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Joe Mauer on historic doubles pace

Date: Thu, Aug 12, 2010

Games like last night's aren't much fun to write about, but it seems like forever since I've done anything Twins-related in this space and I'm sure everyone is sick of seeing pictures of me and my fellow nerds as the top entry, so ... Joe Mauer had two more hits in the loss, making him 39-for-89 [...]

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2010 SABR Convention Recap

Date: Tue, Aug 10, 2010

I got an aisle seat for my Wednesday afternoon flight to Atlanta for the 40th annual Society for American Baseball Research (SABR) convention and sat down to the right of an orthodox rabbi. Moments later the seat across the aisle was filled by a priest. Seriously. I waited patiently for the world's most obvious joke [...]

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Leaving, on that noon plane to Georgia

Date: Wed, Aug 4, 2010

Blogging will be on hold until next week because of my annual trip to the Society For American Baseball Research (SABR) convention, which is being held in Atlanta. My plan is to post Twitter updates about the people I'm meeting, presentations I'm seeing, and alcohol I'm consuming, so if that sounds interesting you should follow [...]

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Twins Notes: Liriano, Slowey, Plouffe, Myers, Ramos, and Eight Years

Date: Mon, Aug 2, 2010

Yesterday was the eighth anniversary of this blog and the Twins fittingly celebrated by winning their eighth straight game. When it comes to this blog I've been fortunate about many things, not the least of which is that the Twins have been a winning team for almost that entire time. I started blogging on August [...]

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Twins get Matt Capps from Nationals for Wilson Ramos and Joe Testa

Date: Fri, Jul 30, 2010

Matt Capps was available for nothing this offseason. Non-tendered by the Pirates in December following a career-worst campaign that saw him post a 5.80 ERA and .324 opponents' batting average while serving up 10 homers in 54.1 innings, Capps became a free agent and signed a one-year, $3.5 million deal with the Nationals in large [...]

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Breaking News: Twins trade Wilson Ramos to Nationals for Matt Capps

Date: Thu, Jul 29, 2010

There's no official announcement yet, but I've confirmed with multiple sources that the Twins have agreed to trade Wilson Ramos to the Nationals for Matt Capps. I'm not a fan of the move, to say the least. I'll have a full write-up shortly. UPDATE: Twins just announced the deal as official. Joe Testa is also headed to [...]

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Twins Notes: Valencia, Mauer, Young, Harris, and Rumors

Date: Thu, Jul 29, 2010

• Beating up on the cellar-dwelling Orioles and Royals tends to make teams look good, but the Twins have won 10 of 14 to go from 4.5 games behind the White Sox to just one game back despite playing that entire stretch minus Justin Morneau. Even without the AL's second-best hitter [...]

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Twins Notes: Delmon, Defense, Hudson, Haren, and Real Men

Date: Mon, Jul 26, 2010

• I wrote about "the new and improved Delmon Young" a month ago, examining changes he'd made to finally start living up to his potential ... and since then he's hit .350 with five homers, 11 doubles, and a .564 slugging percentage in 30 games. The new-found patience he showed early this season has vanished, [...]

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Link-O-Rama

Date: Fri, Jul 23, 2010

• I'm not quoted in the article, but my tip for avoiding burnout is to never wear pants at work. • I haven't watched Survivor in years, but might have to start tuning in again just to see what happens to Jimmy Johnson's hair on the island. • Not only did Anthony Slama throw [...]

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Twins dump Nick Blackburn and MLB-worst 6.53 ERA from rotation

Date: Thu, Jul 22, 2010

Because of his low strikeout rates and mediocre ground-ball percentages Nick Blackburn was always walking a very fine line between success and failure, which is why I criticized the Twins for signing him to a four-year, $14 million deal this offseason when they already controlled him through 2013 and could have instead gone year-to-year with [...]

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Twins call up Anthony Slama, demote Alex Burnett to Triple-A

Date: Tue, Jul 20, 2010

Alex Burnett experienced initial success after making his big-league debut on April 8, tossing 31.1 innings with a 2.30 ERA, .225 opponents' batting average, and 26-to-11 strikeout-to-walk ratio through mid-June. Since then he's coughed up 12 runs in 9.2 innings while walking more batters than he struck out and allowing opponents to hit .466, and [...]

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Life after Cliff Lee

Date: Mon, Jul 19, 2010

All the Cliff Lee trade speculation went for naught, as the Twins reportedly balked at making Aaron Hicks part of a package for the impending free agent and the Mariners ended up with several offers beyond what the Twins should have been willing to give up for him anyway. At the last moment the Mariners [...]

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Link-O-Rama

Date: Fri, Jul 16, 2010

• Much like me, Chris Webber has had just about enough of David Kahn. • Aw, cute. Nick Punto is trying to grow a Carl Pavano-like mustache. • John Sickels projected the career stats of Rick Vaughn from Major League, which is the type of thing I find endlessly amusing. Given that there's [...]

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Restaurant Review: Mix Fusion Bistro

Date: Thu, Jul 15, 2010

(Mix Fusion Bistro at 6407 City West Parkway in Eden Prairie) There's a great Seinfeld episode where Jerry Seinfeld takes an interest in the struggling new restaurant that opened up across the street from his apartment, eventually suggesting to the owner that he change The Dream Cafe from all-American food and decor to cuisine and culture [...]

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