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[Twinkie Town] - Saturday Morning Poll: How Do You Feel Now?

Jesse — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 11:18:23 GMT

... ion More photos » by Steven Senne - AP We'll never see his bat-smelling in a Twins uniform again...( sniff ) Browse more photos » Happy? Sad? Hung-over? After ...

[Star Tribune] - Hardy’s price right this time

JOE CHRISTENSEN, Star Tribune — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 05:37:05 GMT

... a are other versatile infield options. “It’s a good team,” Hardy said of the Twins. “They always have good pitching and good defense. They play the game right, ...

[Pittsburgh Post-Gazette] - MLB Notebook: Twins land Hardy to fill hole at short

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 05:13:37 GMT

... e Milwaukee Brewers in a trade. The move relieves a crowded outfield for the Twins, who also have Delmon Young , Denard Span and Michael Cuddyer . Hardy, 27, b ...

[AaronGleeman.com] - Twins Give Up On Gomez, Get Hardy From Brewers

Aaron — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 04:52:14 GMT

... all-around player and so far at least has shown no signs of progress. If the Twins give him 150 starts in 2010 and Young again fails to take a significant step ...

[Twinkie Town] - The Hosken Powell Memorial Offseason/Hot Stove Linkdump

RandBall's Stu — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 02:20:47 GMT

... or Ortiz. Browse more photos » Item: Big League Stew (no relation) gives the Twins the early edge in the Hardy/Gomez swap. Nobody asked me, but: I will miss Go ...

[HeraldNet] - HeraldNet: Twins get SS Hardy, Brewers get OF Gomez

JON KRAWCZYNSKI and CHRIS JENKINS — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:32:50 GMT

... December, batted .229 with three home runs and 28 RBIs in 137 games with the Twins last season. But he was stuck in a role as a defensive replacement in a crow ...

[Twins Territory] - Hello Hardy, Goodbye Gomez

Twins_Territory — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:05:36 GMT

... prospects, Alcides Escobar, take his spot. Since the 2005 season, Minnesota Twins' shortstops have hit a combined .253 with 31 homeruns, and 287 runs batted o ...

[Milwaukee Journal Sentinal] - Brewers trade Hardy for Gomez

Tom Haudricourt of the Journal Sentinel — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:04:34 GMT

... dy today to address their centerfield position, trading him to the Minnesota Twins for Carlos Gomez , a speedster who has been an offensive underachiever. The ...

[MLB - Brewers] - Brewers acquire outfielder Carlos Gomez from Twins

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:25:23 GMT

... 33 stolen bases in 153 games, including 143 starts in center field. He set a Twins single-season record with 30 bunt hits, leading the Major Leagues, and produ ...

[Josh's Thoughts] - Trade Evaluation: Carlos Gomez for JJ Hardy

Josh Johnson — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:32:43 GMT

... mber seven in the lineup. Even after this latest trade, the Twins still have several trading chips that could interest other teams. They also ...

[NBC Sports: Circling the Bases] - Yankees buck trend with 3-man playoff rotation

Aaron Gleeman — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:04:44 GMT

... that I can remember watching. I was eight years old, newly obsessed with the Twins, and living in St. Paul at the time, so naturally it seemed to me that they ...

[Star Tribune] - Twins get SS Hardy from Brewers for outfielder Carlos Gomez

JON KRAWCZYNSKI and CHRIS JENKINS , Associated Press — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:57:05 GMT

... ace free agent-to-be Orlando Cabrera, a midseason acquisition who helped the Twins edge Detroit for the AL Central title. But Cabrera just turned 35 and is not ...

[A Fan's View from Section 220] - The deal: Little bit sad, a good deal of glad

Howard — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:55:01 GMT

... making those trades. You can still have a good debate over that one, and the Twins could have come to that conclusion as a convenient truth after testing the m ...

[ESPN] - Twins and Brewers both do well

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:31:38 GMT

... er, and is under team control through 2013. Hardy is a huge addition for the Twins, who entered the offseason needing upgrades at shortstop, third base, and se ...

[Pioneer Press] - Powers: Twins tell clueless Gomez to run past third, keep going to Milwaukee

Tom Powers Pioneer Press — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:30:18 GMT

... he's not right he can go into seemingly endless batting slumps. Perhaps the Twins coaching staff can help him become more consistent. They could not do that w ...