Where the Twins go from here
Twins officials have hinted at a much more active winter. Expect the team to re-sign Jake Odorizzi and possibly Michael Pineda, then go hunting for starting pitching.
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Rough waters for the Minnesota Whitecaps
League problems threaten the stability of local women’s pro hockey.
What the 2019 Twins could learn from 2004 Red Sox
“I like the Twins,” said Kevin Millar, who played on that Red Sox team and who’s now a talking head on the MLB Network. “I don’t think they’re getting enough credit all the way through the board. This isn’t an 89-win team.”
Minnesota United’s playoff berth marks another step in Loons’ long-term development
Until Wednesday, the Loons had never won an MLS game they trailed at halftime, going 0-8 this season and 0-32-6 since joining the league in 2017.
If Maya Moore wants to devote the rest of her life to something besides basketball, fans should cheer her on
Too many people have made it clear they care about only one thing when it comes to Moore: whether she returns to the Minnesota Lynx to play basketball.
How new roster rules will change Major League Baseball — if they actually go into effect
MLB still hasn’t announced how the roster expansion and other proposed changes for 2020 are supposed to work. “We haven’t gotten clarification,” Indians manager Terry Francona said last weekend at Target Field. “It’s very vague.”
‘Nothing more you can ask of her’: Why the Lynx’s Naphessa Collier should be the WNBA’s rookie of the year
At least according to her teammates, including former league MVP Sylvia Fowles, who has taken to calling Collier “Roy,” fashioning a nickname from the initials for Rookie of the Year.
Minnesota’s surprising role in boxing’s modest comeback
For all the optimism around boxing these days, however, worrisome signs abound.
Why Twins fans are nuts about the Target Field squirrel
With the Twins squandering a 11 1/2 game lead in the AL Central, none of their relievers inspiring any confidence, and fear persisting that the Twins will blow the division to Cleveland, fans have welcomed whatever help the Twins can get.
A whole bunch of Minnesotans could be legitimate contenders for the 2020 Olympics
Three Minnesota gymnasts — along with 17-year-old swimmer Regan Smith of Lakeville, who broke two world records at last month’s world championships — give the state a collection of up-and-comers to follow leading up to Olympic team selection.
Lynx’s Seimone Augustus ‘just unbelievable in the way that she gives of herself’
The 11-11 Lynx played decently last Tuesday night in Augustus’ season debut, winning 85-69 in Atlanta. Treading carefully, the Lynx medical staff limited Augustus to stretches of three to four minutes at a time.
The curious case of Chris Colabello
After the former Twin tested positive for an oral steroid in 2016, those skeptical of his heartwarming story jumped into full I-told-you-so mode. But the odd circumstances of Colabello’s case suggest it may merit a closer look.
The Yankees helped confirm what everybody already knew: the Twins need help
It’s no revelation that the Twins seek bullpen help. So do nineteen other teams that fancy themselves postseason contenders. Losing two of three to Yankees to finish a 3-6 homestand exacerbated the need.
The Lynx still have time to get it right; whether they do will depend a lot on Sylvia Fowles
Now a captain, Fowles has had to be more of a leader than any point in her career.
The Twins want to give players time to rest. In Major League Baseball, that’s nearly impossible
Manager Rocco Baldelli’s efforts are noble. But noble efforts sometimes fail. And in this one, baseball’s unrelenting schedule remains the winner and still champion.
3M is really putting the 3M in the 3M Open
Walking along the fairways and among the the large corporate tents at the 3M Open, the company’s footprint seems to be all over the place. And almost every golfer in the field carries some 3M product in his bag — most likely an adhesive keeping their clubs in one piece.
Meet the Mets-loving Florida judge who teaches a law school class — at CHS Field?
For one weekend every summer, Louis H. Schiff — a 1980 Hamline University law grad and a Broward County judge — teaches a class that melds his two longtime passions: baseball and the law.
Legislature’s inaction turns St. Paul Saints into minimum-wage sinners
Meeting the state minimum wage presents a problem for the Saints. Team officials say it would put them in violation of their league’s salary caps and subject the team to expulsion from the American Association.
C.J. Cron is doing something more difficult than replacing Joe Mauer
It’s hard enough to take over for a popular player like Mauer, whose number will be retired Saturday night. It’s even harder to upgrade the position in the process.
How an old foe became a linchpin of the 2019 Lynx
Lynx head coach and general manager Cheryl Reeve acquired Odyssey Sims from L.A. last month in one of the steals of the off-season.
