Joe Nathan News

The Yankees left the ultimate stamp on the season by winning their unprecedented 27th World Series title, which should put the boys from the Bronx right in the mix for some of the 2009 This Year in Baseball Awards.

Two nights before the 2008 All-Star Game at Yankee Stadium, I had the opportunity to hang out with Joe Mauer, Justin Morneau, and Joe Nathan at an pre-All-Star Game party at a bar in New York City.

As much as any other position, the rankings for closera TMs see some drastic changes when you are looking at drafting for yearly leagues vs.

Just a month after taking their final swings in the Metrodome, the Minnesota Twins this week advertised their move to the greener pastures of Target Field.

The Minnesota Twins are running their first television commercial for the 2010 season, featuring Joe Mauer and other Twins being moved to the new stadium in much the way a family moves into a new home.

There is no sawdust attached to the palms of Mark Teixeira's batting gloves, even though the temptation might be there to grip the bat tighter and escape this ugly first World Series experience at the plate.

Just as he'd done before every other home game this World Series, Joe Girardi sank into a chair along the right wall of his office on Wednesday afternoon and prepared to answer a question he knew was coming.

Share + Oct 30, 2009 1:24 pm US/Eastern 1 of 3 CBS 2 of 3 Alex Rodriguez connects off Twins closer Joe Nathan with no out in the bottom of the ninth on Oct.

Here we go. It's the Yankees vs. the Philadelphia Phillies in the World Series. Both teams can hit the ball out of the park and come equipped with potentially lights-out starting pitching.

Boof Bonser is out of options, both literally and figuratively. A Just two years removed from serving as the number two starter in Minnesotaa TMs rotation, Bonser, 28,A is in the uncomfortable position of not knowing what his future with the organization may hold or if he even has a future with the organization.

We don't know yet whether Joe Mauer will be selected the American League's Most Valuable Player.

The Minnesota Twins cannot afford to trade Joe Nathan. A Period. A Not now. Not later this offseason.

Everyone is asking the the question : What to do with Joe Nathan? Opinions are fairly easy to come by.

Alex Rodriguez keeps adding to 2009 playoff legacy with game-tying, 11th-inning homer against Brian Fuentes in Game 2 win over Angels on Saturday night.

Twins' Joe Nathan on the bench after being pulled in the tenth inning inning at Yankee Stadium Friday, October 9, 2009 .

Minnesota Twins first baseman Justin Morneau and closer Joe Nathan each underwent a procedure to have bone chips removed this week.

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Minnesota Twins reliever had two chips removed from his right elbow Tuesday morning by Dr.

It was a thrilling ride that ended much too soon for the Twins. Just five days after clinching the American League Central in a 6-5, 12-inning tiebreaker win over the Tigers, the Twins sat in the same clubhouse where they had celebrated with an empty feeling.

Carl Pavano pitched seven solid innings on Sunday night, striking out nine, but couldn't pitch the Twins past his old club.