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Major League Baseball's screwball economics

As another baseball season begins, MLB faces an unstable future — and you're picking up the tab

The Baseball Project's Steve Wynn on the Twins, Dream Syndicate, and origins

The Baseball Project is a supergroup of four veterans of American underground rock and punk. Combining talents from R.E.M., the Dream Syndicate and Minneapolis's Zuzu's Petals, each member contributes 30 or more years of experience, and they are also huge baseball fans. The band features Steve ... More >>

Minnesota Twins have increased in value more than any other pro sports franchise since 2000

SEE ALSO:-- Strangers at the Twins game: A blind don't-call-it-a-date in their own tweets-- Twins payroll: Why in Gardy's name is it being slashed?Don't let this season's on-field product fool you -- the past dozen years have been very good for the Minnesota Twins.According to a new study by Busines ... More >>

Mike Veeck championing stadium for St. Paul Saints

Team owner ready to move on from Midway

2012 Twins projections: Getting comfy in the AL Central cellar

The Twins open their 2012 campaign this afternoon in Baltimore. Coming off last year's injury-plagued last-place finish, there's less optimism about the team's chances this year than any season since Ron Gardenhire took over as manager in 2002.Only two years removed from an AL Central-winning campai ... More >>

College bowl system loots universities

U of M and others spend millions while insiders profit

Justin Morneau to return to Twins lineup on Friday

​One of the Twins' biggest bats is about to return to their beleaguered lineup. Justin Morneau is set to join the team tomorrow in their opening game against the Cleveland Indians. According to the Star-Tribune's La Velle E. Neal III, Morneau's taking some cuts today at AAA Rochester before hopp ... More >>

Twins celebrate '91 championship by throwing season away

​ There was a lot of fun at Target Field this weekend, from bizarre bobbleheads to championship reunions to kids running the bases on perhaps the nicest day of the summer. Too bad the game on the field was so damn bad. The Twins were swept by the formerly reeling Chicago White Sox, dropping the h ... More >>

Twins to host the Yankees in ALDS

Can the Twins erase their recent history against the Evil Empire?

Minnesota Twins are worth what?

​TheYankees they're not: The Minnesota Twins are worth $356 million, according to some new numbers from Forbes magazine. That's up from $44 million when Carl Pohlad bought the team in 1984. Sound like a lot of money? Consider this: The Yankees top the Forbes rankings with a value of $1.6 bill ... More >>

Joe Mauer signs 8-year/$184 million contract extension to stay with Twins

Local boy makes real damn good, and saves Twins' faithful from enduring the unthinkable. Blissful analysis inside.

Joe Nathan opts for "Tommy John surgery" and looks forward to 2011 season

The surgery, named for the former L.A. Dodgers pitching great on whom it was first performed, will sideline Nathan for a year.

Tiger Woods, Michael Phelps, Superbowl XLIII: The 10 biggest sports moments of the '00s

Counting down the 10 most interesting events in the last 10 years of athletics

Seven Things to Hate About the Yankees

Jeter Meter at Swelter: Yanks take Game 1

The vet shortstop of 13 postseasons stated his presence with authority in New York's 7-2 win over the Twins.

Twins still howling into that good night

Dome departure ceremonies prove premature as Detroit visits for game 163. Loser goes home; winner gets a playoff date in New York vs. the Yankees.

Twins: A final weekend, a final push

The Twins' final series at the Dome is inflated with more than nostalgia. Two down in the Central with three to play -- stranger things have happened.

Bridesmaid Revisited: Metrodome Memory Series Part 4

A Dome baseball salute from troops in Afghanistan.

Beware of people on pedestals

A conversation with baseball's Bill Werber shatters notion of hero worship

Joe Mauer . . . . Shhhhh

Walk softly. Carry a sweet stick. Keep the Red Sox away.

Ryan Adams is really into poetry, and Cameron Crowe loves it

Graywolf Press is lone wolf in book publishing

The publisher is a thousand miles from NYC but remains one of the best

The Franchise, cow pies, first prize, and Cabinet demise

St. Paul Saints vs. Ibaraki Golden Golds

Sure it's scary -- but why not Barry? Judd Spicer blogs the Twins

Killer Climax

Pi Press: Want Budding Stars? Offer to Trade 'em a Free Agent

End of the Fat Man?

To Trade or Not to Trade? It's Not Really a Question...

Rooting for U. S. Steel

Piranha Finger Puppet Night!

The New Twins Park: A Big Roadblock at Home Plate

Ten Days That Shook the Dome

The greatest moments of the hometown team's season (so far)

Twins '06: Is the Future Still Now?

Snapshots of a long-shot season to come

Three up, three down: Twins preview

King of the Hill

Bert Blyleven: Clown, color man -- and the best eligible pitcher who's not in the Hall of Fame

A hill of Peanuts in this crazy world

Bet the Underdog

It's time for the resilient Twins to beat the Yankees

Another Ride on the Roller Coaster

Can the up-and-down Twins deliver another division title?

Long Hot Winter

Another year, another playoff collapse

April Showers Bring May Power

The Twins Are Playing Like Their Early Slump Is Behind Them. Maybe.

Dream the Impossible Dream

And save your bile for Major League Baseball

Kickin' Booty

When it comes to luring fans out to the ballpark, the home team needs to get even more creative

Ballpark Frankness

Portrait of the Artist as a Killer

The Art of Murder or How to Take a Friend's Life Without Really Trying. Acclaimed artist Carl Wesley, a.k.a. Inmate 198369, wrote the book.

Roger Headrick's Purple Heart

He was instrumental in building the Vikings team that's now laying waste to the NFL. So why isn't anyone thanking Roger Headrick?

The Doctor Is in the Park

Whenever there is a historic baseball moment--a 3,000th hit, a pitcher's 300th win--St. Paul's Seth Hawkins, a.k.a. Dr. Fan, is there to see it

Diamonds to Dust

Baseball owners are trading away the game's storied traditions for boxes of Beanie Babies

The Hit Man

A Fan is a Terrible Thing to Waste

A view from the cheap seats of baseball past, present, and future.