http://twins.mlbnewsblog.com Updated with the latest Major League Baseball News! Thu, 24 Jul 2008 09:44:16 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I never used a ticket broker before, but was surprised how quickly my Twins tickets from the Ticket Specialists got to my house. I was even more surprised that it was so affordable for such great seats. I've never sat so close to the field at the Metrodome ... http://twins.mlbnewsblog.com/2008/06/03/ticket-specialists-review/ The Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees are set for another big series at Fenway Park this weekend. Once again, it could go a long way toward deciding who makes the playoffs. As the wild card, if the Rays keep playing like this. Ben Zobrist homered and drove ... http://twins.mlbnewsblog.com/2008/07/24/rays-beat-as-to-stay-in-front-of-al-east-ap/ Mike Mussina entered this season almost an afterthought in the Yankees' rotation, the old man on a staff of budding stars. What a difference four months makes. Mussina walked off the Yankee Stadium mound Wednesday to rousing "Mooose!" calls from the sold-out crowd, having thrown eight economical innings in New ... http://twins.mlbnewsblog.com/2008/07/23/mussina-leads-yanks-to-10th-straight-home-win-ap/ Robinson Cano is hitting .522 since the All-Star break. The New York Yankees are even better: 5-for-5. Bobby Abreu hit a go-ahead homer in the sixth inning and drove in three runs, leading the surging Yankees past the Minnesota Twins 8-2 on Tuesday night, their ninth consecutive victory at home. ... http://twins.mlbnewsblog.com/2008/07/22/abreu-sends-surging-yanks-to-9th-straight-home-win-ap/ Alex Rodriguez and the New York Yankees have 28 regular-season games left at their longtime home, and they seem determined to make the most of them. They may have to do it without Jorge Posada. Rodriguez hit a two-run homer in the first inning and an RBI single in the ... http://twins.mlbnewsblog.com/2008/07/22/rodriguez-drives-in-3-as-yanks-beat-twins-ap/ Alex Rodriguez hit a two-run homer and an RBI single Monday night to help the New York Yankees beat the Minnesota Twins 12-4 for their eighth straight home win. Robinson Cano hit an upper-deck drive and Derek Jeter also went deep for the Yankees, who have won four straight overall. ... http://twins.mlbnewsblog.com/2008/07/21/rodriguez-drives-in-three-as-yanks-beat-twins-ap/ Seventeen teams can still be labeled playoff contenders, and the Cubs, Angels and Red Sox are the surest bets. http://twins.mlbnewsblog.com/2008/07/21/no-pretenders-in-this-group-yahoo-sports/ Taylor Teagarden made his first major league hit count. The rookie broke up Scott Baker's perfect-game bid with a sixth-inning home run and caught Vicente Padilla's gem Sunday as the Texas Rangers beat the Minnesota Twins 1-0. "The only thing he didn't do was clean the stadium after the game," ... http://twins.mlbnewsblog.com/2008/07/20/teagardens-first-homer-lifts-rangers-over-twins-ap/ Old school Minnesota Twins manager Ron Gardenhire can't believe what the game has come to according to the New... http://twins.mlbnewsblog.com/2008/07/20/agent-might-file-grievance-because-client-is-at-triple-a-yahoo-sports/ With all those hits Livan Hernandez has given up and Francisco Liriano waiting impatiently in the minors, the natural assumption is that the Minnesota Twins might soon make a change in their rotation. The Twins aren't listening to the hubbub. They're too busy admiring their 14-7 record when Hernandez starts. http://twins.mlbnewsblog.com/2008/07/19/mauer-morneau-power-twins-past-rangers-14-2-ap/