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The Minnesota Twins are an American professional baseball team based in Minneapolis. The Twins compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) Central Division. The team is named after the Twin Cities moniker for the two adjacent cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul.
Eric Robert Milton is an American former Major League Baseball left-handed starting pitcher who played for several teams between 1998 and 2009,and is currently the head coach at Severna Park High School.
Edward Charles Knoblauch is an American former professional baseball player. He played 12 seasons in Major League Baseball,from 1991 through 2002,for the Minnesota Twins,New York Yankees,and Kansas City Royals. He played mostly as a second baseman before moving to left field for his final two seasons.
Cristian Antonio Guzmán is a Dominican former professional baseball shortstop. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Minnesota Twins,Washington Nationals,and Texas Rangers.
The 1991 Minnesota Twins of Major League Baseball (MLB) won the World Series,the second time the Twins had won the World Series since moving to Minnesota in 1961. During the 1991 regular season the Twins had an MLB-leading 15-game win streak,which remains a club record. On June 17,1991,the streak came to an end at the hands of the Baltimore Orioles but not before the Twins moved from fifth place to first,a lead they would not relinquish until winning baseball's championship. The Twins' winning streak of 1991 falls just seven games short of the all-time American League (AL) record of 22 consecutive regular season wins set by the Cleveland Indians in 2017.
Prior to spring training,the 1996 Minnesota Twins were projected to be a contending team. The team's chances significantly worsened on March 28,1996. Kirby Puckett,the team's franchise player,had been tattooing the Grapefruit League for a .360 average,but that morning woke up without vision in his right eye. He was eventually diagnosed with glaucoma. Several surgeries over the next few months could not restore vision in the eye. Puckett announced his retirement from baseball on July 12. After beginning the season under the melancholy cloud of the Puckett situation,Manager Tom Kelly's team finished the year with a 78-84 record,which put it in fourth place in the American League Central Division.
Like many Twins teams of its half-decade,the 1998 Minnesota Twins neither impressed nor contended. The team finished with a 70–92 record,with subpar batting and pitching. The season was not without its bright spots,as individual players had solid seasons and Hall of Fame designated hitter Paul Molitor announced his retirement at the end of the season. Tom Kelly's team had plenty of lowlights,most notably David Wells' perfect game against the team on May 17 at Yankee Stadium.
After winning the American League Central Division in 2002,the 2003 Minnesota Twins were looking to repeat division titles for the first time since 1969 and 1970. A spark for the team was the July trade of Bobby Kielty for Shannon Stewart. Stewart provided a veteran presence at the top of the lineup that the team had previously lacked. The team met its goal of reaching the playoffs,but once again fell short in the postseason. The Twins lost in four games to the New York Yankees during the AL Division Series. 2003 would be the last year several key players played with the team.
The 1997 Minnesota Twins will not be remembered as the strongest team the Twins ever fielded. Manager Tom Kelly's team consisted of a few solid players,but mainly past-their-prime veterans and never-to-be-established prospects. One of the few bright spots was pitcher Brad Radke's breakout season,in which he won 20 games,at one point had 12 consecutive victories,tying a record Scott Erickson set in 1991. The team finished with a 68–94 record,good enough for fourth place in what proved to be the league's weakest division that season. The Cleveland Indians,who won the division that year,made it all the way to the World Series,but lost in seven games to the Florida Marlins.
Although the 1995 Minnesota Twins were separated from a world championship by only four years,it seemed like eons. Because of the 1994–95 Major League Baseball strike,the season got off to a late start. However,it did not end soon enough,as the team finished with a 56–88 record and in last place in its division. The team found it impossible to compete against the runaway Cleveland Indians who won 100 games despite the shortened season and finished 44 games ahead of the Twins. By July,the team was trading away its veterans in a fire sale. Manager Tom Kelly might have preferred that the strike had continued.
The 1994 Minnesota Twins played in an abbreviated,strike-shortened season. The strike overshadowed the season's accomplishments. These included Scott Erickson's no-hitter on April 27,Chuck Knoblauch's 85-game errorless streak and league-leading 45 doubles,Kirby Puckett's 2,000th hit,and Kent Hrbek's retirement. In 113 games,Manager Tom Kelly's team finished with a record of 53–60,for fourth place in the newly created American League Central Division.
Coming off a World Series victory,the 1992 Minnesota Twins continued the team's winning spree. The team finished in second place to the Oakland Athletics and did not make it to the postseason. This would be the team's last winning season until 2001.
Terry W. Ryan is an American professional baseball executive and former general manager for the Minnesota Twins of Major League Baseball. Ryan was known for using a low payroll and building up the minor league system to put up contending teams. He resigned as general manager of the Twins on October 1,2007,but returned to his former post on November 7,2011,until being relieved of his duties on July 18,2016. Ryan was hired as a special assignment scout by the Philadelphia Phillies on November 30,2016.
Brian James Buchanan is an American former professional baseball outfielder and coach. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 2000 through 2004 for the Minnesota Twins,San Diego Padres,and the New York Mets,and in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks in 2007.
The 1989 Minnesota Twins finished 80–82,fifth in the AL West Division. 2,277,438 fans attended Twins games,the 7th highest total in the American League.
Richard Francis Stelmaszek was an American Major League Baseball catcher,and bullpen coach for the Minnesota Twins.
The 1998 season was the 96th season played by the New York Yankees. Widely regarded as one of the greatest teams in baseball history,the Yankees finished with a franchise record regular-season standing of 114–48. These Yankees set an American League record for wins in a season,a record that would stand until 2001,when the Seattle Mariners won 116 games in the regular season against 46 losses. It also saw Yankee David Wells pitch the 15th perfect game in baseball history. The Yankees played at Yankee Stadium,in which they celebrated the stadium's 75th Anniversary. Joe Torre managed the team.
The 2002 New York Yankees season was the 100th season for the Yankees. The team finished with a record of 103-58 finishing 10.5 games ahead of the Boston Red Sox. New York was managed by Joe Torre. The Yankees played at Yankee Stadium. 2002 was a transition year for the Yankees,as they soldiered on without Paul O'Neill,Tino Martinez,Scott Brosius and Chuck Knoblauch,main pieces in the 1990s dynasty. In the playoffs,they lost in the ALDS in 4 games to the Anaheim Angels,marking the 2002 Yankees season a failure as they did not advance to a World Series for the first time since 1997;failing to win their fifth straight pennant;they did not win a World Championship,giving the team a 2-year title drought.
The 1986 Chicago White Sox season was the 87th season for the Chicago White Sox franchise of Major League Baseball (MLB). They compiled a record of 72–90,finishing in fifth place in the West division of the American League,20 games behind the first-place California Angels. The team played their home games at Comiskey Park.
On July 18,1999,David Cone of the New York Yankees pitched the 16th perfect game in Major League Baseball (MLB) history and the third in team history,and the first no-hit game in regular season interleague play. Cone pitched it against the Montreal Expos at Yankee Stadium in The Bronx,with 41,930 fans in attendance. The game took 2 hours and 16 minutes,from 2:05 PM ET to 4:54 PM ET. The game was interrupted by a 33-minute rain delay in the bottom of the third inning in the middle of an at-bat for Tino Martinez. As part of the day's "Yogi Berra Day" festivities honoring the Yankees' former catcher,before the game,former Yankees pitcher Don Larsen threw the ceremonial first pitch to Berra;the two comprised the battery for Larsen's perfect game in 1956.
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