For the first time in 86 years, the Washington Nationals, once the Montreal Expos, have reached the World Series.
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Is that all there is?
This continues a Minnesota post-season tradition of getting embarrassed by New York. The Twins’ demise is this month’s version of the recently released movie ‘Joker.’
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An October to remember for the Twins
The Twins open the playoffs Friday and Saturday in New York in a best-of-five series against the New York Yankees.
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Minor league star joins Twins’ winning season
Since his return to the Twins, LaMonte Wade has been used as a late-inning outfield replacement and a pinch runner, and he’s had nearly 50 plate appearances.
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Twins bring more diversity to People’s Stadium
Using baseball lingo, the Minnesota Twins this season hit its new “Gate 34 Experience” out of the ballpark, according to both team officials and local business owners.
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Major League Baseball: Has something gone foul in the ballpark?
Something is going on with the MLB product, and yes, it’s affecting the game.
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Twins’ power surge attributed to growing confidence
The Twins last month led MLB in extra-base hits and tied for most home runs to right field.
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Twins grab early central lead
The impressive start has established that the first-place Twins’ plan for 2019 is working.
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‘Meat-on-your-bones soul food’ joins Twins stadium vendors
Chef Gerard Klass and his wife Brittney are the first Black husband-wife duo with a concessions stand at the Minnesota Twins ballpark.
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Can the Twins challenge in 2019?
Opening day for Major League Baseball is March 28 at Target Field, believe it or not.
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Twins make lemonade from lemon season
Second-year Batting Coach James Rowson and first-year Pitching Coach Garvin Alston both told the MSR in separate interviews during the team’s last homestand last month that the remaining three and half weeks of games will serve as foundation-building opportunities for 2019.
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Baseball growing more diverse off the field, if not on
Conclusion a two-part column Despite its overall paucity of Blacks on the field, baseball has shown a significant increase in racial hiring off the field. According to the 2018 MLB Racial and Gender Report Card by The Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport (TIDES), nearly 34 percent of MLB Central Office professional staff are […]
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Old diversity refrain resurfaces: ‘There’s more we can do’
MLB Commissioner Robert Manfred, Jr. was in town last week as part of the Minnesota Twins’ “Diversity Week.” He first spoke to a small group of reporters, including the MSR, then later before a reported 600 people who’d RSVP’d to the “Imagine if . . .” Diversity Celebration at the Twins Stadium’s Carew Atrium.
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The Twins: At 44-50, are they buyers or sellers?
The Twins have truly struggled to this point despite winning nine of 11 at home going into the All-Star break hot.
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A rare father-son sight at the ballpark
At a recent Friday night at the Minnesota Twins ballpark, a Black father and his son attended their first ball game of the summer.
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Is pro baseball pricing itself out of existence?
What is the true cost of attending a game for the average baseball fan? New research shows that attending an MLB game these days is not as reasonably priced as once believed.
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Twins’ first Black pitching coach misses time with family
“No regrets,” Alston continued. “The only regret honestly is not being around my family as much. My son [Garvin Jr.] is in college right now, and my daughter [Jayla] is about to go to college. And not around my wife as much, that’s the only regret.”
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Blacks still losing ground in Major League Baseball
This year’s Jackie Robinson Day (April 15), annually celebrated with each MLB player, coach and manager wearing Robinson’s number 42, was snowed out locally. However, the fact is, baseball doesn’t look that much different now than when Robinson played over seven decades ago, and that remains a concern. Nine days before his death in October […]
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World Series: Houston vs. Los Angeles!
It’s the Fall Classic with a rare match-up in the World Series. Houston vs. Los Angeles sound like two National League teams, but we are reminded that Major League Baseball (MLB) years ago moved the Astros to the American League to balance the Divisions. As recently as 2005, the Astros were in the World Series as […]
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An ode to Peg — Twins ‘press box ambassador’ passes away
The two people I first met who made me feel welcomed when I became a Minnesota Twins beat writer in 2001 were Ray Cook, a longtime guard outside the home team’s clubhouse, and Margaret Imhoff, who worked in the press box. Cook retired a few years ago shortly after the team moved into its present […]