A couple new pitchers made their Twins debuts over the weekend. Ron Mahay, a lefty acquired from the Royals, debuted on Saturday, and yesterday Jon Rauch got his first win as a Twin in his debut.
Let’s start with the lesser of the two. Ron Mahay has had kind of a rough year, with a 5.71 [...]

I’m running out of creative openings, so let’s get right to it
There was a Maniac on SNYTV the other day. [Marlin Maniac]
More Brad Penny talk. [Over the Baggy]
Complaining about Phillies managing. Deal with Gardy for a week and then get back to me. [Crashburn Alley]
In case you missed it, Mark Rizzo was named Natinals GM. [...]

Haha, fantastic pun I know. ESPN Chicago is reporting that the Cubs have placed RHP Rich Harden on waivers and that he has been claimed by an AL team, reported to be the Minnesota Twins. Harden has a 4.38 FI this year, and is projected to have a 3.56 FIP going forward. He has been [...]

As we hit the home stretch, the Twins are in the position to grab two players for free who can help them, one for the rest of this year, one for the future.
A couple days ago, the Rockies DFAed Matt Murton to make room on the 40 man roster for Juan Rincon (remember him?). Murton [...]

I have writer’s block (once again) so I’m going to the well with the topic I usually bring up when such a situation arises: Put Bert Blyleven in the Hall of Fame already!
Let me start out with some raw data: Bert Blyleven is just one of 8 pitchers who rank in the top 20 all [...]

Recently I have become a huge soccer fan, specifically of the English Premier League. Ever since Chelsea goalie Petr Cech’s horrific injury in 2006 I have been a Chelsea fan, and am excited to follow the EPL more closely this year since ESPN is broadcasting many of the games, and I can find most others [...]

The Twins are still 4.5 games back of the Tigers, but the weekend sweep of the Royals combined with the good weekend by the A’s has breathed new life into the 2009 season. And the two catalysts of Sunday’s game was two of my favorite non-Twins, Jack Cust and Landon Powell.
Cust has been a favorite [...]

So I’m moving up to school this weekend (one more year baby!) and thus will be without internet access until probably Monday when I can get all settled in. So for now enjoy your weekend links….
Someone agrees with me about Mauer for MVP. Sure, he’s a Twins fan but still. [Twins Fix]
Orlando Cabrera hasn’t been [...]