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The Minnesota Twins have designated right-hander Boof Bonser for assignment to make room on the roster for starting pitcher Carl Pavano.
At the ripe old age of 26, Joe Mauer now has an AL Most Valuable Player award to add to a jam-packed trophy case that already holds three batting titles, three Silver Sluggers and two Gold Gloves.
The Minnesota Twins have picked up outfielder Michael Cuddyer's $10.5 million option for 2011.
The Minnesota Twins ran themselves right out of the Metrodome.
After so many October misses, Alex Rodriguez delivered the playoff performance his talent demanded. Rodriguez and Jorge Posada hit seventh-inning home runs to spoil Carl Pavano's opportunity to frustrate New Yorkers one more time, and the Yankees advanced to their first AL championship series in five years with a 4-1 victory and sweep of Minnesota on Sunday night.
Umpire Phil Cuzzi blew a call. Then the Minnesota Twins missed a chance to make it right.
Minnesota Twins third baseman Matt Tolbert has left Game 2 of their division series against the New York Yankees because a strained left oblique muscle.
Catcher Jorge Posada is out of the New York Yankees' lineup for Game 2 of their AL division series against the Minnesota Twins.
After the Minnesota Twins lost Game 1 of the AL playoffs, manager Ron Gardenhire was really looking forward to Thursday.
Mark Teixeira and Alex Rodriguez stood together as Yankee Stadium roared.
The Minnesota Twins rushed from their dugout even before Carlos Gomez's head-first slide into home.
The New York Yankees knew when they'd be playing before they knew who. Then after 12 innings of an AL Central tiebreaker, they learned it would be the Minnesota Twins.
The Metrodome erupted in a jet-like roar as Carlos Gomez zoomed home with the winning run to finish off an AL Central race — and a thrilling tiebreaker — that didn't want to end.
The chase for the AL Central championship once again is going to extra innings. Trying to save their seasons, the Detroit Tigers and Minnesota Twins both won Sunday, leaving them all even for the division lead and forcing a one-game tiebreaker.
More than 51,000 fans and dozens of players from Metrodome lore turned out on Sunday to say goodbye to this big, dingy building after 28 weird, wacky and sometimes wonderful baseball seasons.
The Minnesota Twins held a season-long countdown celebrating their final season in the Metrodome, commemorated each game by pulling down a number hanging in the left field stands.
The Minnesota Twins somehow missed Zack Greinke the first 14 times they faced the Kansas City Royals this season.
Brian Duensing won his fifth straight decision and the Minnesota Twins stayed on the heels of first-place Detroit in the AL Central with their ninth victory in the last 10 games, beating the Chicago White 8-6 on Wednesday night.
Minnesota Twins third baseman Joe Crede plans to have another surgery on his injured back.
Might the Minnesota Twins be better off with Justin Morneau cheering on the bench?
Placido Polanco drove in three runs, Detroit's bullpen pitched four shutout innings and the Tigers avoided a three-game sweep with a 6-2 win over the Minnesota Twins on Sunday to increase their AL Central lead to three games.
No pitcher wants a stint on the disabled list, yet it appears to have cured whatever was ailing Joe Saunders.
Michael Cuddyer homered, doubled and drove in three runs Wednesday and the Minnesota Twins beat the Cleveland Indians 7-3 for a three-game sweep.
Michael Cuddyer's tying three-run homer rescued the Minnesota Twins in the eighth inning, ruining a fine start for Cleveland by Jeremy Sowers in a 6-3 victory over the Indians on Monday night.
Late homers push Yanks to ALDS sweepAlex Rodriguez and Jorge Posada belted solo home runs as the Yankees penned the final chapter of baseball at the Metrodome, posting a 4-1 victory over the Twins on Sunday to wrap up a three-game American League Division Series sweep.
1:32 AM - Rick Ankiel strikes out looking on a 100 MPH fastball to end the game. Dodgers go up 1-0 winning this one by a score of 5-3. I'll be back again tomorrow to live blog. Spread the word. Have a good night.
Biker Night at Texas Rangers v Minnesota TwinsTexas Rangers host Bike Night on Tuesday, August 18.
Twins great Killebrew reflects on baseball's 'tainted' era. . ."It's sad," said the 73-year-old Killebrew, who will be signing autographs at Frontier Field during tonight's Rochester Red Wings game. "How do you depict this era of baseball?
Twins stay hungry after last year's near missThe Twins will give Minnesota sports fans lots of reasons to cheer this summer. It sure looks good to me.
Singer Sherrie Keys Takes Baseball Fans Out To The Ball GameYou know it's the start of another baseball season when the smell of hotdogs is in the air and a jazzy rendition of "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" shows up on hundreds of Myspace music players.
Avery, Three Rivers and the passage of timeSeventeen years to the day. That's how long its been since the Atlanta Braves won their first playoff game, the baby-faced Steve Avery buckling the Pittsburgh Pirates in Game 2 of the National League Championship Series.
Liriano might be ready to returnAttention all AL Central Division teams. Francisco is just about ready to return.
Ban Ki Moon claims Burma to allow all foreign aid workers inBurma's junta leader has agreed to allow access to all foreign aid workers to help with the relief operation after Cyclone Nargis, UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon has said.
Blogging From Florida - Liriano ReturnsLiriano made his first appearance since undergoing Tommy John surgery in November 2006, and the results were positive. The Twins' left-hander threw 40 pitches, mostly sitting around 90 mph with his fastball, and allowed a pair of hits in one and 2/3 scoreless innings.
Pitching Prize in Mets' Grasp: Twins' SantanaIn exchange for pitching ace Johan Santana, the Mets are surrendering four young players.
Baseball's winter meetings: Big deals brewingWith the cost of signing free agents skyrocketing, teams are expected to do much trade-talking this week in Nashville, and the Twins hold the biggest trading card in the deck in superstar pitcher Johan Santana.
Save Hughes. Save Joba. Save IPK. Save The Future Yesterday, we made our position clear: Save The Big Three. This was met with varying responses, most of which disagreed to one extent or another. It seems that most Yanks fans — surprise surprise — would like to see Johan Santana in pinstripes. Hell, count me among 'em.
Torii off to AngelsVladimir Guerrero finally will have some protection in the batting order.
Cubs close to sending Monroe to MinnesotaThe Cubs are close to a deal that would send outfielder Craig Monroe to Minnesota for a player to be named later.
ESPN - Stark: Santana a major issue for Twins - MLB"It doesn't make any sense for me to be here, you know?" -- Twins ace Johan Santana, the day after the trading deadline So what will become of the Best Pitcher in the Solar System? What will become of the great Johan Santana? It is a question the baseball world has been pond …
Stark: Santana a major issue for TwinsSo if that's what Zito and Buehrle are worth, what's Johan Santana worth? One large-market executive predicts he would be a $20-million-a-year man on the open market. But another large-market executive says he wouldn't be shocked if that estimate is low. Way low.
The collapse of the I-35W Bridge in Minneapolis is a tragedy of gargantuan proportions but it was followed by bravery, stories of heroism and miracles also on a grand scale.
Report: Mad Santana questions future with Twins"You always talk about future, future. ... But if you only worry about the future, then I guess a lot of us won't be part of it," Santana told the newspaper.
Messier makes it to the Hall of FameMark Messier, the second highest scorer in NHL history and a six-time Stanley Cup winner, was nominated Thursday for the Hockey Hall of Fame, topping an illustrious class of Canadian players.
A Fan's View from Section 220 » Blog Archive » Winning well is the best revengeSeven things that were better Tuesday night than the passing thrill of watching AJ Pierzynski getting drilled: *Justin Morneau going deep once and almost twice, finishing the night with a homer, two doubles and four RBI.
Rotating rotation has Ohka back inTomo Ohka will get a chance in the Blue Jay rotation, but once Halladay returns it might not matter.
A couple of things to get to that I never had time to write last week....
Minnesota Twins 2006 Season and Off Season - Associated ContentA look back at the Minnesota Twins 2006 season and the moves that they made during the off season.
Will meets worldWill Roberts didn't learn to talk when the other kids did. But he sang. And tonight, Will, who is 13 and has autism, will perform for his largest audience ever - at the Metrodome.
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