Minnesota Twins

By Andrew Reilly They may seem unrelated, but the hirings of Jay Mariotti and Milton Bradley, as well as the passing of Twins owner Carl Pohlad, may have suddenly altered the course of 2009 White Sox baseball for better. And for worse. And for something in between at the same time.

By Ben Brown Bobby Abreu - Seattle Mariners Milton Bradley - Tampa Bay Rays Derek Lowe - New York Mets Ben Sheets - New York Yankees? Joe Crede - Minnesota Twins Adam Dunn - Washington Nationals Orlando Hudson - New York Mets Oliver Perez - Texas Rangers Andy Pettitte - New York Yankees

By Scot September 11, 1999 HHH Metrodome Minneapolis, MN In the middle of the eighth inning, the Twins did their regular trivia promotion. The question: “Who threw the first no-hitter in Twins history?” The bit gave Tom Kelly some negativity for the post game.

By Joey Matschulat MetsBlog.com’s Matthew Cerrone notes that while the New York Mets and Boston Red Sox are currently believed to be the front-runners for Twins left-hander Johan Santana, the Rangers are supposedly the “third team in [the] mix,” rather than the Yankees, Mariners or Angels. Interesting.

The ending of this story is also sadly predictable. The exact date and location may change, but the meltdown always occurs. In 2000-2003, the meltdowns took place during the American League Divisional Series. To keep it fresh, the team found different ways to take a win and make it a loss ever...

By Scot Sunday April 16, 2000 Metrodome Baltimore Orioles 6-5 T2nd AL East @ Minnesota Twins 4-9 5th AL Central Managers: Mike Hargrove 10th Season (1st with Baltimore) vs Tom Kelly 15th Season (15th with Minnesota) Baseball Reference boxscore and play-by-play BALTIMORE 5, TWINS 0

On a Friday afternoon, the Oakland Athletics finally did it.  After going 0-9 in games in which they could have concluded a playoff series and move on to the next round, the Oakland Athletics beat the Minnesota Twins 8-3, completing a three-game sweep.  Many favored the Minnesota Twins…

AP - The Oakland Athletics swept away years of first-round futility, then partied hard enough to make up for all those missed chances and then some. Milton Bradley homered and threw out Torii Hunter in a disputed play at the plate as the A's snapped a stretch of nine straight losses in potent...

Cuddyer scored on a ground out but the A's then grabbed the final out for the triumph. FRANK Thomas blasted two solo home runs to spark the Oakland A's past Minnesota 3-2 this morning (AEST) in game one of their American League first-round play-off series.