TheGoldSeat

Along with discussing his impending free agency and how it relates to Jonathan Papelbon, a recent article in the Boston Herald noted that Joe Nathan “has the lowest ERA of any reliever with at least 200 innings since 2004.” That’s the year when Nathan joined the Twins and during that four-year span he’s gone 19-8 […]

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With spring training starting here’s a Twins update.
Twins ownership will throw in an additional $22 million in ballpark upgrades, bringing the ownerships share to $152 million of the $412 projected cost. The upgrades will include a high-def 103 ft x 57 ft screen.  I love the quote from Twins exec Kevin Smith, “Our feeling is […]

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To be fair, the pitch really should have been called a ball… The ump undoubtedly learned his lesson.

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Follow this link to see a 3-d animation of the new Twins ballpark.  Let us know what you think are the biggest positives and negatives of the future home of our favorite baseball team.
http://minnesota.twins.mlb.com/media/player/mp_tpl.jsp?w_id=607100&w=mms%3A//a1503.v108692.c10869.g.vm.akamaistream.net/7/1503/10869/v0001/mlb.download.akamai.com/10869/2007/open/teams07/min/video/103007_min_stadium_400.wmv&pid=gen_video&vid=7778&mid=200710302288859&cid=mlb&fid=gen_video400&v=2&mType=w&urlstr=&mUrl=&type=v_free&_mp=1

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An interesting take on Friday’s game from ESPN’s Buster Olney:

As Scott Baker edged toward a perfect game Friday night, the tension seemed to reflect everywhere, from his face, to the Twins dugout (where his teammates kept a continent of space between themselves and Baker), to the club’s broadcast booth.
Play-by-play man Dick Bremer and color analyst […]

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Johan Santana took the mound Sunday afternoon and helped pitch his way into what could be the biggest contract ever for a starting pitcher in 2009.  Santana went 8.0 innings giving up only 2 hits and striking out 17 in the best pitching performance by a starter since Ben Sheets struck out 18 in 2004.
Already […]

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A little cup love…

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The one thing that I find very frustrating and very exillerating when watching the Twins is the constant singles parade.  I don’t know if there has ever been a group of Twins players who hit more singles than the current Twins.  I think this fact has led Gardenhire to adopt a run generation model on […]

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Below is a great article from Dave St. Peter President of the Twins Baseball Club.  Everything is pointing to a 2015 All-Star game on the 30th and 50th Anniversaries of previous MN All-Star Games.  It would also mark the 30th Anniversary of the Home Run Derby.
—-From Twins Ballpark Update—-
All eyes will be on San Francisco’s […]

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It’s no coincidence that PNC and AT&T Park’s have been two of my favorite stadiums to visit, they were both built by HOK, the king of stadium architecture. HOK built Camden Yards, the new Wembly in London, new Busch, Petco, Jacobs, Chinese Olympic Venues, the London Olympic Venues and about 50 other stadiums. […]

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