Baseball Musings (Free subscription) | 08/17/2008
Joe Christensen updates the reasons the trade for Jarrod Washburn fell apart. The Mariners did not turn down a trade for Boof Bonser....
Ballbug (Free subscription) | 08/15/2008
Joe Christensen / Around the Majors : Sorting through this waiver madness — After 3 1/2 years of covering the Twins with La Velle, I felt like I had stepped into “The Twilight Zone” on Thursday. — It started at about 9:45 a.m., when Buster Olney was on ESPN's “First Take” talking about the waiver claims that had been submitted …
Star Tribune (Free subscription) | 16 hours ago
I've got to agree with you about Redmond, Punto, Bonser, etc. Their contributions have been tremendous. But, for a different take regarding Punto you should read what the couch potato geniuses that frequent the Lavelle Neal and Joe Christensen blogs have to say about today's game. Theere is so much venom being spewed forth about Punto's terrible play...almost costing them (the Twins) the game...
Lookout Landing (Free subscription) | 08/15/2008
I don't know who Joe Christensen is but this is why sometimes people want to shoot the messenger. The minute the Twins made the claim, they could have been stuck with the contract. That’s about $2.55 million for the rest of this year and another $10.35 million for next year. ... But that wasn’t enough for the Mariners. They are convinced Washburn has value on the trade market. The Yankees were...
Twinkie Town (Free subscription) | 08/15/2008
The Twins haven't had this much waiver wire speculation since...um, since... I blame Buster Olney for causing a ruckus, throwing out careless and haphazard phrases like "The Twins make a lot of sense as a possibility" for Raul Ibanez . Soon afterward, Joe Christensen put the kibosh on that idea, saying the Twins weren't the winners of the Ibanez sweepstakes. Initially saying they didn't place...
Twinkie Town (Free subscription) | 08/14/2008
Okay, No, the Twins Did NOT Claim Ibanez There was speculation earlier from Buster Olney that the Twins could have been the team to claim Raul Ibanez off of waivers, but over at his Strib blog Joe Christensen has confirmed there was no action taken on behalf of Minnesota.
