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Twins
May 21, 2015
GigaPan photo from Target Field

GigaPan photo from Target Field

Try to find yourself or other interesting details from this Opening Day panorama
Twins
May 21, 2015
Read the replay: Twins Live Chat with Phil Miller

Read the replay: Twins Live Chat with Phil Miller

Plouffe, Hicks, and a lot about the prospects: See what baseball writer Phil Miller was talking about with Twins fans during their noon-hour Live Chat.
Twins
May 21, 2015
Twins pitcher Tim Stauffer

Twins add Tim Stauffer, send Doug Bernier to Rochester

Pitcher back with team, outfielder headed to minors.
May 21, 2015
Mauer's HR most encouraging sign on night full of them

Mauer's HR most encouraging sign on night full of them

Twins
May 21, 2015
Mauer's first home run gives Twins 13-inning win

Mauer's first home run gives Twins 13-inning win

For Joe Mauer, the career-longest power drought is over. He homered for the first time since Aug. 17 — 76 games and 322 plate appearances ago.
Twins
May 21, 2015
In addition to Paul Molitor, Kirby Puckett was one of the Twins who appeared on David Letterman's show. Puckett was on in 1997.

Molitor, Puckett, Harmon and more: Twins, Letterman go way back

Twins manager Paul Molitor was twice a guest on the show, which ended its 33-year run Wednesday night.
Twins
May 21, 2015

Twins notes: Molitor talks shift strategy

Shifting defenses are now part of daily strategy.
Twins
May 21, 2015
One stop on Patrick Reusse's summer baseball tour is Cold Spring, for the state amateur baseball tournament that starts in August and runs through Lab

Reusse's summer of baseball: From Spamtown Challenge to Target Field

Patrick Reusse's Minnesota baseball sampler starts with five games over the long Memorial Day weekend. Here's where to go and what to watch.
Twins
May 21, 2015

Wednesday's Twins-Pittsburgh game recap

A look back at Wednesday night's game.
Twins
May 20, 2015

Gallery: Twins 4, Pittsburgh 3

Joe Mauer hit his first home run of the season in the 13th inning to give the Twins a two-game series sweep in Pittsburgh.
Twins
May 20, 2015

Postgame: Thoughts on extra-innings, Pelfrey and Mauer

The Twins have won four of their last five games and are a season high six games over .500
Twins
May 20, 2015
Minnesota Twins starting pitcher Mike Pelfrey delivers in the first inning of a baseball game against the Cleveland Indians, Friday, May 8, 2015, in C

Twins aim to sweep Pittsburgh in short series

The Twins send Mike Pelfrey to the mound tonight as they try to win both games of the two-game interleague series
Twins
May 20, 2015
Ervin Santana

Twins notes: Suspended Santana ramps up work

Ervin Santana, serving an 80-game suspension after testing positive for a steroid, has been throwing in the bullpen and building toward facing live hitters next week.
Twins
May 20, 2015
Stephen Gonsalves

TwinsCentric: Young arms flourishing in Twins' system

You know the times are better in Minnesota when the Twins are struggling to find room for a deserving starting pitcher rather than cycling through ill-equipped replacements.
Twins
May 19, 2015

Postgame: Thoughts on Nolasco, Alvarez and Molitor

Three postgame thoughts following the Twins' victory Tuesday night.
Twins
May 19, 2015
Francisco Liriano, now a reliable, established veteran in Pittsburgh's rotation, will start for the Pirates in Tuesday's interleague series opener, th

Twins take on Francisco Liriano and the Pirates

The former Twin is on the mound Tuesday as the teams meet for a two-game interleague series.
May 19, 2015

Meet a fan who can't watch one-third of all MLB games

Twins
May 19, 2015
Francisco Liriano, now a reliable, established veteran in Pittsburgh's rotation, will start for the Pirates in Tuesday's interleague series opener, th

Francisco Liriano's super slider the next challenge for Twins

The Twins will face Liriano, whose slider electrified Minnesota during a memorable rookie year in 2006, but became frustratingly inconsistent after elbow surgery sidelined him for 18 months.
Twins
May 19, 2015
Trevor Plouffe was greeted by teammates Brian Dozier, left, Torii Hunter, center, and Joe Mauer after belting a grand slam off Chicago’s John D

Rivals in AL Central help to toughen up Twins

The Twins say they have discovered something thrilling during an unusually Central-heavy first six weeks to the season: They can compete.
Twins
May 19, 2015

Chart: Active pitchers with most victories as a Twin

Bet your buddies they can't name the top one ...