Topic: Ron Gardenhire

Black barely beats out Baker for NL Manager of the Year, Gardenhire wins AL awardBud Black hung on to win this race. Ron Gardenhire became a first-time Manager of the Year, too, after so many near misses.A month after his San Diego ...
Most of the time managers are criticized for the moves they make (like Joe Maddon of the Tampa Bay Rays and Bruce Bochy of the SF Giants) or for the amount of losses a team accumulates. Sure the Red Sox did not ...
Ron Gardenhire is one of the very best managers in the game as the man is a miracle worker of consistency for years. The Minnesota Twins have been a notoriously cheap franchise allowing homegrown stars like Johan Santana and Torii Hunter to ...
Down 2-0 (again) to the Yankees (again), Twins philosophical about comeback possibilityBrian Fuentes sounded philosophical."The bad news is we're down 2-0," the Minnesota Twins reliever said Friday. "But the good news is we're only down 2-0."At this point, anything short of elimination ...
Another disputed decision Thursday led to the ejection of Rays manager Joe Maddon and chants of "Replay! A few hours later, Minnesota manager Ron Gardenhire got tossed from the Yankees-Twins game for arguing a ball-strike call. It became moot - sort of ...

Playoff Capsules

Playoff CapsulesAndy Pettitte gave the New York Yankees yet another clutch performance in the postseason, pitching seven smooth innings in a 5-2 victory over the Minnesota Twins on Thursday evening for a 2-0 lead in their AL division series.Lance Berkman hit a ...

Gardenhire ejected in 7th inning

Twins manager Ron Gardenhire ejected in 7th inning against YankeesMinnesota Twins manager Ron Gardenhire has been ejected in the seventh inning of Game 2 against the Yankees for arguing balls and strikes.Carl Pavano appeared to have Yankees designated hitter Lance Berkman struck ...
Twins manager Ron Gardenhire OK after being hit by thrown ball during batting practiceMinnesota Twins manager Ron Gardenhire has been hit in the ear by a thrown ball during batting practice, but does not appear to be seriously hurt.A Twins spokesman said ...

Liriano will open playoffs for Twins

Twins hurler Francisco Liriano will get the start when Minnesota open their American League playoff campaign next month, manager Ron Gardenhire said Wednesday."He's been winging it pretty good," Gardenhire said before the Twins hosted Cleveland.Liriano is 14-8 with a 3.44 ERA in ...

Twins name Liriano as starting pitcher for playoffs

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Left-hander Francisco Liriano will pitch the opening game of the playoffs for the Minnesota Twins next month, the Major League Baseball team said on Wednesday.Liriano (14-8), who leads all Minnesota pitchers with the lowest ERA and most strikeouts, ...
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