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Ron Gardenhire was still miffed about a fair ball ruled foul when the Minnesota manager was asked whether Major League Baseball should extend the use of instant replay.
After the Minnesota Twins lost Game 1 of the AL playoffs, manager Ron Gardenhire was really looking forward to Thursday.
Ron Gardenhire threw a couple of lefties at the New York Yankees and nothing went right.
Twins first baseman Justin Morneau walked into manager Ron Gardenhire's office Monday afternoon with a simple message.
Clay Buchholz pounced on the bunt near the first-base line, yet all the Boston starting pitcher could do was watch one Texas runner slide across home plate while another ran safely to first.
Twins manager Ron Gardenhire was ejected in the seventh inning of the series finale Thursday against Detroit by plate umpire Paul Nauert.
Ron Gardenhire figures he has one thing left to do as manager of the Minnesota Twins.
Joe Maddon had a good reason for interrupting his honeymoon. About an hour after he landed in Rome, the newly married Maddon easily won the American League Manager of the Year award Wednesday for guiding Tampa Bay from baseball's basement to the World Series in one astonishing season.
This Minnesota Twins team has scored more runs than any other during manager Ron Gardenhire's seven years, a tenure that already includes four division titles. He's watched five starting pitchers post 10 or more victories in 2008, too, just the second time that feat has been pulled off in the club's 48 seasons.
Minnesota Twins manager Ron Gardenhire was suspended for one game Saturday for his outburst Thursday night that led fans to throw hats and baseballs on the field during a victory over the Chicago White Sox.
Chicago White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen pulled his team off the field at the Metrodome in the seventh inning Thursday night after fans threw hats and baseballs onto the field following the ejection of Minnesota Twins manager Ron Gardenhire.
Twins manager Ron Gardenhire rejoined the team on Thursday after missing the last five games to be with his family in Oklahoma following the death of his brother.
The Minnesota Twins don't need any extra motivation when they play the Chicago White Sox. But if someone like A.J. Pierzynski wants to provide a little extra push, they'll take it.
Back in June, Justin Morneau walked into manager Ron Gardenhire's office with a .236 batting average and was benched. Though he didn't realize it at the time, he walked out an MVP. "It woke me up," Morneau said Tuesday after edging Derek Jeter of the New York Yankees to win the AL's Most Valuable Player award. "He lit a fire under me."
Minnesota manager Ron Gardenhire kept his clubhouse doors closed 10 extra minutes. "The guys were a little flustered," he explained. "Sorry." No apologies needed. This loss hurt a little more than most for the Twins. Not just because it's September, and not just because Detroit won. This one stung because it came in a game that Johan Santana started.
The Minnesota Twins will have to make their playoff push without Francisco Liriano. A strong Rookie of the Year candidate, Liriano walked off the mound because of elbow trouble Wednesday in his highly anticipated return to the Minnesota rotation. After a 1-0 loss to Oakland, manager Ron Gardenhire said Liriano was done for the year.
Ron Gardenhire isn't a huge fan of hip hop, and he probably wouldn't recognize Daddy Yankee if the Puerto Rican rapper came up and shook the Twins manager's hand.
* When last we checked in with Matt Bush the former No. 1 overall pick was pleading guilty to assault charges on draft day, which seemed fitting for one of the biggest busts in draft history.
Denard Span is away from the team to have his recent dizziness examined and Carlos Gomez is in manager Ron Gardenhire's doghouse, so the Twins are trotting out perhaps the worst defensive outfield that I've ever seen for this afternoon's game against the A's.
* It wasn't quite as eventful as Carlos Zambrano's implosion yesterday, but this afternoon's Twins-Red Sox game just saw home-plate umpire Todd Tichenor eject both starting catchers and both managers in the same inning, about five minutes apart.
It was billed as A-Rod's debut at the new Yankee Stadium, but after a melodramatic reception during his first at-bat where the late-arriving crowd / empty Legends Suite section clapped and did little else, some cool stuff happened.
Matt Garza was the Twins' first round pick in 2005. He started out in the minors, just like every person that is drafted by the Twins. We didn't even hear his name in 2005.
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