2w
Twins 2w ago
Some predictions for the 2021 Twins
The most difficult part of making predictions for the season is quite obvious. Any surprise successes or failures from last year are easily (…)
2w
Barry Melrose Rocks 2w ago
Tweet of the Moment
https://twitter.com/TBLightning/status/1378433071893078022 What a long and hallowed history that the Lightning must have that their top (…)
3w
Twins 3w ago
Randy Dobnak locked up
This site is mostly circling around Alex Kirilloff and Randy Dobnak now, but I suppose in spring, you are left to look to the future, even (…)
3w
Twins 3w ago
A perfect storm keeps Kirilloff in St. Paul
I was saddened to learn of the passing of Twins bench coach Mike Bell on Friday. I am certainly no insider with baseball or the Twins (…)
4w
Twins 4w ago
What to think of all this quiet
What would you say the biggest story has been from the Twins’ spring training? I would venture to say that it is the fact that team is (…)
4w
Barry Melrose Rocks 4w ago
This season is going better than I expected
In what has been an incredibly challenging year across the planet, one of the relative successes has been the NHL. It started late last (…)
4w
Barry Melrose Rocks 4w ago
Dallas Stars, a team of mystery
The Dallas Stars are a .500 team this year. Not terrible, not great. Not a playoff team, but not a laughingstock. With restrictions on fans (…)
4w
Barry Melrose Rocks 4w ago
Tweet of the Moment
https://twitter.com/CanadiensMTL/status/1372354319991857155 This is a beautifully shot video, really. Cinematic lighting and all that, but (…)
5w
Twins 5w ago
Josh Donaldson - Player Coach
We have enough experience with Derek Falvey and Thad Levine at this point to understand the nature of their front office. They have (…)
5w
Barry Melrose Rocks 5w ago
ESPN and NHL together again at last
As a website that has drawn it’s namesake from ESPN’s still somehow employed after all these years, we are very excited that the NHL is (…)
11 Mar
Twins 11 Mar
Alex Kirilloff making his case
https://twitter.com/Twins/status/1370085440745771010?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1370085884142497794%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es2_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mlb.com%2Fnews%2Falex-kirilloff-hits-first-spring-home-run-vs-red-sox For fans of offense like me, these past few years for the Twins have (…)
11 Mar
Barry Melrose Rocks 11 Mar
Tweet of the Moment
https://twitter.com/NHLJets/status/1370098056000065537 More Americans will get NHL coverage now from ESPN starting next season, which means (…)
08 Mar
Twins 08 Mar
A banner year for rookies
April has long been a bit of baseball purgatory. Teams don’t really have their identity figured out, despite spring training lasting for (…)
04 Mar
Twins 04 Mar
Hello to an old friend?
The Twins, and particularly GM Thad Levine, have made a point of seeking players that have positional flexibility. They haven’t (…)
28 Feb
Twins 28 Feb
Still here, still good
The White Sox made a lot of headlines for their early offseason acquisitions. It started with a trade for Lance Lynn, which seems a (…)
22 Feb
Twins 22 Feb
Because we all need some Spring Training videos
It’s been long enough. This year has been terrible, this winter, especially this past month, has been long. Within Do-Hyoung (…)
17 Feb
Twins 17 Feb
Randy Dobnak is going to have to work for it
In 2019, Randy Dobnak, rookie phenom, started Game 2 of the ALDS for the Twins. For the next two offseasons, the Twins actively tried to (…)
10 Feb
Trending Now 10 Feb
The Kenta Maeda appreciation post
The Twins executed one of the most immediately beneficial trades in recent years last winter when they dealt Brusdar Graterol to the (…)
09 Feb
Twins 09 Feb
The Big Move coming
When I was researching around the Twins’ signing of Andrelton Simmons, I came across Keith Law’s evaluation of the top 100 prospects in (…)
06 Feb
Twins 06 Feb
Several options slide into the Twins bullpen
After a slow offseason that brought only Hansel Robles to the Twins organization, things got pretty busy this week. Since I wrote the post (…)
01 Feb
Hot Reads 01 Feb
Twins add Andrelton Simmons
The call for the Twins every season is to supplement their pitching staff. More often than not, the Twins are left in the dust when it (…)
19 Jan
Twins 19 Jan
Projections reveal no surprises for Twins
It doesn’t quite feel like it, perhaps because of the inactivity of the offseason, or maybe because time has lost all meaning in the past (…)
09 Jan
Twins 09 Jan
No news is no news
The offseason is getting slower and slower every year. With teams, players and agents able to remain in constant communication with one (…)
05 Jan
Twins 05 Jan
Where are the pitchers?
Minnesota sports has been unsuccessful enough in the last quarter century that the usually affable people of this market are turning (…)
04 Jan
Barry Melrose Rocks 04 Jan
A fun, 1 year rivalry for 2021 for each division
With the new divisions coming to the NHL for the 2021 season, three groups of 8 in the US, and all 7 teams in Canada will play in self (…)
