them to Milwaukee and Texas. The Indians got off to a scorching [...]

Well you've all been very patient, and, since you've been so well behaved, I'll make good on my promise to you from last time. Here's one of the many hilarious hijinks that ensue when a Twins fan and a Tigers fan share the same office. The baseball season had just started, and I [...]

This is going to be a little bit quicker than some of the others, it has been a real busy week here, but as always, thanks for reading.
Minnesota Twins (16-15) v. Chicago White Sox (14-14)
The Twins in the last week have struggled, losing two consecutive series, first in Tampa, then at home to the Red [...]

Minnesota Twins (15-13) v. Boston Red Sox (18-9)
The Twins return home after a .500 road trip in which they won 2 of 3 from Detroit and lost 2 of 3 to Tampa Bay. The Red Sox won 2 of 3 in New York last weekend, then split a two game set with Oakland before [...]

My wife's family (I guess now it's my family too, right?) lives in St. Petersburg, FL. So when I first met her and explained to her my deep seated fanaticism for the Twins, she told me she was a Devil Rays fan (to my credit, I kept a straight face). Anyway, after a couple of [...]

Hypothetically, let's say I have a co-worker from Michigan who is a Tiger's fan. And let's say that in March of 2006 he offered a small wager that the Tigers would finish with a better record than the Twins. If he had offered that, I would have accepted without batting an eye (easiest $5 I [...]

Minnesota Twins (11-7) v. Cleveland Indians (8-7)
The Twins return home after a 4-2 road trip to Seattle and Kansas City. The Indians are finishing a road trip that began with a sweep by the Yankees in New York as A-Rod had 3 HR and 8 RBI (sounds familiar). This weekend, Cleveland rebounded by winning two [...]

Minnesota Twins (10-5) vs. Kansas City Royals (4-11)
After sweeping the Mariners in Seattle, the Twins move on to face the Kansas City Royals who have just finished up a road trip of their own with John Buck's heroics ending a 6-game losing streak on Wednesday. The Royals had an off day Thursday so they are [...]

First, some exciting news for me, These series preview posts have gotten me an invite to post over at Minnesota Sports Guys once a week. I have an analysis of Carlos Silva's first two starts up as my inaugural post. If you have a couple minutes, go check out the site. Also, [...]

[SBG note: The first game of a series brings a lot of content here that can get lost. This is the fifth post today (not counting the Cup of Coffee). Be sure to check out the music, what are you hearing, another great Mugshot Purgatory by AMR, and another similarly great Series [...]

Minnesota Twins (5-3) v. Tampa Bay Devil Rays (3-5)
The Twins salvaged a win last night against the Yankees at home, while Tampa Bay likewise lost their first two to the Rangers in Arlington before hanging on for a win in the series finale. The Rays have one win in each of their three series [...]

[SBG note: Be sure to check out Big Mak's great series preview below, or if you came here from a link, here.]
It’s Monday, time for a new series for the Twins, which means it’s time for “Charting the Competition” our regular feature where we interview a blogger from the other team. Of course, [...]

Welcome to the third installment of the Series Preview in Blog (now with images!). As SBG mentioned last week, I'm also posting these at my own website along with some other stuff, so stop by and have a look around. Thanks for reading!
Minnesota Twins (4-1) vs. New York Yankees (2-3)
** ESPN would like [...]

[SBG Note: Big Mak continues his excellent series of previewing the blogs of the upcoming opponents with a look at the Chicago White Sox through the eyes of their bloggers.]
Minnesota Twins (3-0) @ Chicago White Sox (1-2)
The White Sox started off the season with a series loss at home against Cleveland. Meanwhile the Twins began [...]

As promised, I'm bumping my interview with a Baltimore Orioles blogger. -- SBG
With the addition of writers here at SBG, sometimes we have an embarassment of riches in the content department (when I'm not the primary contributor). Anyway, I've had this interview in the can for awhile and since the game is about to [...]

[SBG Note: Thanks to Big Mak for the great series preview that follows.]
This is the first of what will hopefully be many series preview posts. I hope these previews will offer a little glimpse into the other team's psyche (or at least that of their fans).
Minnesota Twins (0-0) vs. Baltimore Orioles (0-0)
Ah, that [...]

Welcome, SBG fans to a new feature here at the WGOM. Last year, I started something that I called “Charting the Competition”. This new feature uses that same name, but it embodies something else. Charting the Competition now refers to our attempt to follow the other teams in baseball by hearing from [...]

Katherine Kersten, a writer that I spend very little time reading (because I pretty much disagree with her), writes a column in defense of the Fighting Sioux nickname for the University of North Dakota. I'm not going to get into the politics of that issue, but I wanted to give you her hilarious opening [...]