Tag: Minnesota Twins
Angels 7, Twins 2 – Albert Pujols makes history
The Moment: From a historical perspective, Albert Pujols’ grand slam for career home run #600 was undoubtedly the highlight of the…
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Twins tap into their prospect pool
To this point in the season, the Twins have been shuffling around career AAAA type players to fill empty spots,…
Read more »Twins 11, Angels 5 – Twins get back to mashing
The Moment: The Twins decided to put a pin in this one fairly quickly. The Angels aren’t very good this…
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Trading isn’t easy
When Terry Ryan was let go, Rob Antony almost certainly was feeling the pressure to do something, anything, to solidify…
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Twins 4, Angels 2 – A very special reunion
The Moment: This was a pitchers duel through most of the game, with Adalberto Mejia and Alex Meyer on the…
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Astros 17, Twins 6, Something seems to have gone awry
The Moment: In the 6th inning, there was some hope. Not much, because we all knew that the bullpen was on…
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Astros 7, Twins 2 – The Astros get to Berrios
The Moment: So much of this game happened in the first 5 innings of the game. It was 2-2 through…
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Astros 16, Twins 8 – Everything went wrong
The Moment: The Twins, if you are only looking at this post and didn’t catch the game itself, held an…
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Rays 8, Twins 6 – Long game, short post
The Moment: Steven Souza tied the game in the 9th with a 2 out single. The Hero: Brian Dozier, but…
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Joe Mauer – Still good
I’ve spent a lot of time in the past few years espousing the value that Joe Mauer still brings to…
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Twins 5, Rays 3 – Mejia gets out of danger
The Moment: The game was tightly contested through the first 7 hours of this 9 hour game (it was not a…
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Rays 5, Twins 2 – The Rays have one really good pitcher
The Moment: Hector Santiago and Chris Archer were pitching to a scoreless draw through 3 innings, but that wasn’t going…
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Twins 4, Orioles 3 – SWEEEEEP!!!
The Moment: The Twins had climbed to an early lead thanks to some timely hitting in the early frames. The…
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Twins 2, Orioles 0 – ERV
The Moment: The best moment of this game might be one that didn’t happen. In a cool, drizzly night, there…
Read more »Eddie Rosario would have swung
Last night the Orioles commited the best balk of all time, Buck Showalter’s reaction is peak Showalter pic.twitter.com/gGKlk4ob7Y — CJ…
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Twins 14, Orioles 7 – Ubaldo biffs it
The Moment: With the game having been tied back up, and two runners on base, Joe Mauer – Joe flippin Mauer!…
Read more »Rhino and Compass Radio 2.6 – Rotation rumblings
The Twins made some roster moves today, but it is less about performance and more about playing with the roster…
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Twins 8, Royals 4 (Game 2) – Mejia gets a win, Fans need fielding practice
The Moment: The Twins were knocked on their butts early as Salvador Perez hit a another home run in the…
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Royals 6, Twins 4 (Game 1) Twins conserve their pen, lose
The Moment: The Twins were trailing for most of the game, but for one brief moment in the 7th, it…
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The rain aided rotation
The Twins were rained out once again today. They have been rained out twice this week, and have seen games…
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Twins 4, Royals 3 (10 innings) – Friday night drama
The Moment: The Royals commanded the lead throughout almost the entire game, holding on to it even into the 9th…
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Rockies 5, Twins 1 (Game 1) – Ervin is beginning to look human
The Moment: Mark Reynolds is known as a raw power hitter who strikes out a ton, but this season, he has…
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Rockies 8, Twins 3 – Rained out tonight, let’s re-live last night
The Moment: Last night, the “Moment” really was a fulcrum in the momentum. Byron Buxton had tied the game with a…
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Am I the only one?
[mlbvideo id=”1383673983″ width=”400″ height=”224″ /] There is more of a similarity there than that they are just left handed, right?…
Read more »Indians 8, Twins 3 – Twins unable to sweep
The Moment: The Indians had an early lead, but you would forgive everyone if they weren’t convinced that Cleveland was…
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Twins 4, Indians 1 – Viva La Maquina
The Moment: The last time Joe Mauer was the executor of The Moment, it was a walk off home run….
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Jose Berrios: What’s different?
As I begin writing this, we’re reaching the end of Jose Berrios’ return engagement in the Major Leagues. It was…
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Twins 1, Indians 0 – This game is already over
The Moment: The only scoring came in the first inning when Miguel Sano hit a solo home run, but that…
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Twins 7, White Sox 6 – Totally worth Liriano
The Moment: In the first inning, the Twins got to Derek Holland. Well, he got to himself, and then Jose…
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