Minnesota Twins gifts

I hope every one had a great holiday! I would like to report that I did NOT receive any Minnesota Twins merchandise under my tree this year. Santa?!? Hello, did you forget that I wanted some blue fleece Minnesota Twins mittens? Maybe next year. It’s not like I could wear them to the Metrodome in the summer any way, but I wanted to show my spirit year round and I am betting I could make good use of the Twins mittens at a few early spring and late fall games at Target Field in 2010! I did get a promise from my sister to take me to a game at the Dome in 2009, her word is good as gold so I guess I should count that as a Minnesota Twins gift, right?

Leave me comments with your favorite Minnesota Twins gifts!

Gardy likes Punto, so do I

I read over in the Pioneer Press that Ron Gardenhire is pushing to re-sign free agent shortstop Nick Punto. In fact, he has guaranteed him a starting spot:

"If we sign Nick Punto, he would be my starting shortstop," Gardenhire said.

What happens if we don’t sign Nick Punto? “If we lose Nicky, I'm not afraid to take a look at Casilla over there." said Gardy.

I don’t dislike Alexi Casilla, but I would prefer to see Nick Punto back on the field for the Minnesota Twins in 2009. I think he is a better choice for shortstop and a great batter. Punto has reportedly received inquiries from three or four other teams.

I think the Twins should sign Nick Punto to a multi-year deal and make sure he is a part of opening up Target Field in 2010 as well. I am sure the front office is thinking of that as well, you know, building a team for 2010. Let’s hope good decisions are made so we can have a strong team to finish up the Metrodome Legacy and an even better team to start the new legacy in 2010.

Minnesota Twin Scott Erickson

I read last week that Scott Erickson wants back in with the Minnesota Twins. Remember him? Man, I used to have a huge crush on him back in ’91 – his dark hair and light eyes and oh yeah he was a pretty good pitcher, too. He’s got to be in his 40’s by now and I haven’t exactly seen him around MLB. Perhaps this is a publicity stunt for the Twins or maybe the reporter got it mixed up with Erickson’s desire to make the All-Metrodome team that the Twins are going to select this season.

Good ‘ol Scott Erickson, man that brings back some good memories.

Twins Players Moving Around – Adam Everett a new Tiger

Bodies will be moving all about in the next few months as the Twins and other MLB teams try to secure their roster before spring training. Twins free-agent shortstop Adam Everett is going to be a Detroit Tiger after agreeing to a one-year contract worth $1 million and the Philadelphia Phillies are seriously looking at adding Delmon Young to their roster.

One of the best parts of all the player movement is that there is plenty to blog about! Major League Baseball definitely does a good job of being a year round sport – long regular season, long playoffs, long spring training, winter meetings – is there an off-season?

Twins Spring Training

The Minnesota Twins Spring Training Schedule is out. Every year this is a depressing time for me as I spend my time day dreaming about taking a trip to Florida to see my favorite baseball team up close and personal in the warm sunshine state. This year will be just like last year, no trip to Florida for me, but I swear some day I will go.

You can buy Twins Spring Training Tickets already. I wouldn’t mind seeing the Twins Red Sox or even the Twins Yankees games. Just think, February isn’t that far away.

Delmon Young Future Unknown

I read this in Charley Walters column – not that ground-breaking, but just a reminder that the Delmon Young Minnesota Twins issue is still at the forefront on the Minnesota Sports Scene.


“It remains unclear whether the Twins will be able to move outfielder Delmon Young, but they are intent on trading for bullpen help.”


See ya Delmon - be sure to take your greasy entourage with you.

Twins Metrodome Plans

The Twins are going big for their final Metrodome season. Last week I mentioned the throwback jerseys and the All-Metrodome team, but I also heard they have other surprises in store for us fans. I read that they are putting together a video of the top 100 Metrodome memories to be played at each home game – I will be excited to see that for sure.

The Twins marketing team definitely isn’t sleeping on the job and this final Twins season at the Dome should be a fun one. I will definitely make it out to a few games to say good-bye to the stadium and reminisce about all the good times I have had there (my experiences do not include any make-out sessions in the Dome bathrooms, though.)