KANSAS CITY, MO. – The Twins have evidence, they insist, that umpires — including those monitoring replays in New York — ruled incorrectly on two home runs in Friday's game, awarding Eric Hosmer a three-run homer on a ball they said was foul and denying Brian Dozier a two-run shot on a ball that seems to nick the foul pole.

"I'm 100 percent that they missed those calls. Even 110 percent, if that was possible," said Dozier, who pored over replays with Twins video coordinator Sean Harlin. "It's kind of crazy — they went 0-for-2 last night."

Twins manager Paul Molitor said he's convinced by the video, too, and said he hopes Major League Baseball examines what happened, not to change the calls but to change how they are made. "When you send a steak back, you're mad that they [cooked] it wrong, but you're trying to help them get it right in the kitchen," Molitor said. "I talked to [bench coach] Joe Vavra about letting someone know about what we found on [Hosmer's homer]. It's not a protest — it's just an imperfect system."

Both manager and player said they didn't understand why, in front of a video system that can measure how fast a pitch is spinning, there isn't a better way to rule definitively on foul-pole calls. Dozier said he and first base coach Jeff Smith saw his homer glance off the pole in right, an impact seemingly confirmed when a college student who said he caught the ball tweeted a photo of it, with a yellow smudge on it from hitting the pole.

"It shows what I saw, what Smitty saw, what all the fans saw. Even the beer vendor out there [signaled] it was a home run," Dozier said with a laugh. "I'd bet that we'll have cameras on the poles next year. [MLB] has spent a lot of money to improve the system."

One move seems obvious to Molitor, who noted how difficult it is, even with high definition, to see an off-white baseball as it passes the light-colored pole. "It makes me ask," Molitor said, "why are the foul poles yellow?"

Flight delays

The Twins will fly to Minneapolis after Sunday's game, and they could be home as early as 7 p.m. — unless drug tests interfere. Twice in the past month, the team's departure to the airport after a game has been delayed by an hour or more because MLB's random drug testing program has selected players who couldn't immediately produce a urine sample.

Some players have suggested switching the tests to pregame on travel days, or limiting them to blood tests, or eliminating tests on "getaway" days altogether. But that would require changes to the drug-testing program negotiated between the players and MLB, and that could conceivably create loopholes that potential drug-using players could exploit.

Exception granted

The Twins, like the rest of MLB, are wearing special Independence Day uniforms for four straight days. Their caps are red, white and blue with a flag pattern in the logo, the jerseys have a U.S. flag patch on the shoulder and small stars in the logos and numbers, and no stripes on the pants. But there's one problem: Teams were provided with only one set of the special uniforms (or in the Twins' case, home and road versions, since they open a homestand Monday). Because they played a doubleheader on Saturday, the Twins and Royals were given permission to wear their normal uniforms for the second game.

Signing period begins

Major league teams can begin signing international players on Sunday, and the Twins expect to use the majority of their $5.25 million bonus pool to sign six to eight players on the first day. Their chief target is 16-year-old Dominican shortstop Jelfry Marte, a switch-hitter rated by Baseball America among the top five infield prospects available.