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				<title>2009 Twins season in review - season summary</title>				
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				Note: This is the tenth and final installment of a comprehensive analysis of the Minnesota Twins&apos; 2009 season. For more informaiton on the previous entries, check the Twins Examiner home page.So, after two weeks and ten installments, we come to the e...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 06:26:20 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>2009 Twins season in review - the general manager</title>				
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	Note: This is the ninth installment of a comprehensive ten-part series analyzing the Minnesota Twins&amp;#39; 2009 season. For more information on the previous entries, check the Twins Examiner home page.

	Minnesota Twins&amp;#39; General Manager Bill ...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:03:00 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>2009 Twins season in review - the manager</title>				
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	Note: This is the eighth installment of a ten-part series analyzing the Minnesota Twins&amp;#39; 2009 season. For more information on the previous entries, check the Minnesota Twins Examiner home page.

	Minnesota Twins&amp;#39; manager Ron Gardenhire i...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 05:34:58 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Twins announce team awards</title>				
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	The Minnesota Twins announced their 2009 team &amp;quot;Diamond Awards&amp;quot; Monday, and there were few surprises.

	
		Calvin Griffith Award (Team MVP) - Joe Mauer = The second year in a row Mauer has won, and it was a no-brainer.
	
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				<category>Awards and Honors</category>
				
				<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 06:34:09 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>2009 Twins season in review - defense</title>				
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	Note: This is the seventh installment&amp;nbsp;in a ten-part series analyzing the 2009 Minnesota Twins season. For more information on the previous entries, please check the Minnesota Twins Examiner home page.

	The hallmark of Minnesota Twins&amp;#39; ...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 06:04:08 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>2009 Twins season in review - offense</title>				
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	This is the sixth installment of a ten-part series analyzing the Twins 2009 season. For previous entries, please check the Minnesota Twins Examiner homepage.

	The 2008 Minnesota Twins charged to a regular season tie for the AL Central Division ...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 05:35:12 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>2009 Twins season in review - Mauer&apos;s season for the ages</title>				
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	Note: This is the fifth installment in a comprehensive ten-part series looking back at the 2009 Minnesota Twins&amp;#39; season. Previous entries have analyzed the team&amp;#39;s starting pitching, relief pitching, the closer, and the middle of the battin...
				
				
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				<category>2009 Season Recap</category>
				
				<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 05:36:24 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>2009 Twins season in review - Morneau, Cuddyer, and Kubel</title>				
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	Note: This is the fourth installment in a ten-part series analyzing the Twins&amp;#39; 2009 season. Previous entries looked at the Twins&amp;#39; starting pitching, relief pitching, and closer&amp;#39;s performances.

	The Minnesota had plenty of&amp;nbsp;quest...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 05:40:25 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Twins&apos; minor league staffs set for 2010</title>				
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	The month of October is usually highlighted by roster decisions at all levels of a major league organization. On Wednesday, the Minnesota Twins began their organizational shuffling by announcing their minor league coaching staffs.

	Last month, ...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 20:36:54 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>2009 Twins season in review - the closer</title>				
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	Note: This is the third installment of the comprehensive 2009 Minnesota Twins season in review. Previous entries focused on the team&amp;#39;s starting and relief pitching performances. 

	On Wednesday, September 2, the Minnesota&amp;nbsp;Twins were one...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 05:53:57 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>2009 Twins season in review - relief pitching</title>				
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	Note: This is the second in a comprehensive ten-part series reviewing the 2009 Twins&amp;#39; season. A previous entry&amp;nbsp;looked at&amp;nbsp;2009 starting pitching.

	Like the starting rotation, the 2009 season opened with the&amp;nbsp;Minnesota Twins thi...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 06:31:33 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>2009 Twins season in review - starting pitching</title>				
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				Scott Baker proved in 2009 that&amp;nbsp;he could lead a rotationNote: This is the first in a ten-part series, comprehensively reviewing the Minnesota Twins&apos; 2009 season.As the 2009 Minnesota Twins prepared to break camp in Ft. Myers this past spring, th...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 05:30:42 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Twins hand out minor league awards</title>				
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				Ben Revere - Repeat Sherry Robertson Award winnerThe off-season&apos;s first awards show for the Minnesota Twins took place Thursday with the distribution of the team&apos;s minor league awards.For the second consecutive season, Ft. Myers outfielder Ben Revere...
				
				
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				<category>Twins Minor League Updates</category>
				
				<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 13:17:52 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>2009 Twins season in review - project preview</title>				
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				Hard to believe the 2009 Twins&apos; season is over....The Minnesota Twins&apos; 2009 season has been over for a few days, and it&apos;s time to take inventory of the season and examine what worked and what didn&apos;t work. It&apos;s never too early to look ahead to next se...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 05:39:26 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>AFL prospect league begins play this week</title>				
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				Twins&apos; Prospect Chris Parmelee (left) / Naples News.comThe Arizona Fall League (AFL) begins play this week, and&amp;nbsp;the Minnesota Twins&apos;&amp;nbsp;organization will be&amp;nbsp;well-represented.The showcase league for some of baseball&apos;s top prospects gets un...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 05:33:27 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Game 163 - one more time</title>				
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				The Twins helped Carlos Gomez (22) celebrate a division title / AP PhotoUnquestionably, the highlight of the Minnesota Twins&apos; 2009 season was the epic tiebreaker game against the Detroit Tigers for the AL Central Division title on October 6.A see-saw...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 06:34:56 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Yankee sweep ends Twins&apos; run</title>				
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				No more baseball means home plate will be at Target Field in 2010 / AP PhotoThe New York Yankees swept the Minnesota Twins out of the 2009 American League Divisional Series Sunday night with a 4-1 victory at the Metrodome, ending the Twins&apos; season. T...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 06:21:12 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Twins need to find a way to stave off elimination</title>				
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				Sunday&apos;s Starter Carl Pavano / AP PhotoOver the past three-plus weeks, the Minnesota Twins have managed to carve out a fine existence as a team which has performed best when its collective back is against the wall. Going into Sunday night&apos;s ALDS Game...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2009 06:34:49 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Yankees walk off to 2-0 ALDS lead</title>				
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				Alex Rodriguez is congratulated by Mark Teixeira after ARod&apos;s tying homer/AP PhotoThe house of horrors that is Yankee Stadium for the Minnesota Twins continued in Game 2 of the American League Divisional Series, as the Twins blew a 9th inning lead an...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 21:04:27 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>ALDS game 2 preview</title>				
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				The Twins need&amp;nbsp;Blackburn to labor deep into the NY night Friday / AP PhotoAfter round one went to the New York Yankees on Wednesday night, the Minnesota Twins enjoyed an off-day Thursday to prepare for Game 2 of the American League Divisional Se...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 06:01:12 -0700</pubDate>
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