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Twins Will Extend Ron Gardenhire's Contract Past 2011

Minnesota Twins manager Ron Gardenhire's contract runs through the 2011 season, but from the sounds of it, he'll be managing in Minneapolis a bit longer than that. Before the Twins lost Game 3 and were swept by the Yankees in the ALDS, the team's CEO Jim Pohlad said that his manager will be getting a contract extension in...

Selig Embraces Revisionist History as Target Field Opens

MINNEAPOLIS -- Baseball commissioner Bud Selig spent most of his time during a press conference leading up to the opening of Target Field Monday giving a history of the course of events that led to the Twins' new ballpark. He talked about the dedication of longtime owner Carl Pohlad and his family, who acted as stewards...

Longtime Twins Owner, Carl Pohlad, Passes Away at 93 Years Old

Carl Pohlad purchased the Twins in 1984 for what is now a paltry $38 million, and he is often given credit for saving Minnesota baseball. Today, at 93, he passed away. It would be quite the understatement to say he lived life to the fullest. A working-poor son of the Great Depression, Pohlad rose from humble beginnings to...

Team Owners Favor McCain Over Obama

Over at The Politico, reporters Ken Vogel and Matt Lindsey did plenty of scout work to determine that when it comes to owners of major league sports franchises, Republican Senator and presumptive GOP Presidential nominee John McCain is doing far better than his Democratic Party counterpart Barack Obama in the fundraising...

Hunter: Nobody Wants to Play in Minnesota

My colleague PostmanE already touched upon Torii Hunter's parting shots at the Twins, but I wanted to focus on another choice quote. In addition to claiming that Minnesota just can't compete, he claims that players simply don't want to go there. From the Star-Tribune:"People aren't even thinking about this," he said. "I...

Background on Carl Pohlad

Carl R. Pohlad (August 23, 1915 – January 5, 2009) was a successful financier and the owner of the Minnesota Twins baseball franchise from 1984 (succeeding Calvin Griffith) until his death in 2009.

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