https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/page/93/?d=4WordPress Posts: WordPress Postsenhttps://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/the-minnesota-twins-are-who-they-are-and-theyre-not-changing-anytime-soon/We have a high patience level in this organization. We always have.   -- Twins GM Terry Ryan, right before his team dropped to 0-9 to start the season   Love it or hate it, the Minnesota Twins have an organizational identity, and they’re not gonna change it anytime soon. As his team slumped to 0...384Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/minnesota-lynx-sign-second-round-pick-bashaara-graves/The Minnesota Lynx yesterday announced the signing of second-round draft pick Bashaara Graves (22nd overall).   Graves, a 6-foot-2 forward from Clarksville, Tenn., averaged 10.3 points and 8.3 rebounds per game in 33 contests for the Lady Vols this season. She connected on 54 percent of her attem...383Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/419-twins-power-up-late-but-still-fall-to-brewers-6-5/A late double by an unlikely source in the ninth inning off Minnesota Twins closer Kevin Jepsen led to the decisive run in a 6-5 loss at Target Field on Tuesday afternoon. A bundled-up crowd of 17,597 subdued fans -- probably a fairly equal mix of Twins and Brewers backers -- alternated cheering a...378Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/lynx-acquire-wnba-all-star-jia-perkins-from-san-antonio/The Minnesota Lynx acquired guard Jia Perkins from San Antonio in exchange for the draft rights to Jazmon Gwathmey, a guard from James Madison who was selected with the 14th pick in the 2016 WNBA Draft.   Perkins, a 5-8 guard, averaged 13.3 points, 3.0 rebounds and 1.7 assists per game last seaso...373Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/419-molitor-on-polancos-return-plouffe-to-the-dl/Greetings from Target Field, where the sky is gloomy but the field is in otherwise solid condition. Diamond dust is out in ample supply, but everything appears to be in order for the first part of this home-and-home series with Milwaukee to go off without a hitch.   Phil Hughes joked in the club...370Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/418-wild-take-game-3-defeat-dallas-stars-5-3/The Minnesota Wild were down 0-1 26 seconds into the first period. They were down 0-2 a couple minutes later. But two Patrick Sharp goals early couldn't force an elimination Game 4 for the Dallas Stars, as the Minnesota Wild answered back late in the first and took Game 3, 5-3.   “We were sleepin...367Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/418-twins-beat-milwaukee-brewers-7-4-in-rain-shortened-game/Yesterday it went 12 innings; Tuesday night it went six. Both games lasted a long time. A rain delay lasted over two hours, but cut the game to six innings, and the Minnesota Twins won their fourth straight over the Milwaukee Brewers, 7-4.   "Originally when they stopped it, they thought it was g...363Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/418-gm-terry-ryan-on-bringing-ron-gardenhire-back/The Minnesota Twins have brought former manager Ron Gardenhire back as a special assistant to general manager Terry Ryan. Some fans will deplore this move, seeing it as nepotism; a "country club" mentality. Others will marvel at how a GM can fire a manager and hire him back in a lower position, wh...361Mon, 18 Apr 2016 22:31:14 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/418-plouffe-on-his-status-molitor-on-facing-the-brewers-gardys-return/We've got some ominous weather here at Target Field. After a 12-inning game yesterday, everybody's hoping that the weather doesn't interfere with tonight's contest between the Minnesota Twins and Milwaukee Brewers.   Phil Hughes (0-2, 4.38 ERA) takes the mound against righty Chase Anderson (1-0,...360Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/at-long-last-the-minnesota-timberwolves-have-a-good-thing-going/I think we can have something pretty special here in Minnesota.   -- Former interim coach Sam Mitchell at practice before the team’s final game this year   The Minnesota Timberwolves have an opportunity to become what the Oklahoma City Thunder could have been. OKC reached the 2012 NBA Finals wit...355Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/getting-nostalgic-with-the-vikings-schedule/The Minnesota Vikings schedule was officially released last week with a great deal of anticipation. At last, fans knew the date, time and opponent of the team’s first game at U.S. Bank Stadium, how often the team would play in primetime, whether the bye week was early, middle or late and if schedu...354Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/417-twins-sweep-los-angeles-angels-with-3-2-12th-inning-win/It took 12 innings, but the Minnesota Twins are now 3-9 after sweeping the Los Angeles Angels. Michael Tonkin, who pitched 2.0 innings in relief, gets the win; Cory Rasmus picks up the loss.     "It was definitely a good ballgame. Good pitching on both sides," said manager Paul Molitor. "A...352Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/417-gm-terry-ryan-on-arcia-parks-home-run-cuddyers-return-injury-update/Danny Santana is doing well, Byron Buxton is close to ready and Glen Perkins is doing maintenance on his rotator cuff, according to Minnesota Twins GM Terry Ryan.   "We're gonna start talking here in the next day or so about exactly what we want to do as far as rehab probability. Because he did w...351Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/wild-recalls-reilly-loans-bertschy-to-team-switzerland/Minnesota Wild General Manager Chuck Fletcher today announced the National Hockey League (NHL) club has recalled defenseman Mike Reilly from the Iowa Wild of the American Hockey League (AHL).   Reilly, 22 (7/13/93), collected seven points (1-6=7), 27 shots on goal and eight penalty minutes (PIM)...350Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/417-molitor-on-parks-bomb-gibson-suzuki-and-more/Greetings from Target Field, where the Minnesota Twins (2-9) are looking to sweep the Los Angeles Angels (5-6). Righty Kyle Gibson (0-2, 4.22 ERA) vs. righty Nick Tropeano (1-0, 0.00 ERA).   Manager Paul Molitor says he's seen encouraging signs from Gibson. "He's a trustworthy guy, in terms of he...349Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/416-a-winning-streak-twins-use-longball-to-take-down-angels/A pair of mammoth home runs in the eighth inning propelled the Twins to another come-from-behind win over the Angels -- their second in as many days -- by a 6-4 margin. Ricky Nolasco struggled early, but after a tough second inning gutted it out the rest of the way to complete seven innings. After...347Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/416-pregame-notes-twins-versus-angels/The Twins broke through with a come-from-behind win against the Angels on Friday night to move to 1-9 on the season. And while that’s far from ideal, former Twin and current postgame analyst Jack Morris was quick to point out that the 1991 team also started 2-9. The parallels basically stop there,...346Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/twins-place-abad-on-bereavement-list-recall-orourke/The Minnesota Twins announced today that they have placed left-handed pitcher Fernando Abad on the Bereavement List.   His name came up last night, and he is a logical replacement: swapping one lefty reliever with another.     To replace Abad on the 25-man roster, the Twins have recalled l...345Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/415-twins-win-first-game-of-the-year-defeat-l-a-angels-5-4/The Minnesota Twins losing streak is over. Win No. 1 comes at the expense of the Los Angeles Angels, who were on a four-game win streak before losing 5-4 to the Twins.   "Well, it was much-needed," said manager Paul Molitor. "It was a tough game too, in the fact that it went back and forth a litt...344Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/415-buxton-injury-update-nunez-leading-off-and-other-notes/It's Jackie Robinson day today! All players are wearing No. 42 in his honor. Just FYI, there's a new Ken Burns documentary out on him that brings a new light to his story.   Minnesota Twins manager Paul Molitor continues to shake up the lineup in order to get his hitters going. "Our offensive str...343Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/415-dallas-stars-take-1-0-series-lead-over-wild-blank-them-4-0/The Dallas Stars shut out the Minnesota Wild in a 4-0 victory on Thursday night. Minnesota was without three key forwards: Zach Parise, Thomas Vanek and Erik Haula.   Dallas sports one of the best power play units in the NHL, but has weak goaltending, so the Wild's scouting report likely indicate...338Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/414-twins-are-0-9-after-3-1-loss-to-chicago-white-sox/Paul Molitor is feeling everyone's pain. "It's getting harder," the manager said after a 3-1 loss to the Chicago White Sox, "to come up with words."   The Minnesota Twins are now 0-9 to start the season. The last team to start 0-9 was the 2003 Detroit Tigers who lost 119 games. The 2002 Tigers st...336Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/twins-sign-outfielder-david-murphy-to-a-minor-league-deal/With the Adam Brett Walker shelved at Triple-A with an oblique injury suffered during batting practice, the Minnesota Twins announced Thursday that they’ve signed veteran outfielder David Murphy to a minor-league deal.   Contract specifics, such as an opt-out date, were not made immediately avai...334Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/wolves-blowout-pelicans-144-109/The Minnesota Timberwolves defeated the New Orleans Pelicans in the final game of the 2015-16 campaign, 144-109, setting a new franchise single-game scoring record. Karl-Anthony Towns scored a team-high 28 points to go with 14 en route to his 51st double-double of the season. Ricky Rubio had 10 as...330Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/timberwolves-statement-on-search-for-head-coach-head-of-basketball-operations/The Minnesota Timberwolves have announced Sam Mitchell has been relieved of his interim head coaching duties, effective immediately, and the team will initiate a search for both a new head coach and a new head of basketball operations. Due to the sudden onset of Flip Saunders’ illness leading to h...329Thu, 14 Apr 2016 00:17:45 +0000