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On at 3 p.m: Here's where to watch last season's Twins-Cleveland opener
The baseball season was supposed to start for the Twins today in Oakland. Instead, you'll have to settle for a throwback opener with Game 163 of the 2009 season and a replay of last year's opener.
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Game 163 replay: Distance makes (almost) everything seem small
Game 163 from the end of the 2009 season is a good reminder that for every story of immense sports joy, there's an equal reaction of heartbreak. Minnesota fans know the pain side of the equation all too well.
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Reusse: Colorful Ramos got Twins franchise started right in '61 opener
Take a look back at The Greatest Day in Minnesota Sports History: April 11, 1961. It was a three-hit shutout by Pedro Ramos, outlasting future Hall of Famer Whitey Ford
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Opening Day is postponed, but memories aren't
Star Tribune staffers share favorite Opening Day memories on what should have been the first day of the 2020 MLB season.
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How to watch the Twins on "Opening Day"
On Thursday, Major League Baseball will present "Opening Day at Home" -- a full slate of 30 games broadcast nationally across various platforms.
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Five Twins openers to remember
Remember when ... baseball had Opening Day?
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Twins Opening Day facts
Opening Day 2020 is on hold, but here's a look at the Twins' openers in history
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Twins pitcher Randy Dobnak remains undefeated vs. Twitter foes
Dobnak improved to 1-0 this week, albeit it was against a troll on social media than than an opponent on the field. Here's what happened.
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Podcast: Add any Twins player to any Twins playoff team, 2002-present
With what would have been opening day just 24 hours away, Michael Rand and Jim Souhan dive into Twins history with two questions: 1) What was the best Twins team of the last 20 years? and 2) If you could take any Twins player from any Twins season, 2002-present and add him to a different Twins team, who would you pick?
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Souhan: While waiting for baseball, Bremer's book a fine way to pass time
Broadcaster Dick Bremer should be preparing to announce the Twins' opener in Oakland on Thursday. Instead, he'll be at home in the northern suburbs, trying to distract himself from our new reality.
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Twins Mailbag: Trevor Larnach was the revelation of spring camp
Alex Kirilloff and Larnach got a lot of interest from fans, and clearly they are on a path to the major leagues.
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Cruz, Rogers try to get 'comfortable with the uncomfortable'
Some Twins players headed for the Twin Cities, but Nelson Cruz and Taylor Rogers were among those going to their year-round homes to wait for the OK to ramp up their activities.
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Podcast: When play resumes, Twins are loaded in majors -- and minors
Michael Rand chats with La Velle E. Neal III about the top 10 Twins minor league prospects -- some of whom should be on the doorstep of contributing at Target Field once MLB play resumes.
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Top Twins prospects: These 10 minor leaguers give fans reason to smile
A two-month delay — at least — is in place before the baseball season starts. When it does, the Twins minor league system has a batch of potential future stars for fans to follow.
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Nine things we learned from the Twins' short spring training
It may feel like long ago when the Twins played the last of their 20 spring training games. But there were things learned for when the team is finally able to reassemble and chase the hopes it brought to Florida.
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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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