CHICAGO -- This wasn’t another one of those offensive outbursts that have carried the Twins through this resurgent winning streak -- but “just enough” will also work fine. It was simply a different path to a now-familiar result, as Max Kepler’s go-ahead, RBI single in the ninth inning carried the

CHICAGO -- To be frank (ba dum tss), it boggles the mind that this is a story that needs to be (well) done, but ... here we are. Baseball players can be superstitious to an extreme, and never has that become more apparent than when a summer sausage started getting

CHICAGO -- We take a break from your regularly scheduled sausage-related programming to bring you news of health. Or maybe not, because it looks like Carlos Correa is buying into sausage-mania, too. “The vibes, as you guys can tell, are great,” Correa said. “We’ve got a sausage now and all

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ANAHEIM -- Baseball's a sport where if you have a good thing going, you don't dare mess with whatever might be providing those positive vibes -- perishable or not. Last week in Chicago, while the Twins were looking for anything to reverse their early-season struggles, Kyle Farmer put out a

Some mascots are good for a laugh. Some get you amped up. Some make you feel warm and fuzzy. Mudonna T. Pig -- a neon-pink porcine cheerleader nicknamed "the divine swine" and "the dutchess of pork" who has been entertaining St. Paul Saints fans for over 20 years -- was

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ANAHEIM -- The Twins' attempt to remedy a once-woeful offense has been working. They've produced five or more runs in every game of a six-game win streak. On Saturday, they scored a season-high in a 16-5 demolition of the Los Angeles Angels at Angel Stadium. “I couldn’t be happier,” said

ANAHEIM -- If momentum in baseball is only as good as that day’s starting pitcher, the Twins, fresh off a four-game sweep of the White Sox, were in a good spot Friday with Bailey Ober set to go. Minnesota’s most consistent starter showed that not even a stomach bug could

MINNEAPOLIS -- The Twins never really need any excuse to mess with Edouard Julien, who is often graciously the butt of jokes in the clubhouse. But manager Rocco Baldelli just decided to stir the pot a bit earlier this week, when he moved Julien down a slot from his customary

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MINNEAPOLIS -- The small steps forward keep coming for the Minnesota offense. The first step was to get a blowout in the books -- and that happened in Game 1 of the Twins' series against the White Sox. The next step was to claw back for a last-second comeback victory

Three years ago, Charlie Condon attracted zero interest from pro scouts or NCAA Division I baseball programs. He wound up at Georgia as a preferred walk-on and redshirted during his first season in Athens. Now he's the best prospect in the 2024 Draft and sits atop MLB Pipeline's updated and

MINNEAPOLIS -- It took a while for Byron Buxton to finally go deep this season, but when he did, he really made it count. The Twins’ offense has been late-arriving this season in the big picture, to say the least, and that was the case on a smaller scale on

MINNEAPOLIS -- Needless to say, the injury situation up in Minneapolis has had a significant impact on the Twins thus far, with early issues for Royce Lewis, Carlos Correa, Jhoan Duran, Caleb Thielbar and Justin Topa playing some role in the Twins’ scuffling start to the season. It’s been equally

There are a kajillion reasons to love baseball -- especially Minor League Baseball. The bobblehead, which has been greeted with an enthusiastic "Yes" from baseball fans at least since MLB put out a set featuring the likes of Roberto Clemente, Mickey Mantle and Willie Mays in 1960, combines many of

MINNEAPOLIS -- Believe it or not, the Twins made it 20 games and nearly a month into the season before facing a team that currently sits below .500 in the standings -- and if they’re going to turn their season around, they’ve got to take full advantage of this upcoming

MINNEAPOLIS -- The problem with Louie Varland for much of this season had been that he was throwing too many hittable strikes in two-strike counts. The problem on Sunday was that he was no longer throwing strikes at all. The slumping Twins are now losers of six of their last

MINNEAPOLIS -- At a certain point as Bennett Fisk continued his youth baseball career, he needed to push down on the top of his batting helmet and rock it forward over his forehead just so that he could meet the safety standards enforced by the umpires at his games. There

This story was excerpted from Do-Hyoung Park’s Twins Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox. MINNEAPOLIS -- Let’s throw it back to last week, when the Dodgers and the modern-day Murderers’ Row at the top of that lineup rolled

MINNEAPOLIS -- Bailey Ober's first start of the season might have felt like a bad dream. But in his last three starts, Ober has been a nightmare for opposing hitters. Ober pitched six dazzling innings on Saturday and the Twins did just enough at the plate to beat the Tigers,

MINNEAPOLIS -- When things are going well for a baseball team, everything seems to be clicking. The pitchers are sharp, the fielding is sound and the hitting is timely. But things haven’t been going well for the Twins of late, and Friday night provided another example of how failing to