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Gomez Rests

MorneauMVP

Tonight, Carlos Gomez will get a well deserved rest. Gomez has struggled recently at the plate with more strikeouts and not very good at bats. In the past 45 ABs, he has only 6 hits (0 walks), 1 RBI and 13 strikeouts. His batting average in that span is a paltry .133...something you do not want in your leadoff hitter. While Gomez has not done well at the plate he has picked it up defensively with nice running catches and a beautiful game-saving catch in the top of the nin [...]

Gomez vs. Span

MorneauMVP

I have just compared Gomez's win-loss record vs. Span's win-loss record. Interesting statistics! I also will include the Twins record when the start together. These are only the games in which they start-even if they get substituted out, I still give the win or loss to them.
Go-Go's win-loss record when he starts:
6 wins - 4 losses
Span's win loss record:
2 wins - 4 losses
When Both start:
2 wins - 1 loss
Interesting isn't [...]

Is Francisco Liriano the Franchise?

nols1199

With all of the speculation over the Minnesota Twins starting rotation being up for grabs, one major question to answer is, should Francisco Liriano be deemed the “Franchise” now or should this tag go to Delmon Young, Joe Mauer, Michael Cuddyer (new team leader) or Justin Morneau?
For those of you who haven’t seen the Twins Territory commercial that aired on the Super Bowl and was created by Periscope, who really is the face of the Twins these days?
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Best Day of Spring Training

yickit

Today is the best day of Spring Training. The Twin's play against the Red Sox at 7:05 pm ET and it is being broadcast on MLB TV.
I'm not yet sure who the twins will start, although Joe Mauer will not be catching.
Dice-K will be starting for the BoSox. Their other starters include: Kevin Youkilis, Pedroia, Julio Lugo, Mike Lowell, Manny Ramirez, Coco Crisp and Bobby Kielty.
This is the first of three consecutive games against the Red Sox for the Twins, which all should be [...]

Welcome to FanBlogs

Twins Territory

I love many of the new features that we’ve added to Twins Territory, and I feel that they can all help make us into a bigger and better Twins community.
With that said, one of my favorite features, more like a feature within a feature, is the ability for all members of the site to post a FanBlog.
This feature has the chance to go a long way, but can only do so if readers become involved, sign up and then proceed to use their very own FanBlog. The blog is your o [...]