AL Central: Buy, Sell, Or Drink?


The man they called “Pags” is long-gone from the game. But, a discovery in a second-hand store up north brought memories flooding back of one mystical blast.
Read moreThe Indians pay homage to Jim Thome with a statue and may bring a World Series title to lay at its feet this year. Photo by Erik Drost via Flickr (cropped)
Read moreThe red chair commemorates the 522-foot homer that Harmon Killebrew hit off the Angels’ Lew Burdette on June 3, 1967. Though it now overlooks the “Log Chute” ride at Mall of America’s amusement park, the chair is said to be mounted at the spot where Killebrew’s homer landed in the second deck of the Minnesota Twins’ old Metropolitan Stadium. Edited Photo by Randon Lane
Read moreAdvertisements On the cusp of Minnesota’s American League wild card game tonight, I am experiencing something I’m completely unfamiliar with – calm. Don’t get me wrong, the Yankees are a worrisome club, particularly for the Twins, who have been bounced from the playoffs four times by the Bombers in as many tries. Nonetheless, I’m confident that a team with suspect
Read moreAfter Ron Gardenhire took over for Tom Kelly, Minnesota had been in the playoff six times between 2002 and 2010, and their worst record during that period was a 79-83 mark in 2007. But they never got over the hump.
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