Check Out My Thoughts on the All Star Game and Cuddyer

I wrote a blog about the All Star Game and how Cuddyer did. You can also check out my twitter. I'll post some links right here.

Link to blog: Twins Baseball Love

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Joe Mauer Agrees to Play 1st Base

Joe Mauer will be playing first base Thursday in Chicago. Mauer needs to do this so that he can rest his body and get his bat in the lineup. Mauer has been somewhat pressured into doing this by the media and fans, but I don't blame him. People pay lots of money to watch Mauer play, making it unacceptable for people to show up to Target Field and not get to see Mauer. The Twins are paying him 180 million dollars and they aren't paying him that much to sit on the bench and talk about how tired his legs are.

Mauer's probably going to be really good at 1st base. It's pretty much like catching, but much, much easier. He might not know the positioning that well, but this guy has an amazingly high baseball IQ. I trust him to make all the right plays and play very well.

Tampa Bay Rays Twins Series Preview

Okay so the Tampa Bay Rays and the Twins began their series on Monday. They got it started with a bang. The Twins beat David Price and the Tampa Bay Rays 7-0. Brian Duensing threw a 6-hit shut out and the Twins tagged All Star David Price for 4 runs in his first four innings. Danny Valencia and Michael Cuddyer both hit huge home runs that made the game wide open. Duensing didn't need all that help, but the breathing room had to be nice.

Here's a look at the pitching matchups for the next two games (from ESPN):

Tuesday July 5th 8:10pm et

Tampa Bay

(47-38)

SP: Shields (8-5)

Minnesota

(37-46)

SP: Baker (6-5)

Wednesday July 6th 1:10pm ET

• TB: Davis (7-6)
• MIN: Liriano (5-7)

Twins Win 6-4 Last Night

The Minnesota Twins looked great last night. Sure, Brian Duensing only gave them 5 innings, but that was bound to happen considering he has been pitching so well as of late. The most surprising thing about his performance is that he walked four people since Duensing is known for his control.

"The great thing about baseball is you get to play every day," Minnesota manager Ron Gardenhire said. "We just turned the page."

The Twins got a huge go-ahead home run from Luke Hughes in the 5th inning and Matt Capps got his 12th save in 17 chances.

This game snapped the Twins' 6 game losing streak.

Scott Baker is on the hill tonight vs. Jorge De La Rosa. Buy Twins tickets with Ticket King today!

Target Field is the Place to Be with Twins on a Roll

The Minnesota Twins are on a roll folks. They are absolutely dominating baseball after an impressive 8-1 homestand. They now go on the road for a California trip during interleague play. They will face the defending World Champion San Francisco Giants and the Los Angeles Dodgers on the trip. It will be interesting to see how they fare against former CY Young winner Tim Lincecum in the finale of the series against the Giants.

The Dodgers are really struggling and that should be great news for the Twins. As long as the Twins are the hottest team in baseball, a Twins tickets is the hottest ticket in town. Buy Twins Tickets from Ticket King as they have the lowest prices and the best packages.

Trade Cuddyer?

The Twins face some difficult decisions in the upcoming weeks. They can either become buyers or sellers. A lot of that depends on how the team plays in the next couple of weeks. If they continue to play better, they could become buyers at the trade deadline and try to make a playoff push or they could become sellers and try to build for the future. If they become sellers, which it's looking likely that they will be, look for them to try to trade Michael Cuddyer. Why Cuddyer?

Cuddyer is a likely candidate for a few reasons. The first being that his value might never be higher considering he is playing extremely well and has brought his average up past .270 after a poor start to the season. He's also very versatile. He can play 1st base, has played 2nd, and can play the corner outfield spots. He's also played a little 3rd base and could play centerfield if need be. Since he's so versatile, he could helpful towards pretty much any contender.

Two Target Field Trees Find a Home

Two more of the 14 displaced trees from Target Field have found a home. The Twins will put the pair of black spruce at St. Croix State Park in Hinckley. There will be a brief ceremony.

The Twins' hitters complained that the trees, formerly planted in center field, were a hindrance to the batters' abilities to see the ball leave the pitcher's hand.

I still find that to be unbelievable not true and, instead of the just black hole that now sits in center field, maybe the Twins should have put up more of that Minnesota limestone. The black hole looks weird.