Tag Archives: Delmon Young

Dumping of Delmon is latest in disturbing trend

Posted on August 17, 2011 by Hayden Goethe

After spending a week in the Twin Cities, I was pretty much out of the loop when I pulled into Fargo-Moorhead on Monday. Upon returning home, I’ll admit I was awfully surprised to find out that the Twins had traded … Continue reading →

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Delmon Young starts to show a pulse for Twins

Posted on June 12, 2011 by Hayden Goethe

There’s no two ways about it: Delmon Young‘s first couple of months of the season were brutal. But with the Minnesota Twins appearing close to getting injured regulars like Joe Mauer and Tsuyoshi Nishioka back within the next week or … Continue reading →

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Young’s progress encouraging

Posted on May 13, 2010 by Hayden Goethe

Delmon Young looks like a completely different player this year. Literally. Of course, he lost about 30 pounds in the offseason. That much has been well-publicized. But he doesn’t just look like a different hitter. He’s acting like a different … Continue reading →

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Is Delmon Young for real?

Posted on April 9, 2010 by Hayden Goethe

Would the real Delmon Young please stand up? Four games into the season, the Minnesota Twins outfielder has hit two home runs. That may seem like a modest total until you consider it took him until June 20 to his … Continue reading →

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Gardenhire in midseason form

Posted on February 23, 2010 by Hayden Goethe

There can’t be too many managers in baseball who loves busting their players’ chops more than Minnesota Twins skipper Ron Gardenhire. Found a pretty funny story on Yahoo’s baseball blog about Gardenhire and first baseman Justin Morneau exchanging text messages … Continue reading →

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Playing the percentages

Posted on February 15, 2010 by Hayden Goethe

Considering I’ve been asked in the comments sections of back-to-back blog posts what the NBA and NHL are, let’s get back to a little baseball talk. I’m feeling ambitious with this post today. Hopefully, I don’t write too much. I’d … Continue reading →

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Points of interest from Wednesday’s radio show

Posted on January 27, 2010 by Hayden Goethe

We had a very interesting conversation with Minnesota Twins beat writer La Velle E. Neal from the Minneapolis Star Tribune in the first segment of "Sports Talk" on 970-AM WDAY radio on Wednesday. Here’s a few of the highlights from … Continue reading →

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Thome becomes a more realistic possibility for Twins

Posted on January 25, 2010 by Hayden Goethe

It’s official. The Chicago White Sox won’t be taking designated hitter Jim Thome back. And not only that, but it’s also been reported today that Thome’s agent and the Minnesota Twins have spoken with each other this afternoon. I go … Continue reading →

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The Delmon dilemma

Posted on October 15, 2009 by Hayden Goethe

I got a pretty good amount of feedback – by this blog’s standards – on my suggestion that the Minnesota Twins trade Delmon Young now while he’s got value. I even got a message on Facebook from a former co-worker … Continue reading →

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