In 'Moneyball,' Twins are heels
If you're off to see Brad Pitt's "Moneyball," be prepared to see the Twins cast as the bad guys. After all -- in better days -- they did eliminate the 2002 Athletics from the playoffs that year. Sigh.
If you're off to see Brad Pitt's "Moneyball," be prepared to see the Twins cast as the bad guys. After all -- in better days -- they did eliminate the 2002 Athletics from the playoffs that year. Sigh.
The right-hander will get a one-year, $8 million deal from the Twins.
Inflammatory comments were made by speakers, but no charges will be brought.
The drugs are worth more than $12,000.
The goal is to raise $25,000 to help the south Minneapolis resident.
The home was featured in one of Fitzgerald's short stories.
The incident was reported 7:30 a.m. Wednesday.
The 46th president called for unity at a time America is facing huge challenges.
The 111 ICU patients is the fewest in Minnesota since there were 109 COVID patients in intensive care on Oct. 1.
The Minnesota senator was one of the leader organizers of the inauguration.
Nearly 6,000 Minnesotans who are 65 and older registered for appointments between noon Tuesday and Wednesday morning.
Prosecutors want to delay the Chauvin trial due to a public health threat.
WCCO-AM has not had a person of color as a weekday daytime host in its history.
It's said that the Twins are the heavies in the new "Moneyball" movie featuring the 2002 Oakland Athletics. Happen to remember which Twins player helped crush their World Series hopes with a 9th-inning homer in Game 5 of the ALDS? For the answer, click on the headline above.
The football Gophers have picked up another national title. According to Fox Sports North, an Oklahoma researcher dusted off some record books and determined Minnesota won the championship back in 1904 when they went 13-0.
Stats can be great, or in this case very bad. Carl Pavano allowed an MLB-worst 262 hits this season. Only 49.4% of Francisco Liriano's pitches were strikes. Ben Revere had a higher ground ball rate than anyone in baseball. More stats are available in this piece.
The Twins are seeing more wreckage from their 63-99 season. Ratings for games shown on Fox Sports North were down a whopping 28 percent from 2010.
Twins Michael Cuddyer, Jason Kubel, Joe Nathan and Matt Capps are up for grabs this off-season. Team General Manager Bill Smith says those players have earned the right to see what they can earn on the open market.
Longtime WCCO sportscaster Mark Rosen releases a book today about his years rubbing shoulders with Twin Cities sports -- and news -- legends.
There's a lot you can learn while drowning your sorrows in Hrbek's bar at Target Field as the Twins are getting pasted by the Royals. Such as, what number did Big Herbie wear in 1981? It wasn't No. 14. For the answers, click on the headline above.
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