1390 THE FAN » twins http://1390thefan.com Thu, 23 May 2013 02:00:56 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Twins Make Late Comeback But Fall In Extras To Rays http://1390thefan.com/twins-make-late-comeback-but-fall-in-extras-to-rays/ http://1390thefan.com/twins-make-late-comeback-but-fall-in-extras-to-rays/#comments Sun, 24 Feb 2013 22:20:36 +0000 Dave Overlund http://1390thefan.com/?p=114709 The Twins rallied in the ninth to tie their Grapefruit Leage game against Tampa Bay Sunday, but lost in extra innings.

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]]> http://1390thefan.com/twins-make-late-comeback-but-fall-in-extras-to-rays/feed/ 0 J. Meric/Getty Images Willingham Goes Deep In Twins Spring Opener http://1390thefan.com/willingham-goes-deep-in-twins-spring-opener/ http://1390thefan.com/willingham-goes-deep-in-twins-spring-opener/#comments Sun, 24 Feb 2013 03:02:18 +0000 Dave Overlund http://1390thefan.com/?p=114683 It didn't take long for Josh Willingham to pick up where he left off in 2012. The Twins slugger socked 35 home runs last season, his first with Minnesota.

Willingham hit a two run home run but the Twins gave up a late lead in a 5-3 loss to Baltimore Saturday afternoon in Sarasota

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]]> http://1390thefan.com/willingham-goes-deep-in-twins-spring-opener/feed/ 0 J. Meric/Getty Images Twins Pitching Staff Is Historically Bad! http://1390thefan.com/twins-pitching-staff-is-historically-bad/ http://1390thefan.com/twins-pitching-staff-is-historically-bad/#comments Thu, 28 Jun 2012 23:11:51 +0000 Ty James http://1390thefan.com/?p=72405 We knew they were going to be bad, but we had no idea it would be like this.

The Minnesota Twins have the worst pitching staff in all of baseball.  Sadly, that's not just my opinion, as the pitching statistics thus far in 2012 are proving that to be fact

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]]> http://1390thefan.com/twins-pitching-staff-is-historically-bad/feed/ 0 Getty Images Who Should Be The Twins All-Star? http://1390thefan.com/who-should-be-the-twins-all-star/ http://1390thefan.com/who-should-be-the-twins-all-star/#comments Thu, 28 Jun 2012 21:39:46 +0000 Ty James http://1390thefan.com/?p=72395 It's a fair question.

Until very recently, my answer, and really the only deserving candidate, was Josh Willingham.

His batting average has certainly come back to earth, as now he is hitting a very average

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]]> http://1390thefan.com/who-should-be-the-twins-all-star/feed/ 0 Getty Images Twins Better Think Twice Before Trading Span! http://1390thefan.com/twins-better-think-twice-before-trading-span/ http://1390thefan.com/twins-better-think-twice-before-trading-span/#comments Wed, 13 Jun 2012 19:36:56 +0000 Ty James http://1390thefan.com/?p=69624 Denard Span is not your conventional lead-off hitter.

You could certainly make the argument that he is a better #2 hitter in the line up.

He doesn't steal nearly as many bases as we would like, and when he does run - it sure seems like he gets thrown out a lot!

His career on base percentage is OK - but for his career he has more strikeouts, than walks

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]]> http://1390thefan.com/twins-better-think-twice-before-trading-span/feed/ 0 Getty Images Twins Showed The Winning Formula Last Night! http://1390thefan.com/twins-showed-the-winning-formula-last-night/ http://1390thefan.com/twins-showed-the-winning-formula-last-night/#comments Tue, 17 Apr 2012 19:29:46 +0000 Ty James http://1390thefan.com/?p=58538 The 2012 Minnesota Twins may not be such a 'work in progress', after all.

The starting pitching staff has question marks everywhere, but we'll get used to that.  Someone will step up - someone has to

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]]> http://1390thefan.com/twins-showed-the-winning-formula-last-night/feed/ 0 Getty Images 10 Things MN Sports Fans Can Be Thankful For! http://1390thefan.com/10-things-mn-sports-fans-can-be-thankful-for/ http://1390thefan.com/10-things-mn-sports-fans-can-be-thankful-for/#comments Wed, 23 Nov 2011 19:46:21 +0000 Ty James http://1390thefan.com/?p=28835 It would be easy right now to be very upset with the current status of our local sports teams.  The Vikings are a mess, the Twins are coming off their worst season in recent memory, and the Wolves aren't even playing due to the strike

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