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TWINS RUBES Target Field: A Little More Spacious in 2013
When it comes to sports in general, I would consider myself fairly "old-fashioned" for my age. I'm not a fan of the 2-back rotation in the NFL; I wish there were more teams in NCAA football running th...
Posted on 6/13/13 at 4:04 PM
LAGNIAPPE: A FOOD BLOG The sidewalk incident
Now I know why, when I was a child, my mother always admonished me to pick up my feet. While walking down a street in Milwaukee recently, I became the victim of an uneven sidewalk. One minute I was ta...
Posted on 6/6/13 at 12:36 PM
STAFF BLOG AG RIGHT WITH AGWEEK REPORTER JONATHAN KNUTSON Spring, planting and baseball
When I was a little kid, I sometimes wondered which was more important: the start of spring planting or the start of another major league baseball season. Now, as an agricultural journalist, I give t...
Posted on 4/1/13 at 12:57 PM
STAFF BLOG GOETHE'S SPORTS BLOG Previewing the upcoming baseball season
Aside from the lone Sunday night game, the Major League Baseball season will be getting under way in less than two hours. Should be a fun afternoon, evening and night planted in front of the TV. If yo...
Posted on 4/1/13 at 10:38 AM
Attrition has cast Twins' Carroll into bigger role 
Veteran Jamey Carroll is seeing a lot of playing time lately. He started the season as the team's backup utility infielder, but due to injury and ineffectiveness of other players, his role has grown and he has even become the team's leadoff hitter.
By The Sports Xchange , May 30, 2013
VIDEO: Hicks helps Twins top Brewers
MINNEAPOLIS – The only way Aaron Hicks can top these highlight-show catches in center field for Minnesota is to follow them by hitting a home run.
By Dave Campbell / Associated Press , May 29, 2013
Mauer homers as Twins top Brewers
MILWAUKEE – Joe Mauer is giving the umpires a good look at his home runs lately.
By Associated Press , May 27, 2013
Twins fall to Scherzer, Tigers
DETROIT – The Minnesota Twins couldn’t take advantage of Max Scherzer’s brief wildness.
By Associated Press , May 26, 2013
Twins snap 10-game losing streak with win over Tigers
DETROIT – Joe Mauer homered and had three hits, helping the Minnesota Twins snap a 10-game losing streak with a 3-2 victory over the Detroit Tigers on Saturday.
By Associated Press , May 25, 2013
Twins call up Walters to start against Tigers
DETROIT — The Minnesota Twins have called up right-hander P.J. Walters from Triple-A Rochester to start Saturday against the Detroit Tigers.
By Associated Press , May 25, 2013
Sanchez takes a no-hitter into the ninth as Tigers top Twins
DETROIT – Add another near miss in this 2013 baseball season – this time it was Detroit’s Anibal Sanchez falling just short of a no-hitter.
Sanchez’s bid was broken up with one out in the ninth inning Friday night when Minnesota’s Joe Mauer hit a clean single up the middle. That was the only hit the right-hander allowed in the Tigers’ 6-0 victory over the Twins. It was the fourth one-hitter of Sanchez’s career, to go along a no-hitter he threw as a rookie back in 2006.
By Associated Press , May 24, 2013
Fielder's single gives Tigers 7-6 win over Twins
DETROIT – Prince Fielder bounced a tie-breaking single off Jared Burton’s glove in the eighth inning, leading the Detroit Tigers to a 7-6 come-from-behind victory over the Minnesota Twins on Thursday night.
By Associated Press , May 23, 2013
Gattis' grand slam leads Braves past Twins 8-3
ATLANTA – The Minnesota Twins are mired in a terrible slump.
They won’t have Vance Worley to blame anymore.
By Associated Press , May 22, 2013
Twins' Plouffe has concussion, on 7-day DL
ATLANTA — The Minnesota Twins have placed third baseman Trevor Plouffe on the seven-day disabled list with a concussion after he was struck in the head by Dan Uggla's shin while breaking up an attempted double play.
By Associated Press , May 22, 2013
Gattis' late homer ties it, Braves top Twins in extras
ATLANTA – Evan Gattis hit a two-out, pinch-hit homer in the ninth to send the game to extra innings and Freddie Freeman won it in the 10th, sending the Atlanta Braves to their fifth straight win, 5-4 over the slumping Minnesota Twins on Tuesday night.
By Associated Press , May 21, 2013
Braves top struggling Minnesota
ATLANTA – Even without an effective change-up, Julio Teheran still had enough to pitch into the ninth inning.
By Associated Press , May 20, 2013
Twins call up former SDSU, Saints pitcher Thielbar
ATLANTA — The Minnesota Twins have recalled left-hander Caleb Thielbar and optioned left-hander Pedro Hernandez to Triple-A Rochester.
By Associated Press , May 20, 2013
Red Sox win rain-delayed contest over Twins
MINNEAPOLIS – The Minnesota Twins have lost five straight and are a season-worst four games under .500. Facing a nine-game road trip, starting with a three-game interleague series against first-place Atlanta today, things could quickly get out of hand if they don’t rediscover their offense.
By Associated Press , May 19, 2013
Ortiz homers twice as Red Sox upend Twins
MINNEAPOLIS – David Ortiz homered twice and drove in six runs to torment his former team once again, leading the Boston Red Sox to a 12-5 victory over the Minnesota Twins on Saturday night.
By Associated Press , May 18, 2013
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