Minnesota Twins

9 of the worst World Series-winning MLB teams

Babe Ruth 1916 Red Sox

Rather than mindlessly celebrating the best of the best, we thought we’d take a crack at making fun of some of the worst of the best. Indeed, even though all these teams are technically champions, these 9 teams all somehow managed to win it all despite the fact that they, well, kinda sucked. Read more

Fox MLB broadcaster screams “Santa Maria” on walk-off home run

Fox broadcaster Santa Maria

Brandon Inge surprising walk-off home run gave the Tigers their 8th straight victory today. The long ball also gave Fox MLB broadcaster Matt Vasgersian an opportunity to try out his new catch phrase: “SANTA MARIA!”. Read more

VIDEO: Jim Thome hits 600th home run

Jim Thome

Here’s Jim Thome’s 600th home run against the Detroit Tigers tonight. Read more

VIDEO: Francisco Liriano throws no-hitter against the Chicago White Sox

Drew Butera, Francisco Liriano

Francisco Liriano, on the verge of getting cut from the rotation, threw a no-hitter against the Chicago White Sox last night. Liriano had struggled thus far this season going 1-4 with a 9.13 ERA going into the game. Read more

Sports by the numbers: 1/20/11

Carmelo Anthony

Guyism’s daily look at what’s hot in the world of sports. Read more

Sports by the numbers: 10/11/10

Brooks Conrad

Guyism’s daily look at what’s hot in the world of sports. Read more

Minnesota cab driver has no idea who the Twins are

Sikh Taxi Driver

When Tigers’ pitcher Joel Zumaya went down, GM Dave Dombrowski called up minor-leaguer Casey Fien from AAA Toledo to replace him. Crunched for time, Fien hopped on a plane to Minnesota and arrived with a few hours to spare. That is until he encountered, what can only be described, as the dumbest cabbie in Minneapolis. ... Read more

Captions from the Tigers/Twins Game

Not sure what Huff is upset about. Well, maybe its because he hit .189 after being traded to the Tigers. Would you be surprised if it was Ozzie Guillen who picked up Miggy’s tab last Friday? There’s a difference between a butt slap and a butt grab? Easy Edwin… Thank Leyland boy toy Zach Miner ... Read more

ANGEL HERNANDEZ IS A CRAPPY UMP

Lost in the hoopla of the Twins-Tigers series the past 4 days was the atrocious umpiring of one, Angel Hernandez. Its well known in the MLB that Angel has a quick trigger finger, but his inability to control the situation in yesterday’s game almost cost both teams. In the early innings, Tigers utility man Marcus ... Read more

JOE MAUER TIPS PITCHES

Thanks to reader Tom for sending this over to me. I’ve always thought both the Twins and White Sox did this. Especially to pitchers like Verlander who they have no chance against. But with Joe Mauer doing it…Well, that’s gotta sting to all the Twins fans that built him up to be the greatest player ... Read more