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Tom’s Notes: MLB Spring Training Underway + State Hockey Tournaments Heat Up
Full–squad workouts for both the Minnesota Twins and the Milwaukee Brewers are underway.
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Francisco Liriano Somehow Hurt Himself Scaring His Kids
The Pittsburgh Pirates haven’t had a winning season since a young pre-rumored-to-be-usin'-PED-homer-swingin' Barry Bonds was roaming the outfield. The injury to newly-signed pitcher Francisco Liriano may prove there’s a karmic reason for that.
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Tom’s Notes: Twins Manager Ron Gardenhire is Hitting the Snowmobile Trails for a Cause + More
Twins manager Ron Gardenhire will be riding a sled the next few days here in the Northland. For a cause.
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Carl Pavano Injured In The Most Carl Pavano Way Yet
Spring training hasn't started yet, but Carl Pavano is already in mid-season form.
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Minnesota Twins Bring In Familiar Faces to Fill Coaching Vacancies
October 22, 2012 After another disappointing season the Minnesota Twins hung on to manager Ron Gardenhire, but fired other key coaches. Twins fans will be happy to know that some of those roles will be filled by popular players from the Twins past.
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Target Field Lands 2014 All Star Game; Official Announcement Expected Wednesday
August 28, 2012 When the Minnesota Twins moved into Target Field, one of the goals was to land the 2014 Major League Baseball All -Star Game. Now, it appears that goal has been achieved.
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Loudest Clap Of Thunder In The History Of Baseball? Twins, Rangers And Umpires Instantly Leave Field [VIDEO]
July 9, 2012 Take me out to the ballgame, take me out to the (BOOOOM!!!!)....Let's get the heck outta here! Sunday night the Twins and Rangers were playing in Texas when a flash of lightning was immediately followed by an amazingly loud clap of thunder. Everyone reacts the way we would by instantly getting off the field as quickly as possible.
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Minnesota Twins Rally From 6-Run Deficit To Win First Series Of The Year
April 12, 2012 Now this is more like it! Gardy has said the Twins just need to start swinging the bats. The Minnesota Twins trailed 6-0 before their bats woke to rally past the Angels 10-9. The Twins pounded out 20 hits, including home runs from Joe Mauer, Justin Morneau and Josh Willingham to overcome a shaky start from Francisco Liriano. Matt Capps made it interesting by giving up 2 runs in the top of the 9th but got the final out with the tying run stranded at second base. The Twins have improved to 2-4 with the powerful Texas Rangers coming to Target Field this weekend for a 3 game series.
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Source — Detroit Tigers Land Prince Fielder With Nine-Year, $214 Million Deal
January 25, 2012 Well this certainly isn't good news for The Minnesota Twins!
The Detroit Tigers and slugger Prince Fielder have agreed to a nine-year, $214 million deal, a source told ESPN.com's Jerry Crasnick.
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Twins Are Coming Up Threes, Is Harmon Watching Over Them?
May 20, 2011 Since the sad passing of Minnesota Twins legend Harmon Killebrew, who wore the #3, the team has found some success and that success has the number 3 involved an awful lot.
The Twins on Thursday scored in the first inning for the third consecutive game.
They hit three home runs in a game for the first time all season.
And they will bring a three-game winning streak into Friday's series opener in Phoenix against the Diamondbacks.
"You really can't make it up,'' Twins President Dave St. Peter said.
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Twins Great Killebrew Dies
May 17, 2011 Sad news out of the Minnesota Twins today, a true legend has passed.
Harmon Clayton Killebrew, an iconic Minnesota Twin known for his prodigious home runs and humble demeanor, passed away Tuesday morning at his Scottsdale, Ariz., home at the age of 74 after a nearly five-month battle with esophageal cancer.
Killebrew was the face of the Twins franchise for 14 seasons after the franchise moved to Minnesota from Washington, D.C. before the 1961 season. He is 11th on the all-time major league home run list with 573, of which 475 were hit wearing a Twins uniform. He has the eight highest single-season totals in Twins' history. And he became the team's first MVP in 1969 and its first Hall of Fame inductee in 1984.
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Twins’ Harmon Killebrew Enters Hospice Care
May 13, 2011 Sad news out of the Minnesota Twins organization today. I remember being little and hearing my grandpa and dad talk about the Twins teams that featured Harmon Killebrew and looking at photos of him hitting monster home runs. A true class act appears to be entering his final days.
Legendary Twins slugger Harmon Killebrew, one of Minnesota's most beloved sports figures, said Friday that he is near death from esophageal cancer and is entering hospice care.