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Reporter | University of Minnesota football

Phone: 612-839-3827

Phil has covered college football, basketball, the NBA (Utah Jazz) and major-league baseball (Minnesota Twins) since for more than 20 years.
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Blood clot will keep Guerra out months

Not only did a mysterious ailment keep Deolis Guerra from pitching in the World Baseball Classic, it’s going to cost him half the 2013 season, too.

Updated: March 09, 2013, - 07:02 PM

Liriano says Twins offered him two-year contract

The lefthander turned it down, signing with the Pirates instead because he wanted to pitch in the NL.

Updated: March 09, 2013, - 04:38 PM

Leaders in position battles emerge at halfway mark of Twins camp

Aaron Hicks, for one, clearly has made an impression in center.

Updated: March 09, 2013, - 07:09 AM

Notes from Fort Myers: Sticking to sinker pays off for Pelfrey

Sticking to what Mike Pelfrey calls “my best pitch — there will be days when I’ll throw that thing 90 percent of the time” — he blew through two easy innings Friday night.

Updated: March 09, 2013, - 01:01 AM

Notes from Fort Myers: Steinbach manages split squad game

Terry Steinbach, who joined Ron Gardenhire’s staff last winter as the Twins’ new bench coach, managed the major league team for the first time in Boston’s 12-5 victory

Updated: March 07, 2013, - 08:53 PM

Fired up by struggles, Worley finds effectiveness, velocity in Twins loss

Vance Worley gave up three hits and a run in each of the first two innings of the Twins’ 8-7 loss to Puerto Rico on Wednesday, and it had a noticeable effect on him.

Updated: March 07, 2013, - 07:55 AM

Dozier turns 5 double plays as Twins defeat St. Louis 7-0

For Brian Dozier, the Twins’ 7-0 victory over St. Louis on Monday was practically a fielding drill.

Updated: March 05, 2013, - 06:42 AM

Notes from Fort Myers: Confident De Vries isn't blowing smoke

De Vries retired all six hitters he faced in his first start of the spring

Updated: March 05, 2013, - 01:52 AM

Veteran Clement is catching on to a new role with Twins

Knee injuries forced Jeff Clement, once a can't-miss prospect, from catcher to first base. Now, he seeks a job with the Twins.

Updated: March 04, 2013, - 12:16 AM

WBC-bound stalwarts provide lone Twins highlights in loss

FORT MYERS, FLA. - They have had only three weeks to train for "playoff-type baseball," as Justin Morneau calls it. So just how ready can Morneau, Joe Mauer and Glen Perkins really be for the World Baseball Classic?

Updated: March 02, 2013, - 10:26 PM