The Minnesota Twins, based in Minneapolis, Minn., participate in Major League Baseball (MLB) and are a member of the American League Central Division. The Twins were founded as the Washington Senators in 1901.
02/27/10 5:25 PM EST FORT MYERS, Fla. — The idea first came to Jacque Jones when he returned to the Twin Cities this past October to take part in the end of the Metrodome celebration. Jones, 34, had just spent the summer playing independent ball with the Newark Bears, and his hope was to find [...]
02/26/10 5:27 PM EST FORT MYERS, Fla. — Justin Morneau has typically been one of the first Twins position players to arrive at Spring Training every year. He's known throughout the clubhouse for his 7 a.m. extra hitting sessions in the batting cage, and he's prided himself on that work ethic. But on Friday morning, [...]
02/25/10 11:23 AM EST FORT MYERS, Fla. — The phone call was one that Brian Duensing didn't expect to make. When the left-hander picked up the phone to call his father in early April last year, the words that he was about to utter almost seemed hard for him to believe. "I made the team." [...]
02/24/10 5:40 PM EST FORT MYERS, Fla. — It's been more than five years since Scott Baker made his Major League debut for the Twins, but the right-handed pitcher admits that it seems like no time at all has passed. "Honestly, it feels like I just walked into my first camp," Baker said. "It takes [...]
02/23/10 4:33 PM EST FORT MYERS, Fla. — Nick Punto isn't a stranger to the notion of coming to Spring Training without an everyday job. When Punto arrived at Hammond Stadium on Tuesday morning — a few days before Friday's official reporting date for position players — he did so without a guaranteed position in [...]
02/22/10 5:45 PM EST FORT MYERS, Fla. — It was just a month ago at the Twins Winter Caravan that Pat Neshek admitted to feeling a little anxious for the start of Spring Training. It's been nearly two years since Neshek last took the mound for the Twins. The reliever, who is 15 months removed [...]
02/22/10 1:00 AM EST FORT MYERS, Fla. – Michael Cuddyer has been with the Twins longer than any other current player and over that time, he's seen his share of lineups take the field for the ballclub. But Cuddyer admits that the 2010 lineup is going to be different from many of the others. "I [...]
02/20/10 6:56 PM EST FORT MYERS, Fla. — Joe Nathan stood on one of the back fields at the Lee County Sports Complex on Saturday morning, playing long toss with teammate Matt Guerrier during one of the Twins' informal workouts before Spring Training officially kicks off on Monday. It was exactly four months after Nathan, [...]
02/19/10 6:55 PM EST Spring Training is right around the corner, which means a few things: the Florida sun, the smell of grass and one of my favorite sounds of spring — the ball hitting the glove. With pitchers and catchers set to report to Fort Myers, Fla., on Sunday, I actually got a little [...]
02/17/10 12:00 AM EST MINNEAPOLIS — The process began a decade ago. That's when the Twins first started to make a conscious effort to get more left-handed in their lineup. Actually, it began as an effort to get more left-handed in general. "We never tried to build our team specifically to the Metrodome, but over [...]