The Twins organization is expanding its relationships with HBCUs to provide summer internships and opportunities for students to make a career in sport.
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Twins in Florida
The Minnesota Twins are now in Florida for spring training.
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New Twins shortstop is ‘adjusting to the adjustments’
‘Coming back it’s been wonderful, glorious, just to be able to let that competitive edge out each and every day and have fun doing it.’
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Baseball talent runs in the Gordon family
Nick Gordon is in his third call-up stint from AAA St. Paul. He hopes this time is the charm.
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Twins explore outreach out to Blacks
Black baseball fans, or the lack thereof, have been oft-discussed by mainstream media, academia, but what can be done about it?
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Stands empty of Blacks on Jackie Robinson Day!
I looked high and low as best I could without binoculars, but my futile efforts found no Black fans at a recent Minnesota Twins baseball game.
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Back-to-back Twins are in!
They did again. For the first time since 2009-2010, the Twins are in the playoffs in back-to-back seasons.
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Both MN United and MN Twins fall short in inclusive hiring
‘Major League Baseball’s teams must improve inclusive hiring practices in order to accurately represent the players who play the game and the communities they serve.’
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Dreaming big for local change
We’ve also seen iconic product brands created with racial stereotypes and caricatures finally being shelved as the Black Lives Matter protests.
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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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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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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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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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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 […]