Twins Ranger Series

The first Twins baseball series back from the All-Star Break was the Twins Rangers Series. Yes, I know this news is from July (18th, 19th and 20th to be exact), but it was a solid series and I often stress that teams won’t have the same zing when they come back from the All-Star break, but the Twins have remained steady and winning two games out of the three against the Texas Rangers on the first series back was a real momentum booster.

Twins Rangers Series Facts:

...Fridays 6-0 shutout was the Texas Rangers first shut out of the season and in fact was their first shut-out since an August 19, 2007 game at the Metrodome vs. our very own Minnesota Twins. Man, I love it when the Rangers come to town!

...Rangers pitcher Kevin Millwood has never beaten the Twins, he is 0-6. I wish we could play the Rangers every day.

...Delmon Young had his 12th game with 3-or-more hits. Delmon Young wishes we could play the Rangers every day!

...The 14-2 win also inked some season highs for the Twins as the team set single game-highs as a team in total bases, extra-base hits, rbi’s and season high home-runs with four. Who says we aren’t swinging for the fence every time? Oh yeah, me. We aren’t, but wouldn’t it be nice if we could play the Texas Rangers every day?

...The Twins lost the Sunday Rangers game 1-0 with a measly 3 hits. This was the fourth time the Twins have lost a 1-0 game. This was the second time this season that the Twins have scored 12-or-more runs in their previous game only to be shutout in the next game. Ick.

That’s all folks. Check back soon for more fun Twins facts!

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!!!!

Minnesota Twins are winning series

Apparently the come to Jesus meeting had some effect on the Minnesota Twins because in the past week they have managed to win two out of three on the road against the Cleveland Indians and more importantly (not that every win isn’t important), the Twins managed to win three out of four against the AL Central leading Chicago White Sox. Hooah! The division lead is within reach and if the Twins keep up this momentum, the playoffs should be a pleasant experience for us Minnesota Twins fans.

Today is August 1st and everyone should take a minute to remember the 35W bridge victims at 6:05pm tonight. The year went by fast, but I bet it doesn’t feel that way to the people who lost their loved ones. God Bless!