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.
DETROIT — Twins right fielder Michael Cuddyer remembers standing at first base in Yankee Stadium during Game 1 of the American League Division Series last October and hearing the same thing over and over again. It seemed that every Yankee player who got on base wanted to talk about the Twins' 6-5, 12-inning win over [...]
KANSAS CITY — Series victories have come with regularity for the Twins so far this season, as they've won all six series that they've played. But as the Twins have discovered over the past week, sweeps are a much more difficult goal to attain. The Twins entered Sunday with a chance to sweep the Royals, [...]
Punto's groin fine, but hip a concern Mauer in good company with triple Blackburn feeling better about his starts Worth noting KANSAS CITY — Jason Kubel believes that his swing is finally starting to feel like it's back in form. After a short stretch of days of not feeling good at the plate during the [...]
KANSAS CITY — Before Jon Rauch could even cross the warning track as he headed back to the dugout after suffering his first blown save as a Twin in the 11th inning on Saturday night, he had a message he wanted to get across to manager Ron Gardenhire. Despite giving up the tying run, Rauch [...]
KANSAS CITY — The Twins may not be producing a tremendous amount of hits when they have runners in scoring position so far this season, but they certainly have discovered how to work an opposing pitcher. Entering Friday with 79 walks on the season — the most by any team in the Majors — the [...]
MINNEAPOLIS — Scott Baker had a tremendous amount of success against the Indians throughout the 2009 season. But with the Twins looking for their first series sweep of 2010 on Thursday afternoon, Baker couldn't produce similar results against Cleveland. Baker lasted just 5 2/3 innings, allowing six runs on 10 hits as the Twins suffered [...]
Neshek will be available to pitch Friday Twins shut down Condrey's elbow rehab MINNEAPOLIS — Twins catcher Joe Mauer didn't start for just the second time this season, as manager Ron Gardenhire decided to give him a rest for Thursday's series finale against the Indians. Gardenhire checked on Mauer this morning, and the catcher said [...]
Ray Barton, the St. Paul, Minn., cartoonist who created the famous Twins image of two players shaking hands across a river, died of cancer over the weekend, according to multiple reports. He was 80. Barton, the reports stated, was paid $15 in 1961 to create the image. At the time, he assumed it would grace [...]
MINNEAPOLIS — The Twins haven't quite found a knack for delivering key hits with runners in scoring position so far this season. Yet even without some of those clutch hits, the club has found ways to win — much like it did on Tuesday night. Minnesota made use of some defensive miscues by the Indians, [...]