After losing their last six games, the Minnesota Twins were mad. The Chicago White Sox can give a first hand account of how mad the Twins were on Thursday night. After jumping out to an 8-0 lead after two innings, Minnesota kept bashing away and finished the game with a 20-1 victory.
The 20-1 final score was the second largest win for Minnesota, while it tied Chicago’s worst loss in their history. With the win, the Twins are now 19-23. The loss dropped the White Sox to 17-23.
Bartolo Colon got pounded for eight runs, seven hits and two walks in two …read more

Joe Mauer missed the beginning of the 2009 baseball season for the Minnesota Twins. In his return to the diamond, Mauer hit a solo home run in the bottom of the first inning. He later hit a double to finish 2-for-3 with one walk, one RBI and three runs.
Mauer’s homer got the Twins off to a good start as Minnesota was able to topple the Kansas City Royals by a final count of 7-5. Justin Morneau hit a homer after Mauer’s double and Kevin Slowey improved to 5-0 on the season.
For the Royals, Jose Guillen went 3-for-4 with two RBIs. …read more

Dealing with inflammation and pain in his back, Joe Mauer of the Minnesota Twins is most likely out for opening day. In fact, there’s no set timetable for when he’ll be able to step on the field for Minnesota.
The problem area for Mauer is the joint that connects his pelvis with his spine. Even after a second opinion, a lot of mystery surrounds the injury.
Though Mauer had surgery on a kidney during the offseason to remove a blockage, the Twins do not believe that this injury is related to that surgery.
The 25-year-old native of Minnesota is regarded as one of …read more

Has social media networking killed the old fan clubs? Remember when you could just write a letter to your favorite baseball player and include a baseball card and sometimes you would get it back and it would be autographed? Those days are gone. Now – some players refuse to sign autographs, and fan clubs have died down, except on social networking sites like MySpace and Facebook. After taking a few days to search Facebook’s database, I have compiled a list of the top 10 most popular baseball players on Facebook. I think you might be …read more