Twins Spring Training Can't Start Soon Enough

The Twins Spring Training cannot start soon enough! I'm getting so excited for the best time of the year, Twins season.

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Minnesota Twins Spring Training

The Minnesota Twins Spring Training is underway in Fort Myers, Florida. You can imagine the weather is a little nicer down there than in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Pitchers and catchers have reported for duty over the weekend. Some players are already down there training including new Japenese player Tsuyoshi Nishioka, Denard Span, Alexi Casilla, and Ben Revere. Soon, all the position players will be down there and Spring Training will be officially underway. Check out Ticket King for Minnesota Twins Spring Training tickets!

Check Out Our Spring Training Notes!

For any Minnesota Twins fans out there, check out Twins Baseball Love for my thoughts on the 2011 Minnesota Twins Spring Training. Before you know it, pitchers and catchers will be reporting. Spring Training always comes quick so be sure to check out our notes and analysis!

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Minnesota Twins Spring Training

It's never too early to be thinking about Minnesota Twins Spring Training...especially when it's NEGATIVE 5 in Minneapolis.

Minnesota Twins News

Things are rather quiet in the Minnesota Twins News department….at least for the average fan. I am sure if you are one of those super Twins bloggers, you have scouting reports and salary updates and free agent signing rumors, but not me. I got nothing.

EXCEPT, I was at Menards yesterday and they are giving away a Twins Spring Training trip! Airfare, Hotel and game tickets – hooah! I was pumped, it is my DREAM to go to Spring Training. The game tickets are for the Baltimore Orioles and Toronto Blue Jays games. It would be waaaaay more exciting if the tickets were for the NY Yankees or Boston Red Sox games, but hey – a trip to Florida in March? I am not complaining. I hope I win!

Joe Mauer not Ready, not healthy

Everyone’s favorite Minnesota Twins catcher Joe Mauer says he might not be ready to go for the start of Twins spring training – why? He had surgery in December to get rid of a kidney blockage…isn’t that a Kidney Stone? Can’t you just “pass” those? Anyway, I have always thought Mauer was a little soft when it came to toughness and this just proves it even further. Come on Joe, toughen up and get swinging that bat!

I know if he needs a nurse, my friend Nicole would love to volunteer! I think he will be at Twins Fest this weekend Nicole, you should put on a nurses outfit and go to the Dome!

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.

Twins Centerfield Presidential Match-Up

The Pioneer Press did a cute Twins Centerfield story today, relating the competition to be the starting Twin centerfielder to the presidential race. Denard Span said he was John McCain, that cracked me up…I wonder if Carlos Gomez is Hilary Clinton then? And Jason Pridie is Obama?

Remind me of this post next November, Twins Fans, wouldn’t it be something if the 2008 Twins Star Centerfielder matched up with our next president? Sure the Pio thought of it first, but they don’t take it to the next level like I am, stating that whichever player gets the spot, then his corresponding presidential candidate will also get the spot. Hmmmm…OK, I know it is a little hokey, but I just wish I was in Florida for Twins Spring Training and not sitting at my computer hacking away at the Twins Centerfield headline.

Twins start Spring Training Games

The Twins take the field in their first Twins Spring Training game today. The Twins will take on the Cincinnati Reds at 1pm in Sarasota, Florida (about 90 minutes from Ft Myers). I hope our local news stations will cover the game and give us some live highlights tonight on the news. I am excited to see the Twins on the field actually playing a game and not just doing the electric slide shuffle on the field as a workout!

Any bets if I could make it to the game if I left right now? If I had a private jet, it would be close. You can still get Twins Tickets to the game online. If it were me, I would like to see the Twins Red Sox game this Saturday. Too bad I will be at Bloomington Jefferson judging high schoolers on their public speaking abilities. I think I will award extra speaker points to any speaker who mentions the Minnesota Twins or uses the word twin or baseball or even spring…because Twins Spring Training is where my body will wish to be!

Francisco Liriano in Ft Myers 2/27

Twins Pitcher Francisco Liriano finally made it to Twins Spring Training in Ft Myers, Florida…9 days late. Liriano cleared up his visa issues and strolled into camp. He is excited to get going and many Twins players, fans and the Twins coaches are eager to see what can do after being off for 16 months. This Minnesota Twins fan still has hope that Francisco Liriano can be the silver bullet this year for the Minnesota Twins, because like catcher Mike Redmond said, “…we need him. I mean, we NEED him. Bad”

Twins Spring Training

The Pioneer Press has the best Minnesota Twins Spring Training blog ever, I love this blog – check it out! If I can’t be there myself, then I guess I have to read about it (-:

http://blogs.twincities.com/twins/

Francisco Liriano Status

Ok, this Minnesota Twins fan must be living in a fantasy world. I had visions of Francisco Liriano swooping in to save the day and that at the end of this season, every Twins fan would be saying, “Johan who?”

But I read over at the PP that Twins Manager Ron Gardenhire sees it differently. In fact after reading Gardenhires comments regarding Francisco Liriano, I am not sure I want to buy too many Twins Tickets if I can’t count on a solid pitching rotation. Perhaps I am just being too emotional and I should wait until the completion of Spring Training to make my verdict on this year’s Twins pitchers. Let’s also hope Francisco can stay sober enough to make it through the season – remember that DUI charge that's holding him up.

Twins centerfield position debate should be second to Twins Pitching

It seems every one is anxious to determine who is going to be the Minnesota Twins centerfielder, but this Minnesota Twins fan still thinks that decision should take a back seat to who is on the Minnesota Twins pitching rotation.

I have heard several reports that youngster Carlos Gomez really wants the position, but he will have to battle Denard Span and Jason Pridie at the least to get the center spot. Looking over the 40 man roster…there isn’t a single player on there who has ever played the centerfield position full time in the MLB…it could be an interesting year.

Carlos Gomez Fact: Gomez signed withe the Mets when he was 16...do you suppose they had any child labor law issues??? hmmmm....

Minnesota Twins Spring Training

Minnesota Twins Spring training is finally here! Minnesota Twins Spring Training is finally here! Minnesota Twins Spring Training is finally here! Yes, I am excited. The countdown is officially over.

Spring Training post-Santana era

The Minnesota Twins pitchers and catchers will be reporting for their first workout less than a week away (report: Feb 17th, practice: Monday Feb 18th) in Ft Myers, Florida. It’s hard to believe that Minnesota Twins Spring Training is so close. In this Twins post-Santana era, all eyes will be on left-hander Francisco Liriano and his health and performance. He says he is 100% ready to go, but coming back from such a tough injury it is often difficult to maintain that 100%. The biggest question will be, can Francisco Liriano make it through the entire Twins season healthy and ready to take down batters on a whim?!?! Time will tell...

Who will be Center Field for the Minnesota Twins

I think every major league baseball team needs an off season cover story and the Minnesota Twins have several. First of all, will Johan Santana stay or go and second who will fill the spot at center field now that Torii Hunter moved to the west coast.

The Twins have a couple of options at center field . . .Michael Cuddyer just signed a pricey contract and Gardy may slide him over to center field and try to get as much out of him as we can or Craig Monroe would like to point out that he has 77 big-league games at the position as well or perhaps the Twins will fill the hole with youngster Delmon Young – heck, let’s just put Joe Mauer out there for fun. It will be an interesting Twins Spring Training year with so many round players and square holes that need to be filled.

Put me in coach, I’m ready to play!

Santana in Florida joins Liriano

Johan Santana has arrived in Fort Myers, Florida to start his spring training workouts, but he still isn’t sure whose uniform he will be wearing come April. The Minnesota Twins are getting back Francisco Liriano this season from Tommy John surgery, but will he be enough to replace a Santana-sized void in the pitching rotation?

For Now, Santana is still a Twin, but he rejected the Twins four year, $80 million contract extension offer, meaning he wants to go elsewhere. If the Twins start the season with a one-two punch of Santana and Liriano like they had in 2006, they might have a hot start out of the gate, something that hasn’t happened for the Twins in recent years. This years Twins Spring Training should be interesting.

Twins Spring Training

It’s hard to think that it was already a month ago that I brought up this years Twins Spring Training. The Twins Spring Training Schedule has been released and Twins fans everywhere are gearing up to buy tickets to the best games like the Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees. Tickets go on sale through the Twins office this Saturday, but I know local ticket brokers like Ticket King already have tickets for sale. Once again, I won’t be going this year, but a girl can dream…palm trees swaying in the gentle breeze, warm sun highlighting my hair, the Minnesota Twins and the New York Yankees in my sites…oh, what a dream…

Read about another Twin Cities blogger talking about Twins Spring Training! Every one has the fever!

Twins Spring Training Schedule 12/10

With all this snow piling up it is hard to think about baseball and Minnesota Twins Spring Training, but let’s face it February 17th, 2008 isn’t that far away. The Twins pitchers and catchers report first and then the full Twins team reports on the 22nd. My guess is I will still be shoveling mounds of snow from my driveway on February 22nd, 2008, but I will be wishing I was in Fort Myers, Florida with the boys in blue.

The Twins will face the New York Yankees at “home” in Florida and the Boston Red Sox so there should be bunch of baseball fans at those games. Click here for the complete Twins Spring Training Schedule. One of these years, I am going to get my taxes done early and head down there to see Spring Training. I am probably the only Twins blogger in the nation that hasn’t been there...oh how I wish for the palm trees and the warm Florida sun...