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Reusse: Nothing surprised us about Molitor (until he got fired)
Throughout Paul Molitor's career, from the Gophers to a manager in the big leagues, his greatness was expected.
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Mauer 'surprised' by Molitor's firing, will be a factor in his future plans
How does Paul Molitor's firing affect the return of one of his longtime confidants in bullpen coach Eddie Guardado — as well as fellow Cretin-Derham Hall alum Joe Mauer?
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Souhan: 'Falvine' didn't really tell us why they fired Molitor
Paul Molitor was fired for several reasons, and none of them would have sounded great if Derek Falvey and Thad Levine had been direct in their answers.
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Twins fire strength and conditioning coach Castellano, make other changes
The Twins on Tuesday made sweeping changes to their performance staff, including the dismissal of strength and conditioning coordinator Perry Castellano.
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Paul Molitor's career highlights
Paul Molitor has been a notable baseball name since his Cretin days in the mid-1970s.
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Why was Paul Molitor fired as Twins manager? Don't blame analytics
When asked if the new Twins manager will need to embrace advanced numbers and analytics, Derek Falvey said yes. But he added: "I will say this: Paul in particular was incredibly open-minded to things."
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Pohlad statement: Firing Molitor 'difficult, painful and far from obvious'
Twins owner Jim Pohlad and team president Dave.St. Peter emailed a statement to season-ticket holders after Paul Molitor was let go as twins manager.
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Statement from Paul Molitor about his firing by the Twins
Molitor said he "fully respects the decision" to change managers.
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Scoggins: Falvey, Levine making a mistake by firing Molitor
Unless there were personality clashes behind the scenes that we're not privy to, this move doesn't make sense, other than Derek Falvey and Thad Levine wanted their own hand-picked manager.
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Scoggins: Molitor shouldn't lose job over bad decisions by bosses
Twins baseball executives Derek Falvey and Thad Levine should first look in the mirror when assessing how the season went haywire from the start.
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Retire? Joe Mauer's father says, 'I think he's still got more'
One prominent observer of the Twins hometown hero believes it would be a mistake for Joe Mauer to walk away from baseball.
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Pensacola Blue Wahoos will be Twins' new Class AA team
Pensacola was Cincinnati's Class AA team from 2009 to '18, but the Reds signed an agreement with the Twins' Class AA affiliate in Chattanooga, Tenn. The Twins were in Chattanooga, also in the Southern League, for four years.
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Cheers and tears: Minnesota pours out its heart to Joe Mauer
Long after we've forgotten the final score, we'll remember how Twins fans and Joe Mauer connected on the final day of the 2018 season, which could be his last one with the team.
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Reusse: Catching gear never lost its place in Mauer's baseball soul
Two decades ago, catching was so important to Joe Mauer that he stayed on Cretin-Derham Hall's freshman team rather than finding another position on the varsity.
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Joe Mauer's catching appearance a reminder of what was lost
For Joe Mauer, the emotion Sunday reflected how much losing that piece of himself meant — and that perhaps neither he nor fans had ever fully grieved what that loss meant.
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Battling tears ... No. 7 ... Joe Mauer feels the love
Joe Mauer thrilled fans at Target Field when he took the field in the ninth inning wearing the catcher's gear he hadn't used in a game for more than five years. Mauer wiped away tears during the ovation, which lasted almost five minutes.
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Cave has solidified future with Twins
The outfielder finished off a strong rookie season Sunday with his 13th home run.
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Who will be the face of the franchise when Mauer's gone?
In looking ahead to a potentially Mauer-less 2019 season, this much is obvious: The Twins do not have someone ready to take his place in that role.
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Cheering (and some mourning) from Mauer's fans at Target Field
Fans watched Joe Mauer walk out in his catcher's gear with a combination of sadness, pride and a hope that maybe this really wasn't farewell.
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- Yoshinobu Yamamoto and the Dodgers get back to winning with a 4-1 victory over the Rockies
- Aaron Judge hits his 21st home run to lead the Yankees past the Giants 7-3
- Crawford's slam and Miller's arm lead surging Mariners to 9-0 win over Angels
- Phillies top Cardinals 6-1 for their 8th straight home win after Suárez leaves early with an injury
- Walker hits 3rd-inning grand slam and Diamondbacks beat Mets 10-5 to stop 5-game skid
- As Mets retire his No. 18, Strawberry tells fans 'I'm so sorry for ever leaving'
- Andujar and Rooker lead Oakland outburst against Chris Sale as A's beat scuffling Braves 11-9
- Corey Seager extends hitting streak to 14 games, Rangers beat Marlins 7-0
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