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Familiar feel to Opening Day defeat

April 1, 2014 at 3:40AM
National Anthem before Chicago White Sox play Minnesota Twins on Opening Day at U.S. Cellular Field in Chicago on Monday, March 31, 2014. B583609004Z.1 (Scott Strazzante/Chicago Tribune) ....OUTSIDE TRIBUNE CO.- NO MAGS, NO SALES, NO INTERNET, NO TV, CHICAGO OUT, NO DIGITAL MANIPULATION... ORG XMIT: CHI1403311518402612
Players and coaches from both teams stood at attention during the national anthem. It was the 54th opener for the Twins since moving to Minnesota in 1961. (The Minnesota Star Tribune)

One game makes up .6 percent of a season, so it's premature to make any judgments on the 2014 Twins quite yet. But the season-opening loss to the White Sox certainly shared some aspects that reminded fans of the wretched Twins of 2011-13.


Olympian Aja Evans throws out a ceremonial first pitch before an opening day baseball game between the Chicago White Sox and the Minnesota Twins Monday, March 31, 2014, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
Olympics bronze medal-winning bobsledder Aja Evans threw out the first pitch. Evans, a Chicago native, is Vikings lineman Fred Evans’ sister. (The Minnesota Star Tribune)
Minnesota Twins starting pitcher Ricky Nolasco delivers during the first inning of an Opening Day baseball game against the Chicago White Sox Monday, March 31, 2014, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
Ricky Nolasco wasn’t sharp in his first start with his new team, giving up five runs in six innings. (The Minnesota Star Tribune)
Chicago White Sox's Paul Konerko is introduced before the game against the Minnesota Twins. The Chicago White Sox defeated the Minnesota Twins, 5-3, on Opening Day at U.S. Cellular Field in Chicago on Monday, March 31, 2014. (Scott Strazzante/Chicago Tribune/MCT)
Paul Konerko was introduced on Opening Day, but he didn’t start for Chicago for the first time in 15 years. (The Minnesota Star Tribune)
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