Minnesota Twins Fan Blogger Moved

Fellow Minnesota Twins Fans and Fellow Twins Bloggers,

I moved my blogging insights to Twins Baseball Love – a new Minnesota Twins blog that I will be sharing with a friend. Thank you for your faithful readership (all three readers – LOL!) and please bookmark the new site. The 2010 Minnesota Twins Season should be a great one. I hope to see you all at some games at Target Field.

Twins Blogger Bored

What no new Twins blog yet? Nope. I am just not feeling that excited about the Minnesota Twins baseball team (even if they are just half a game out of first place). I think I need to get out to the Metrodome and taste the sweet “Dome Dog” nectar so I can get inspired to creat a beautifully scripted web page for my hometown team.


Besides I am waiting for baby jesus Mauer to get back into town.

New Minnesota Twins Blog

I want to create a new Minnesota Twins Blog that incorporates more than just baseball talk because let's face it - I am not a total baseball nut. I have other interests as well - like shopping! I really like to shop at Target and since the new Twins stadium will be dubbed Target Field, it seems fitting to blend my two loves of Twins Baseball and Target Shopping into one blog - right?

That's a rhetorical question because I have already made my mind up...what I haven't decided is what my URL name should be. If anyone has any clever ideas - let me here them!

New Twins Blog

I have officially decided I am starting a new Minnesota Twins blog …. it will be all about:

“My obsession with Target and Twins Baseball”

I will need a few weeks to get it rolling, but watch out other Twins Bloggers – this new blog will be fierce!

Minnesota Twins Fan Blog needs a Do-Over

I am lacking on Minnesota Twins blog inspiration. This blog may be coming to an end real soon. I think I want to start a different blog – maybe on drug users in professional sports, there seems to be plenty of news about that. j/k I would loathe writing about that every day.

I googled Minnesota Twins blog and I didn’t even come up on the first page or the second or the third or the fourth . . . etc. There were celebrity baby blogs ahead of mine – what gives google? I am tired of working with the google powers that be – it may be time to start over. They have a Twins blog that hasn’t been updated since JULY 2008 in the top 10, but not mine. WHATEVER!

I want my new Twins baseball blog to be more than just baseball, though and I want it to have a clever theme . . . way in on these:

How about:

“My obsession with Target and Twins Baseball” (I spend a lot of my time shopping at Target and they are sponsoring the new ballpark)

“Just Another Twins Baseball Girl” (I could incorporate more girly stuff in my blog entries like make-up tips and game day fashion advice)

“Baseball and Bologna” (two of my favorite things – and really a Dome Dog is just a big piece of bologna in a cylinder shape)

Other Twins Blogs – Don’t worry this isn’t a Slam Book

If you google Minnesota Twins Blogs, here are the top five results:

1. Nick & Nick's Twins Blog www.twinsfanatnicks.blogspot.com/

2. Twinkie Town www.twinkietown.com/

3. Twins Nation www.mntwinsnation.com/

4. AaronGleeman.com www.aarongleeman.com/

5. Twins Locker www.twinslocker.com/


Now, my blog is not top 5 worthy, I get that and I am not out to bash any one else or any other blog, but let me give you my quick synopsis of each of these blogs . . . please don’t get any hurt feelings, if you own one of these blogs, read my post about the 23 questions before becoming a blogger – one of them is to have a thick skin:

N&N – good basic blog – it’s not a commercialized site, just a blogger site (like mine) lots of good information including stats, but also good commentary. I would prefer to see more pictures. My favorite segment? post season review vs the pre-season predictions. Nick predicted way more home runs than the Twins could ever actually hit.

Twinkie Town – part of the SBNation blogs, but I think Jesse is a local writer which is nice. Lately I have been randomly voting on their prospects poll. I am not sure any one really cares about the Twins #12 prospect, do they? OK, maybe these guys do – they do have a lot of comments, but I am willing to bet a lot of those voters are just like me, random voters. Whose name sounds the coolest, let’s pick them. I like Shooter Hunt the best.

Twins Nation – Hasn’t been updated since June 23rd, maybe Kris got sick of blogging, too. Google should take it off the top 5.

AG – AaronGleeman is practically famous in the world of baseball. If you need a stat, go see him. I even heard him on the radio the other day, I almost spit out my coffee. My favorite segment: Gleeman is good at conspiracy theory and I love it. Example: the Walters Hartman Minnesota Twins trading Delmon Young story.

Twins Locker – this site is not even operational – Google, hello? Is there a place where you can submit suggestions to Google for them to revise their search results?

Blogging is Work

I was reading an article on blogging tips (there are a million of them out there) to try and get inspired to keep this Minnesota Twins blog and one of the articles created a list of “23 Questions for Prospective Bloggers - Is a Blog Right for You?” – After I stopped analyzing why they picked 23 questions (I love baseball so, of course, numbers are important to me) I read over a few of the questions and decided that blogging is indeed the right thing for me – just an average Minnesota girl with an average knowledge of the Minnesota Twins and an average desire to write about it, but I can answer yes to most, if not all, of these questions. Check it out!

Minnesota Twins Blog through 1/1/09

I was thinking about giving up this Minnesota Twins blog, why? I just don’t have as much time as I used to and I don’t feel as passionate about the Minnesota Twins as I used to, but after a lot of consideration, I am going to give it until….drum roll, please….the new year. That means, I will be dedicated to updating this site at least once a week until January 1st, 2009. But if I find I am dreading it more times than I am enjoying it than I am going to quit. I decided to track my overall progress by using an “enjoy” and a “dread” label at the bottom of the posts and then I will be able to tally up my overall progress come January 1st. I actually hope there are more enjoys as opposed to dreads because I really do like blogging (I am a writer by trade), but I am tired of the Twins so maybe it will be time to find a new hobby January 1st.

Want to encourage me? leave me a comment so I know that others care about the Twins!

Twins Bloggers petering out?

There has been plenty of Minnesota Twins news to report, I just haven’t been reporting it! In fact, when I look around the web there seems to be a lot of bloggers that aren’t blogging as often as they used to. Do you suppose the blogger bug has lost its bite? Or maybe it’s just all this nice summer weather that keeps us outside enjoying recreation that doesn’t involve a QWERTY keyboard. Anyway, I promise to get caught up soon – I am stuck in the office all day today so I promise to compile a list of random Twins facts for your reading pleasure. Stay Tuned Twins Fans! Stay Tuned!

Minnesota Twins Hot Ticket

The great people over at Ticket King still want to advertise on my Minnesota Twins blog -I am not sure why because google has stripped my page rank, but this is still a good quality site and I promised those ticket folks located over there by the Metrodome that I would do my best to increase the page rank and give them a bang for their buck. So go buy your tickets from Ticket King and tell them you heard it from their Twins blogger!

Twins are Hot at Home with Francisco Liriano

Sure, this Minnesota Twins blog has been quiet as of late, but the Minnesota Twins baseball team has not! The Twins are tied for first and on fire!

Last night, Francisco Liriano used that left arm of his to beat down the Seattle Mariners at the Metrodome 9-3…the best part? The Minnesota Twins are tied for first place in the AL Central (again).

I think Francisco Liriano is itching to make it into my top Twins Pitcher list, but he will need to tighten up a but first. Sure, he got the big win and I swore I saw some speeds at 92 MPH, but the 30 pitch 4th inning had me nervous, but he got out of it and the Twins bats are on fire so that always helps the pitchers confidence as well.


I think I am a few series behind on my random game facts, but don’t dismay – I WILL BE BACK (in the voice of the Terminator of course…in honor of Arnie coming to town for the RNC)

Minnesota Twins beat Cleveland Indians at the Dome

Well, for the most part they did. The Twins beat the Cleveland Indians Friday 4-1 and Sunday 6-2, but lost on Saturday night 1-5, winning the series 2 games to 1. It’s time to dig up those random facts I love to share with my Minnesota Twin blog readers regarding this Twins Indians series at the Metrodome. Here they are in no particular order:

...Nick Blackburn improved his record to 3-0 vs. the Indians after Friday nights 4-1 victory. He is on fire at home with a 6-2 record and a 2.54 ERA in 10 starts.

...Randy Ruiz made his Major League debut in Friday’s game, going 1-for-3 with a run scored as the designated hitter – welcome to the big leagues Ruiz!

...Metrodome attendance for Satruday nights loss was 40,000+ - that is a lot of disappointed fans, more than the usual 25,000 in attendance on a week night game.

...Sunday was the twelfth consecutive crowd of 30,000 or more at the HHH Metrodome, the longest streak since 1992 – who says we are in a recession?!

...The Twins are bunting Gods and lead the majors in bunts this season – is there a special bunting coach? It’s not really hitting, is it? I think it’s cool to bunt, but cooler to homer!

...Juan Rincon made his first appearance at the Metrodome not wearing a Twins jersey – worked well for the Twins since he gave up a homerun!

...Francisco Liriano pitched well on Sunday. I think he wants to make it onto my top pitchers list this month.

The Twins are currently playing in Seattle - I hate the west coast games, I like to retire early and the time difference bites. I will post more next week! Go Twins!

Let's slide into first . . . base and place!!!!

Twins win two of three over Brewers, fans show support

The Minnesota Twins continue to amaze me. The Twins Milwaukee Brewers series was a real gem and I have a few miscellaneous facts that I want to share with my loyal Minnesota Twins blog readers (even though it’s a little late.) I will compile facts on the Twins Detroit Tigers series next week (better late than never, right?) Here are the facts that I just can't keep to myself:

--> Joe Mauer hit his third home run of the season on June 27th vs. Milwaukee Brewers. All three homers were in the month of June...does that still make him an All-Star? You betcha!

--> The Twins lost to the Milwaukee Brewers on June 28th in front of 38,963 fans. It was their largest attendance since opening day, March 31 vs. Los Angeles when the Twins (and Torii Hunter) drew 49,596 fans. Perhaps the pressure of all those prying eyes was just too much. Livan Hernandez walked four batters, a season-high.

--> Kevin Slowey pitched his second complete game of the season on June 30th, tossing the first shutout of his career. Woohoo!


--> The Twins were only 278 fans short of drawing 100,000 fans into the Metrodome for the Twins Brewers three game series. Those 278 people were out on their boats enjoying the beautiful weather. They said they would have come out if the game would have been played outside.

--> The Twins finished off Interleague Play with a record of 14-4. Way to go boys in blue!

Twins Angels Series slump, Twins Royal series hump

After the remarkable home opener, I thought the Twins were going to split the Los Angeles Angels series for sure, but I was wrong and the Twins ended up losing the next three. Thankfully, the Kansas City Royals came to town and the Twins were able to win two out three. Had the Twins lost that series, I may have just quit blogging…or probably not, but I would have been a very unhappy Minnesota Twins fan. It was a busy week at the Metrodome with the Twins in town all week; I will be sad next week that they will be on the road.

Countdown to Twins Opener

I wish I was smart enough to put one of those fancy countdowns on this great Minnesota Twins blog, but I can never find the code I want. Google searches have indeed failed me – ha ha. The Minnesota Twins Opener is a mere 11 days away – 11! Does anyone know which Minnesota Twin will wear the number 11 jersey this year? Jason Pridie, poor Jason Pridie who didn’t even make the active twins roster.