Photo by David Sherman/NBAE via Getty Images What else was I supposed to watch while Victory Sports One died a slow death? At times here on Twinkie Town I’ve discussed my parallel fandom of the Minnesota Vikings. Sometimes football pulls slightly ahead—but baseball always resurfaces. Yet, my MN sports devotion has never bled into the Minnesota Wild or Minnesota Timberwolves. On the hockey side I know why—a video of my fawn-legged ice skating routine from childhood is a staple of family comedic lore. But basketball? Well, the Wolves being “Kevin Garnett and absolutely nothing else” during most ..read more

I have tech week rehearsal so no time to wait for a Miranda picture to be uploaded — apologies | Matt Marton-USA TODAY Sports “Do we call this a ‘Bo Derek’?” We do now. (thanks to Minnesota1952 for providing the bank head — it’s like COTG, but better!) Hey, how did Chicago die? Thwarting nine tries, we beat those teams. (The poor batting teams.) We had ‘em quick and dead, and luck came At the field and plate too (And that’s rad!) And we were plating many bushels of runs While we ripped off a mad race; We’d a team they thought was awful: In fact, we took a short rest and began to score and scor ..read more

Ironically the sausage is the only thing that isn’t crossing the plate. | Photo by Quinn Harris/Getty Images Can the sausage bring the streak to double digits? First Pitch: 1:10 TV: BSN Radio: TIBN, WCCO 830, The Wolf 102.9 FM, Audacy Know Thine Enemy: South Side Sox The meatings shall continue until morale improves. Rockin’, rockin’ and rollin’, Up to the plate I’m strollin’ ‘Cause I’m eager, pokin’ that ball, uh-huh, It’s a meat log: (mm!) Sausage now! Mm ah, mm-mm-mm ah! Mm-mm ah, mm-mm-mm-mm ah! Mm ah, mm-mm-mm-mm, mm-mm ah! Everyone told me not to prod rotten meat, Said meat we’re gonna t ..read more

Honorable mention to Ryan Doumit. | Photo by Focus on Sport via Getty Images The Twins lineup’s timely hitting led to them winning their ninth straight game. It was a back and forth battle but in the end the Twins had the last blow as they put together their 9th consecutive win. The White Sox got the game’s first run in the 3rd inning, as Eloy Jimenez’s single scored Tommy Pham from 2nd. In the 4th, the Sox loaded the bases with 2 outs and Pham hit a ball to Carlos Santana at 1st, but he couldn’t handle it and a run scored on the error. The Twins answered back with 2 runs in the 5th thanks to ..read more

Kim Klement Neitzel-USA TODAY Sports The Twins look to push their win streak to nine games. First Pitch: 6:40 PM CDT TV: Bally Sports North Radio: TIBN Know thine enemy: South Side Sox Today's Lineups TWINS WHITE SOX Alex Kirilloff - LF Nicky Lopez - 2B Edouard Julien - 2B Tommy Pham - CF Ryan Jeffers - C Eloy Jimenez - DH Max Kepler - RF Gavin Sheets - RF Carlos Correa - SS Andrew Vaughn - 1B Trevor Larnach - DH Andrew Benintendi - LF Carlos Santana - 1B Danny Mendick - 3B Willi Castro - CF Paul DeJong - SS Kyle Farmer - 3B Martin Maldonado - C S. Woods Richardso ..read more

The ol’ go-ahead-RBI-in-the-ninth-inning bat toss from Max Kepler. | Kamil Krzaczynski-USA TODAY Sports A strong team pitching performance + late bats equal an eighth straight win The Minnesota Twins only had two hits entering the ninth inning, but a strong pitching performance from Joe Ryan and the bullpen meant that they still had a chance to win with the heart of the lineup coming up. And that’s exactly what happened. Max Kepler played hero by singling home Byron Buxton, who had led off the top of the ninth by lacing a double into the left field corner. Caleb Thielbar made things a bit inte ..read more

Photo by Griffin Quinn/Getty Images Folks, the Chicago White Sox are still pretty bad. Once again, we are only a week removed from our last preview, so be sure to check that one out for everything you need to know from the South Siders. In the meantime, a few updated stats, and small insights from the last week in Chicago. After sweeping the White Sox a week ago, the Twins will look to do the same this time around against one of the worst teams in recent baseball memory. Despite the lack of bright spots, the White Sox were able to were able to sweep the Tampa Bay Rays over the weekend, in lar ..read more

The Joe Ryan Experience (TM) is invading the South Side on Monday night. | Bruce Kluckhohn-USA TODAY Sports We’re (still) going streaking (and Correa’s back!) First Pitch: 6:40 PM CDT TV: Bally Sports North, FS1 (National) Radio: TIBN Know Thine Enemy: South Side Sox My, how the turntables have turned. Just a week ago, I was previewing a Twins-White Sox series that featured two teams in the doldrums. Minnesota had lost six out of seven and was hoping that facing a then-3-19 Sox squad would serve as a catalyst for a hot streak. That’s exactly what happened, with the Twins sweeping all four cont ..read more

Photo by Brace Hemmelgarn/Minnesota Twins/Getty Images The Twins star shortstop makes his triumphant return from the IL. After 16 days on the injured list, start shortstop Carlos Correa will make his return this evening against the White Sox, according to MLB.com’s Do-Hyoung Park. Sounding like Carlos Correa will be active today for the #MNTwins. Austin Martin expected to be optioned in the corresponding move. — Do-Hyoung Park (@dohyoungpark) April 29, 2024 Correa returns to a team playing drastically better than when he left. The Twins went on to lose the game in which he suffered his righ ..read more

Photo by David Berding/Getty Images Days-old rally sausage = Seven straight games with double-digit hits The Past Week on Twinkie Town: The Twins are now 14-13 and currently sit 4.5 games back of the first-place Guardians, who lead the division. As always, check out our Game Threads and Game Recaps! Looking ahead to this week’s games? Stay caught up with our series previews! Zack Koenig reviews a few of the greatest Twins commercials of all time. Elsewhere in Twins Territory: John Ke recaps the last week in Twins baseball, including injury news, transactions, and player performances in eac ..read more