Yep, you guessed it. It's that time again. [RandBall]
Saturday, July 11, 2009
Friday, July 10, 2009
The Averageness of the Twins and Francisco Liriano, in his own words
Every once in awhile, in baseball, one has to do what's least expected. Joe Mauer has to drop down a bunt once a month, just to keep the defense honest. RA Dickey needs to mix in a fastball among his floating, dipping knucklers, just to keep the batter off balance. And every once in awhile, Francisco Liriano keeps his concentration for more than thirty consecutive seconds. Gotta keep those guys guessing!
All of which is a roundabout way of saying that I threw a changeup this week: I've got a Friday post up at TwinkieTown today. The subjects: Jim Souhan, Ron Gardenhire, clubhouse anger, a whole lot of numbers - and a lot of averageosity.
Plus: Francisco Liriano, in his own words.
[Twinkie Town]
(Also: join us at TT later tonight for a game thread, now featuring 57% more ALL CAPS SHOUTING!)
Monday, July 06, 2009
Nick Blackburn's Contract... and later, Twins All-Stars
Another Monday off day, over at Twinkie Town (seems like that's all there is, lately). Today's discussion topic: if you're the Twins, what do you do about Nick Blackburn's contract, given that he's been pitching like the staff ace AND you already extended Scott Baker, last year? [Twinkie Town]
LATER THAT SAME DAY: I also ran a quick poll at TT: Which current Twin is most likely to become a perennial All-Star - besides Mauer, Morneau, and Nathan? (As of this writing, minor-league third baseman Danny Valencia has more votes than Michael Cuddyer, Delmon Young, and Jose Mijares combined, proof of the basic optimism of the internet, I guess.)
Monday, June 29, 2009
Twinkie Town: Big Monday
It's a big day over at Twinkie Town. I've got the text of my Sunday radio appearance going up this morning, a short piece about interleague play at noon, and then the regularly scheduled game preview thread at 7:00, just prior to game time.
Head on over there - the water's great! [Twinkie Town]
Saturday, June 27, 2009
Thursday, June 25, 2009
This week
A couple of updates this week to run by you.
- I didn't link to it Monday, as it wasn't much, but if you happen to be a TNABACG completist, I wrote a short discussion post on Twinkie Town on Monday, about my first-ever Twins game. [Twinkie Town]
- The NBA Draft is tonight, and I'm on duty for the T-Wolves Blog. I'll have both Wolves-specific updates, and I'll be participating in a network-wide chat, so stop on by for all coverage. [T-Wolves Blog]
- Sunday afternoon, I'll once again be on the Twins Radio Network post-game show, doing the "Gameday Chatter" segment. It's 60 seconds of me talking, buried in about three hours of post-game show... but if you happen to be listening, I'll be on the airwaves again this weekend.
Saturday, June 20, 2009
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Timberwolves Summer Calendar
The NBA Finals are over - and so we look ahead, at some important summer dates for the Timberwolves (including a few that we may or may not have made up.) [T-Wolves Blog]
Monday, June 15, 2009
Joe Crede vs. Tony Batista vs. Mike Lamb
Over at Twinkie Town, I go inside the numbers to compare Twins third baseman Joe Crede to two of his predecessors at the hot corner - Tony "GAAAH!" Batista and Mike "OW MY EYES!" Lamb. [Twinkie Town]
(Note: later today, there'll also be a Twinkie Town discussion about statistics. Bring your graphing calculators! 1:00 pm!)
