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Contraction the old-fashioned way. (Insider: Baseball).
First, the Twins survived the threat of contraction. Then their storybook season was saved by the labor agreement. Up next: the postseason, which will be nearly as great a challenge. Can they make it to the end of October?.
Yes, they can: The home-dome advantage is huge. When the Twins last won the World Series (1991), a Metallica concert in a closet would not have been any louder than the Metrodome.
No, they can't: The only way they're likely to have home-field advantage for even one series is if they finish with a better record than the Yankees or the winner of the West, end the Yankees play Detroit and Tampa Bay 10 of their last 13 games.
Yes: "They defend real well, especially on Astro Turf," says an A.L. scout The Twins have Gold Glove winners in center fielder Torill Hunter end first baseman Doug Meintkiewicz, plus legitimate candidates in second basemen Luis Rivas, third baseman Corey Koskie and left fielder Janque Jones.
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- Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY) January 21, 1996 700+ words
...in nor out of style. Now reborn as ``twin sets,'' these classics have become the...for the women's apparel industry. The twin set is a textbook example of that all...s upscale Henri Bendel stores. Of twin sets, he adds: ``There haven't been...
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- Newspaper article from: Sunday Life (Belfast, Northern Ireland) April 19, 2009 700+ words
...at the department for twin research at King's College...spent years studying twins. She has come across cases when one twin was giving birth, the...discovered later that her twin had been severely injured...survey, almost half of the twins said that they had never...
- Twins sweep the Tigers to lower magic number to two.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Sansevere, Bob September 21, 2003 700+ words
...break with seven impressive innings in the Twins' 6-4 series-sweeping victory over...4 victory over Chicago on Sunday, the Twins took a 5 {-game lead over both the Royals...whittled their magic number to two. The Twins have Monday off, but the magic number...