Twins left with sinking feeling
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Right after two Minnesota teammates hit back-to-back home runs, Torii Hunter tried to be the hero.
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Minnesota Twins first baseman Justin Morneau was taken to a hospital for X-rays on his left hand after being hit by a pitch from Cleveland starter CC Sabathia in the sixth inning on Sunday.
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Twins relievers had won redemption at Yankee Stadium on Wednesday night. Joe Nathan ran out of gas before they could win the game.
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This was the third straight postseason series in which the Twins won the opening game. But with Saturday&#39;s elimination, they&#39;re now a collective 0-10 in every other game of those last three series.
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Johan Santana and Nick Punto led the   Minnesota Twins to a 12-1 win over the jittery Detroit Tigers   in American League action on Sunday.
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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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If all goes as expected, the twins glut weâre experiencing now will not be a permanent facet of life in the city.
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The England camp will no doubt feel depressed that their splendid season should have ended on a dispiriting note with their narrow defeat by the West Indies at The Oval.
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The Red Sox' 6-0 victory may have been little more than a footnote for the home team, but it was still a matter of some urgency for the Minnesota Twins, who took the field knowing the Detroit Tigers had lost that afternoon, giving them a chance, with a victory last night, to vault ahead of the Tigers into first place ...
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With his blue shirt soaked to the skin and champagne and beer dripping off his goggles, Torii Hunter led a toast in a circle of teammates. Colored bottles raised, the Twins cheered their spot in the playoffs but made clear they're still pushing for the division title.
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Johan Santana outpitched Jose Contreras, and Jason Bartlett hit a three-run homer as the surging Minnesota Twins pulled within a game of the slumping Chicago White Sox with a 4-3 victory on Tuesday night.
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Playing the Minnesota Twins can be a painful process. On Saturday night, however, it literally was for the Tigers. Not only did they lose the game, 3-2, but two star players as well.
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The surging Cleveland Indians completed another sweep of Minnesota yesterday and left the host Twins barely clinging to their playoff hopes.
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They knew all about this haunted house in the Bronx and about the ghosts that come out around midnight in October. But until last night, the Minnesota Twins hadn&#39;t lived the nightmare themselves.
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There are two consolations for disillusioned tennis romantics upset by yesterday&#39;s news of the split of Lleyton Hewitt and Kim Clijsters four months before their scheduled marriage.
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Jacque Jones sat facing his stall in the Minnesota clubhouse Saturday night, about a half hour after the Twins were eliminated from the playoffs by the New York Yankees for the second straight year.
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Usually after a heartbreaking loss, the losing team&#39;s locker room is as quiet as a tomb. Cubs closer LaTroy Hawkins, who allowed two runs in the bottom of the ninth and suffered the