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Error occured with the database. http://www.minnesota.com/sports/minnesota+twins/ News and rumors for Minnesota Twins en-us Mon, 6 Feb 2012 21:45:00 UTCMon, 6 Feb 2012 21:45:00 UTC Tue, 7 Feb 2012 02:45:00 -0500 http://www.minnesota.com/sports/stories/6553908672882f4e20ea52a962cd8aac.html http://www.minnesota.com/sports/stories/6553908672882f4e20ea52a962cd8aac.html <h3><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.startribune.com/sports/blogs/138804204.html">Ron Gardenhire tells Iowa audience his opening day (for now)&nbsp;lineup</a></h3> <div><p>Not too surprising, but I think we can use this as the baseline for the spring.</p></div> Mon, 6 Feb 2012 16:33:00 -0500 http://www.minnesota.com/sports/stories/d270e01f16727971544f9d52caf7d09a.html http://www.minnesota.com/sports/stories/d270e01f16727971544f9d52caf7d09a.html <img alt="&quot;Holy mama, that catfish ain't sitting right. Hope the ump doesn't smell that.&quot;" height="300" src="http://cdn2.sbnation.com/entry_photo_images/2981918/244239_Twins_Indians_Baseball.jpg" width="200" /> <p><i>SCENE: The Target Field front office. A pleasant middle-aged lady named Barb sits at the front desk, wearing a headset and answering calls. She is capable, knowledgeable, and helpful, and any observer is struck by the feeling that if she took a sick day, by 5:00pm the entire office would be in disarray, if not actively on fire. As she types away on the computer, the phone rings.</i></p> Mon, 6 Feb 2012 09:00:00 -0500 http://www.minnesota.com/sports/stories/ca0c3811c73ac2ef66cbdfc6551d915a.html http://www.minnesota.com/sports/stories/ca0c3811c73ac2ef66cbdfc6551d915a.html <div><p>1979 Twins commercial from tcmedianow.com via <a rel="nofollow" href="http://mightyflynn.tumblr.com/post/16972303205/mn70s-1979-minnesota-twins-commercial" target="new">It's a long season</a>.</p> <p>The 1979 Twins went 82-80. Something to shoot for this year!</p></div> Fri, 3 Feb 2012 09:12:00 -0500 http://www.minnesota.com/sports/stories/4fd6c6dab0a8c761963908a211d346d7.html http://www.minnesota.com/sports/stories/4fd6c6dab0a8c761963908a211d346d7.html <h3><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.dailynorseman.com/2012/2/2/2765878/the-one-that-strengthens-our-resolve#storyjump">The One That Strengthens Our&nbsp;Resolve</a></h3> <div><p>Daily Norseman flexes its muscle. It's not inconsiderable, either. I like it.</p></div> Thu, 2 Feb 2012 12:39:00 -0500 http://www.minnesota.com/sports/stories/28540f215c960f710fd56325d073c485.html http://www.minnesota.com/sports/stories/28540f215c960f710fd56325d073c485.html <img alt="Twins-window" src="http://cdn1.sbnation.com/fan_shot_images/238735/twins-window.jpg" /> <div><p>Coming off of a disastrous 2011 season, when is the Twins window to win? </p> <p><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.beyondtheboxscore.com/2012/2/2/2763855/a-graphic-look-at-the-window-to-win-minnesota-twins">See full post on Beyond the Box Score</a></p></div> Thu, 2 Feb 2012 11:28:00 -0500 http://www.minnesota.com/sports/stories/d17a6bf2fefa86ff86c9bbc9debadfb2.html http://www.minnesota.com/sports/stories/d17a6bf2fefa86ff86c9bbc9debadfb2.html The Matt Capps re-signing is not new news, but I would like to direct your attention to this piece written by Aaron Gleeman. It is the most perfect summary I have seen so far of all the reasons why the Capps deal made no sense at all. Defenders of the move point to the fact that Capps was hurt last year and is likely to pitch much better in 2012. Fine. I am willing to believe that will be the case, and I fervently hope it is. But as Gleeman points out, the Twins could have rebuilt their entire bullpen [...] Wed, 1 Feb 2012 20:19:00 -0500 http://www.minnesota.com/sports/stories/6d783f166f0ea43d00939a58085ee0f2.html http://www.minnesota.com/sports/stories/6d783f166f0ea43d00939a58085ee0f2.html <h3><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.beyondtheboxscore.com/2012/1/31/2761641/minnesota-twins-top-12-prospect-rankings">Beyond the Box Score ranks the Twins Top 12&nbsp;Prospects</a></h3> <div><p>Lester Oliveros is the big surprise on this list, along with the absence of Chris Parmelee. </p></div> Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:43:00 -0500 http://www.minnesota.com/sports/stories/65c50451e1a9bf417d105e67ff10a2f4.html http://www.minnesota.com/sports/stories/65c50451e1a9bf417d105e67ff10a2f4.html <h3><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.theonion.com/articles/joel-zumaya-agrees-to-throw-one-last-amazing-pitch,27183/">Joel Zumaya Agrees To Throw One Last Amazing&nbsp;Pitch</a></h3> <div><p>The Onion react to Zumaya's signing by the Twins.</p></div> Mon, 30 Jan 2012 18:09:00 -0500 http://www.minnesota.com/sports/stories/f18e79f176515b46201b9195886e49a5.html http://www.minnesota.com/sports/stories/f18e79f176515b46201b9195886e49a5.html Mon, 30 Jan 2012 12:54:00 -0500 http://www.minnesota.com/sports/stories/92eec3beabfdbcd1873388d7bd3afdeb.html http://www.minnesota.com/sports/stories/92eec3beabfdbcd1873388d7bd3afdeb.html <h3><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.wcax.com/story/16628400/rebuilding-ludlows-little-league">Carl Pavano helps save a Vermont Little&nbsp;League</a></h3> <div><p>Via Dave St. Peter on Twitter, the story of how the Twins pitcher helped out a Little League that was in dire straits after Tropical Storm Irene.</p></div> Mon, 30 Jan 2012 09:26:00 -0500 http://www.minnesota.com/sports/stories/cc64804bf5e956c4eacaac02fe715773.html http://www.minnesota.com/sports/stories/cc64804bf5e956c4eacaac02fe715773.html <img width="150" height="112" src="http://cbsminnesota.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/jersey-twins.jpg?w=150" class="attachment-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="(credit: CBS)" title="Jersey Twins" />The story of what appears to be a soiled jersey started 25 years ago and ended in the same place where it started.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=minnesota.cbslocal.com&amp;blog=15909630&amp;post=208690&amp;subd=cbsminnesota&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" /> Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:04:00 -0500 http://www.minnesota.com/sports/stories/b3b9fb40a5be947be9c1ab73ab29f12d.html http://www.minnesota.com/sports/stories/b3b9fb40a5be947be9c1ab73ab29f12d.html