Cabin Twelve

The Twins lost to the Yankees for the 374th time this year.

Joe Mauer is still miffed about getting left at home during Game 6 of the 1991 World Series.

An interesting look at the defense of the AL playoff teams. Not surprisingly (to me at least), the Twins aren’t that good defensively.

A Yankees fan has projections for the Twins in the ALDS. Seems about right to me. And speaking of projections, it’s never too early to start thinking about next year. The Baseball Think Factory has the ZiPS Projections for the 2010 Twins up already.

Game 163 II was a big hit on Twin Cities TV, with 469,000 local televisions tuning in.

The Ft. Myers Miracle are looking for a fan that was caught on camera on Tuesday. Someone buy me a hat.

The Twins are not “Small Market Champions.” Call them small revenue (for now), if you must. But the Minneapolis/St. Paul metro are is the 13th most populous in the US. And the Twins do very well on television. (Click the image on the right of the post to see all teams ratings on their regional sports network.)

Its not Twins related, but Deadspin ran an excellent 2 part article by Eric Walker, the man ostensibly behind Moneyball (that’s a pretty gross simplification of things, but I’ll leave it at that). Walker comes across sounding a little bitter and I can’t for the life of me figure out why he chose to run this with Deadspin, but its worth taking the time to read. Part I. Part II.

It turned into a relatively big news day for the Twins today – not to mention the big doubleheader against the Tigers, the Twins have reportedly made a rather impressive splash on the International Free Agent scene and announced a big Target Field deal. Oh, and Chuck Knoblauch.

I can’t be alone in being shocked that the Twins have agreed to terms with 16 year old Dominican shortstop Miguel Angel Sano on a contract with a cool $3.15 million bonus. When its made official, it will become the biggest bonus given to an International free agent this year and the 2nd largest ever. Wow. Bill Smith has had a rocky start, given the Santana & Bartlett/Garza trades, but he sure ain’t as gun shy as Terry Ryan.

No real surprise here, but Best Buy will have a presence at Target Field, as the Twins announced a marketing deal with them today.

And here’s the story about Chuck Knoblauch’s umm, “dispute” with his common-law wife. Also, the Wall Street Journal checks in with some commentary and some of the legalities behind common-law marriage in Texas. Hey, weren’t you wondering too?

And yeah, the paper in Ft. Myers did publish instructions for would be mascots written by Miss A-Miracle, the Ft. Myers Miracle mascot. Oookay. Its got nothing on the Miracle’s previously planned What Would Tim Tebow Do? Night earlier this summer.