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?

World Series Favorite? Vote Now!

I added a poll to my blog! I don’t think I have ever had a poll on here before, but after having a long conversation with my dad about why I think the Tampa Bay Rays are more deserving of the World Series pennant than the Philadelphia Phillies, I decided to put up a little poll on my blog to see what other people are feeling.

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 pictures

This blog needs a little spicing up so I am going to post a few pictures of my favorite Minnesota Twins. They always say a picture is worth a million words – what do these pictures say to you?

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!