Author Bio & Stories

Nate Patrin

Nate Patrin has written about music and popular culture for Pitchfork, eMusic, City Pages and elsewhere. He lives in St. Paul, Roy Campanella's last stop before joining the Dodgers, and works in Minneapolis, Willie Mays' last stop before joining the Giants. Follow him @natepatrin once he remembers he has a Twitter account.

  • July 31, 2012
    A Serious Team, Part Two: Waiting For The End

    The Minnesota Twins are not the worst organization in baseball, or the unluckiest or most poorly managed. They are, however, an organization in the middle of an existential crisis that's now two decades old, and which shows little sign of working itself out. In part two of this two-part look at their two decades of meh, a look at what's been lost, and what's at risk.

  • July 30, 2012
    A Serious Team, Part One: The Long Crisis of the Minnesota Twins

    The Minnesota Twins are not the worst organization in baseball, or the unluckiest or most poorly managed. They are, however, an organization in the middle of an existential crisis that's now two decades old, and which shows little sign of working itself out. In part one of this two-part examination of the team, a look at how they got there.