Kotsay's Inside-Park HR Puts Twins inÃÂ a Hole
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MINNEAPOLIS -- Right after two of his Minnesota teammates hit back-to-back home runs, Torii Hunter tried to be the hero. Instead, the Gold Glove center fielder made an ill-advised dive for a sinking line drive. Sprawled on the turf, he could only watch as Mark Kotsay circled the bases for an...
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On a night when Johan Santana was superb for the Twins, Mike Mussina was inconsistent in his first start since July 6.
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Maybe they should play the rest of their home games at the ballpark over at Coney Island, because their own place suddenly has become a House of Mirrors. The Yankees lose the World Series here. They get shut out in the Division Series opener here. They squander a 5-3 lead late in Game 2 against the Twins ...
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Carlos Almanzar left the game with an apparent right forearm injury with two outs in the ninth...Texas beat the A&#39;s for only the seventh time in 18 outings this season, but have won three of four from Oakland...Mark Kotsay and Jermaine Dye had three hits
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As the pitch sailed over The Wall and into the Monster Seats in left field, Yankees rookie reliever Joba Chamberlain knew it was over. He had disappointed his manager. And what's worse than disappointing Joe Torre?
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Twins: Minnesota enters team-record third straight postseason with significantly different crew than one that kicked contraction in 2002 and advanced to ALCS.
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The Minnesota Twins closed out the  season with a 5-1 win over the Chicago White Sox on Sunday to  capture the American League Central crown and avoid a  first-round playoff meeting with the New York Yankees.
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We've been here before, to paraphrase that noted Yankee philosopher, Yogi Berra. Last year, in the American League Division Series, the Minnesota Twins beat the New York Yankees in Game 1 at Yankee Stadium, then lost Game 2. The series shifted to the indoor, climate-controlled Metrodome, and the Yanks closed things out behind Roger Clemens and David Wells, ...
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MINNEAPOLIS -- Just like that, the White Sox&#39; little statement game went up in flames against the Minnesota Twins. The Twins ended Freddy Garcia&#39;s no-hitter in the sixth and then scored nine runs in the inning on their way to an eventual 10-2 victory.
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Too tired to take batting practice, the bleary-eyed Minnesota Twins milled around the Metrodome just hours after another postseason rally by the New York Yankees evened their American League Division Series at one game each.
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MINNEAPOLISâIf anyone in the Minnesota Twins&#39; clubhouse had a right to be curt and ornery yesterday morning, it was their sleep-deprived manager, Ron Gardenhire.
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Last year, in the American League Division Series, the Minnesota Twins beat the New York Yankees in Game 1 at Yankee Stadium, then lost Game 2. The series shifted
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The split between the Reds and Barry Larkin left the club with two very big holes to fill. The obvious one is at shortstop. The less obvious one is in the clubhouse - where he was the undisputed
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NEW YORK - The Yankees went to work Tuesday night against the Minnesota Twins wishing they could walk to the mound, pinch Johan Santana on the arm just to see if he&#39;s human.
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A three-run homer in the 11th inning by Torii Hunter led the home-field Minnesota Twins to an 8-5 victory over the Texas Rangers. Hunter finished with three hits and six RBI
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Torii Hunter homered, Jason Kubel hit a grand slam, and the Minnesota Twins handed Jon Garland one of the worst beatings of his career while outscoring the Chicago White Sox 20-14 in the first game of Friday's day-night doubleheader.
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The Minnesota Twins might have moved two steps back toward a return to Yankee Stadium next week for the first round of the playoffs when they got swept by the New York Yankees in a rain