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'Baseball will return.' But Twins officials can't say it will be this year
Exactly one week before the 2020 baseball season was to begin, the Twins' top executives reluctantly considered the possibility that Opening Day is actually one year away.
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Business as unusual: Being a sports fan during a pandemic
Yes, the sports world has gone dark at the start of what would have been one of the most active periods in American sports. The fun is gone. But what's also gone are millions upon millions of interactions in the midst of a pandemic.
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Souhan: No spring training trip this year, and it sure was missed
Columnist Jim Souhan didn't make it to Twins spring training in Florida for the first time since 1992. It's not the perks he missed; it's the job.
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Twins commit $1 million to helping idled Target Field employees
All 30 MLB teams make similar donations to support part-time employees during coronavirus cancellations.
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Reusse: Drama disappeared from spring training well before the shutdown
Rookie prospects and obscure veterans becoming "phenoms" and dominating news from spring training? Yeah, that was fun when we could sell it.
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Twins officials leave Florida as baseball figures out what's ahead
Twins officials left Fort Myers and headed back to Minnesota on Monday. Players are also free to head home now that training camps have been closed.
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Twins abandon training camp after MLB bans all organized activity
MLB facilities are required to be available only to players on the 40-man roster, with exceptions granted for international players and players who need ongoing medical treatment.
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COVID-19 fallout will be costly for Twin Cities sports
From franchises to vendors, the economic effects will be widespread.
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Twins officials, many players preparing to leave Fort Myers
Twins players can stay at camp, return home or head to the Twin Cities as baseball completely shuts down for the next several weeks
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MLB gives players option to leave camp; Twins to meet Saturday
MLB, which suspended the season Thursday, issued a statement late Friday saying players can remain in their spring training cities, return to their offseason homes, or head to their team's home city.
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Hartman: The sports world has stopped before, but it always returns
Sports have many times taken a back seat to much larger concerns in the country, but they have also been a key part of holding Minnesota and the country together during difficult times.
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Spring training off, season delayed but Twins still in Fort Myers - for now
The spread of the coronavirus that causes the respiratory illness COVID-19 is shutting down American sports, and Major League Baseball on Thursday joined the parade, shutting down for at least the next month.
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Souhan: When American sports leagues shut down, they got it right
Thursday, the sports world stopped cold. Except that this isn't really about sports. This is about American sports reflecting America's reality, instead of serving as diversion.
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'We're still going to be here.' Games stop, work continues for Twins
The weird thing about being told that camps are being shut down, Mitch Garver said Thursday, is that for the players, it means more spring training, not less.
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Hartman: The joy of sports keeps me working
"One of the most important parts of my career as a sportswriter and columnist has been the relationships I have built with sources," writes Sid Hartman, who turns 100 on Sunday.
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Berrios will start season opener for Twins
It will be Berrios' second consecutive Opening Day assignment. Last year, he shut out Cleveland for 7⅔ innings on March 28 as the Twins opened with a 2-0 victory.
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May, Duffey effective as Twins lose to Braves
The relievers got in some quality work in the Grapefruit League game in Fort Myers.
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Pain-free Buxton 'going in the right way' with Opening Day approaching
Byron Buxton on Tuesday faced live pitching for the first time since Aug. 25, but the Twins — and Buxton — are adamant that the season's starting line is not Buxton's finish line.
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Plans for Twins' season-opening series vs. Oakland, Seattle uncertain
The games will still be played, Twins President Dave St. Peter said. But where? St. Peter wouldn't comment on the Twins' preference, but said he had expressed it to baseball officials.
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