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Baseball Brunch: Halfway Home

Every Sunday, MLB FanHouse empties out its notebook in Baseball Brunch.The most remarkable thing about this season as we hit the not-halfway halfway point of the All-Star break isn't Albert Pujols' RBI total. Or Zack Greinke's ERA. Or the PED suspension of one of the game's biggest stars.It's the standings. And they not...

Fantasy Baseball Preview: The Twins

Fantasy baseball draft season is coming, so you best be prepared by delving through every major player on each team. Fantasy FanHouse is here to help with a quick once-over. Meet the...Absolute best team in baseball that you've never heard of. The Twins don't spend a lot of money nor do they make a lot of headlines. What...

Double Your Pleasure, Double Your Fun

FanHouse continues its 2009 MLB Preview with a look at the Minnesota Twins.Last year was supposed to be the season in which the Minnesota Twins finally had to deal with reality. They traded Johan Santana to the Mets because they couldn't afford him any longer, and the heart and soul of the team, Torii Hunter, left for the...

Pat Neshek Is Out For the Season

I was watching the Twins and White Sox last Thursday when Pat Neshek hurt his elbow. It came the way you never want to see a pitcher get hurt (save for maybe a line drive off their head): Just throwing a pitch. Neshek has always had one of the oddest deliveries I've ever seen from a pitcher, and it has the kind of...

Chairman Mauer To Miss More Time

When the Twins placed Joe Mauer on the disabled list on May 6th, it was with hopes that his strained left quadricep muscle would be healed after two weeks. Well, it's not."He's supposed to come off (the disabled list) Sunday - I doubt it," Gardenhire said. "I don't think that's going to happen. He's doing fine. By not...

JesseCrain News From the Web

05/18/12 Crain has put left oblique strain behind him Source: MLB - Chicago White Sox Pitching in back-to-back games against the Angels further proved to Jesse Crain that his left oblique strain is now in the past.
05/16/12 Sox notes: Ventura not surprised at Dunn's power surge Source: Daily Chronicle - Dekalb IL Manager Robin Ventura isn't surprised Dunn has hit 12 home runs with 28 RBIs through 37 games â on pace to destroy last year's awful numbers that surprised the first-year skipper.
05/15/12 Game thread: Tigers win, 10-8, in heart-pounding finish Source: Detroit Free Press - Detroit MI Note: Reliever Jesse Crain has been activated from the 15-day disabled list by the White Sox, who designated left-hander Eric Stults for assignment.
05/15/12 White Sox reliever Crain close to returning Source: Daily Chronicle - Dekalb IL The return of reliever Jesse Crain can only help the White Sox's bullpen after a shaky weekend.
05/14/12 Robin Ventura Pregame Source: Inside the White Sox On if beating Detroit is more significant than other teams: "No, it just means they are a very good (team) and that they are in your division so they're important. It's weird because it's a two-game series, but then again they're a good team and you want to play well because they're in your division. They're good, we've got John (Danks) going today."