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Joe Christensen

National Baseball Writer | Twins, MLB

Phone: 612-673-7844

Email: Joe.Christensen@StarTribune.com

Joe Christensen covered Major League Baseball for 15 years, including three at the Baltimore Sun and eight at the Star Tribune, before switching to the college football beat. He’s a Faribault, Minn., native who graduated from the University of Minnesota in 1996. He covered Jim Wacker’s Gophers for the Minnesota Daily and also wrote about USC, UCLA and the Rose Bowl for the Riverside Press-Enterprise before getting this chance to cover football again.
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Pivotal August deal is seen as unlikely

BOSTON - During his first stint as Twins general manager, Terry Ryan pulled two of his biggest coups in August, soon after the July 31 nonwaiver trade deadline.

Updated: August 05, 2012, - 09:00 AM

Mauer's Monster blast makes it 3 in a row

He worked the count full with two outs before coming through with an opposite-field shot off Alfredo Aceves.

Updated: August 05, 2012, - 12:01 AM

Twins' comeback erases errors

Justin Morneau had a doozy, dropping a foul pop, but kept his focus and came through with four hits.

Updated: August 04, 2012, - 09:50 AM

Dozier outrunning demotion

When the Twins promoted shortstop Brian Dozier from Class AAA Rochester on May 7, they did it with the hope he'd be in the big leagues to stay.

Updated: August 03, 2012, - 11:34 PM

Like his fastball, Deduno remains full of surprises

The Twins starter, now a perfect 3-0, could be the newest discovery in the rotation after he shut down the Red Sox.

Updated: August 03, 2012, - 06:39 AM

Wimmers now faces recovery

Alex Wimmers, the Twins' 2010 first-round draft pick, had Tommy John reconstructive elbow surgery Thursday, making it two years in a row the team has had a former top pick undergo the procedure.

Updated: August 02, 2012, - 10:30 PM