Category Archives: Minnesota Twins

TwinsTakes – Twins Pick SS Levi Michael With 30th Pick In 2011 MLB Draft

It was a good night for the 2011 Minnesota Twins as they won their 5th straight game by beating the American League Central division leading Cleveland, 6-4. They also added 3 new players to the organization through the MLB Draft. … Continue reading

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TwinsTakes – Minnesota Twins – Who is Brian “Dink” Dinkelman?

Brian Dinkelman was called up last night following the Minnesota Twins game against Kansas City. Trevor Plouffe* was sent down to Triple A Rochester and Joe Mauer was moved from the 15-day DL to the 60-day DL to make room … Continue reading

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TwinsTakes – Twins Baseball, Injury Incorporated

Twins Baseball anyone?  The Twins were the only team to start the season with nobody on the disabled list (DL). That makes it sound like they were healthy coming out of spring training but that’s probably not what it meant. … Continue reading

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A painful lesson to learn

If you didn’t see the play that Nishioka was hurt on, its in this article. There’s slow-motion video of it towards the end of the article! Hopefully Nishi will pull through this injury quickly! A painful lesson to learn via … Continue reading

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Tsuyoshi Nishioka fractures fibula in collision at second base

Great! So the injuries happen early! Do they slide like that in Japan because it looked like Nishioka wasn’t prepared for that? Tsuyoshi Nishioka fractures fibula in collision at second base via AaronGleeman.com by aarongleeman on 4/7/11 Tsuyoshi Nishioka‘s rough … Continue reading

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