Nick Punto News

With the Thanksgiving holiday behind us, the focus of the baseball world now turns to the Winter Meetings.

What do Brendan Harris and Gene Larkin have in common? In a perfect world, the answer would be simple: nothing .

Posted on November 18th, 2009 3:13 PM By Howard Ron Gardenhire coming in second in the AL Manager of the Year voting doesn't work for me.

Joe Crede was on the Twins' radar at this time last year, though not much was made of it publicly, General Manager Bill Smith said.

In baseball, ita TMs not always easy to find the answers. A To this day it seems that almost no pitchers have found the answer to Albert Pujolsa TM bat and no hittersa 'except Chase Utleya 'have found the answer for CC Sabathiaa TMs left arm.

It's looking like third base is this year's version of last year's left field, in which there are a whole lot of free agents out there and not as many teams needing help at the position.

I love this trade. Love it. The Twins' biggest problem last year was a lack of production from every infield position except first base- so they've brought in a shortstop who can produce at the plate and field.

Posted on November 6th, 2009 12:17 PM By Joe Christensen Just a quick post here that the Twins have traded CF Carlos Gomez to the Brewers for SS J.J. Hardy.

The Twins staff has looked in every nook and cranny of the Dome and assembled an array of the odd, the interesting and the collectible for Saturday's sale.

First off, Nick Punto needs to be the utility player. Sit his a$$ on the bench until someone needs a day off or Gardy needs a pinch runner.

Nick Punto is a complete Joke. He hit a blistering .256 after the all star break.

The New York Yankees might look rock solid, but the concrete at their new stadium is drawing extra scrutiny amid a probe of construction companies.

Lost in the Twins' late-season turnaround , dramatic Game 163 victory and quick playoff exit is that they made a significant international signing , handing a $3.15 million bonus to a 16-year-old shortstop from the Dominican Republic named Miguel Angel Sano .

Note: This is the fourth installment in a ten-part series analyzing the Twins' 2009 season.

The baseball playoffs have been very good to TBS -- ratings are up 11 percent -- but reviews for lead announcer Chip Caray haven't been so kind.

Our Twins bowed in three games to the Evil Empire. There were many opportunities in two of the three games for our heroes to win, but they didna t. Ita s no use to dwell on their losses, but you know you are a true fan, , when you replay what might have been before you drop off to sleep.

There was nothing mediocre about them. It was one of the most impressive runs EVER.

In round one, the Yankees received length from their starters and from baseballs hit by Alex Rodriguez, but not from their lineup.

Last update: October 12, 2009 - 2:49 PM There were plenty of defining moments in the Twins/Yankees series.

MINNEAPOLIS, Oct. 11 -- On Sunday night, after the Twins lost for the final time in a baseball stadium never quite designed to be a baseball stadium, the Metrodome didn't go cold right away. Even after the Twins fell to the Yankees, 4-1, sending New York to the American League Championship Series and 54,735 Minnesotans into the 37-degree outdoors, the Metrodome still had the fever of its last memories, of its final innings.

Even after the place emptied, nothing but a few scattered hankies left in the aisles, the Metrodome still had the shape of a quasi-ballyard, not yet reconverted for Brett Favre or monster trucks. The mound still had its bump, and the infield still had its pawprint of dirt, and a baggy outfield wall still curled like a soft L, tall and billowing in right, more inviting in center and left, and you could still see where everything happened.